diff --git a/cmake/cmaize/globals.cmake b/cmake/cmaize/globals.cmake
index ecf1870b..b6dbd759 100644
--- a/cmake/cmaize/globals.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cmaize/globals.cmake
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ cpp_set_global(
     "H;h;HPP;hpp;HXX;hxx;HH;hh"
 )
 
+#[[[
+# URL prefix for GitHub SSH access. Defaults to ``git@github.com``. 
+# This option allows for SSH aliases, e.g. ``git@github-alt-account``
+# where ``githut-alt-account` is a user-defined alias for GitHub
+# SSH access defined in a user's $HOME/.ssh/config.
+#]]
+cpp_set_global(
+    CMAIZE_GITHUB_SSH_PREFIX
+    "git@github.com"
+)
+
 #[[[
 # GitHub token used to access private repositories. It is defaulted to the
 # value of the old ``CPP_GITHUB_TOKEN`` for backwards compatability and
@@ -20,6 +31,16 @@ cpp_set_global(
     "${CPP_GITHUB_TOKEN}"
 )
 
+#[[[
+# Use SSH access for private GitHub repositories toa void OAuth token
+# requirements. See ``CMAIZE_GITHUB_SSH_PREFIX`` for details pertaining
+# to chaging default GitHub SSH access prefixes.
+#]]
+cpp_set_global(
+    CMAIZE_GITHUB_USE_SSH
+    OFF
+)
+
 #[[[
 # Current CMaize project.
 #]]
diff --git a/cmake/cmaize/package_managers/cmake/dependency/github.cmake b/cmake/cmaize/package_managers/cmake/dependency/github.cmake
index d15a7421..c88a2db6 100644
--- a/cmake/cmaize/package_managers/cmake/dependency/github.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cmaize/package_managers/cmake/dependency/github.cmake
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ cpp_class(GitHubDependency Dependency)
         GitHubDependency(GET "${_bd_this}" _bd_name name)
         GitHubDependency(GET "${_bd_this}" _bd_cmake_args cmake_args)
 
+        if( _bd_private AND CMAIZE_GITHUB_USE_SSH )
+          string( REPLACE "github.com/" "${CMAIZE_GITHUB_SSH_PREFIX}:" _bd_url "${_bd_url}")
+        endif( )
+
         # TODO: In the future, this might need to be generalized more to
         #       accommodate those who use multiple accounts with SSH keys
         #       associated with them. In these situations, the string
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ cpp_class(GitHubDependency Dependency)
         #       REGEX MATCH below should do this, but the `cmaize_sanitize_url`
         #       function also must be redesigned for these URLs to be allowed.
         # string(REGEX MATCH "^git@[A-Za-z0-9_-]:" _bd_is_ssh "${_bd_url}")
-        string(FIND "${_bd_url}" "git@github.com:" _bd_is_ssh)
+        string(FIND "${_bd_url}" "${CMAIZE_GITHUB_SSH_PREFIX}:" _bd_is_ssh)
 
         # Determine what type of URL to generate to access the repository
         if(_bd_is_ssh GREATER -1)