diff --git a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab-common/pom.xml b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab-common/pom.xml
index ddc3653370..b1f227cd5d 100644
--- a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab-common/pom.xml
+++ b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab-common/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@
             <groupId>org.eclipse.che.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>che-core-api-workspace</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.che.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>che-core-commons-annotations</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.che.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>che-core-commons-lang</artifactId>
diff --git a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/AbstractGitlabUserDataFetcher.java b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/AbstractGitlabUserDataFetcher.java
index 2ed3a454b8..18dff4f6af 100644
--- a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/AbstractGitlabUserDataFetcher.java
+++ b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/AbstractGitlabUserDataFetcher.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
  */
 package org.eclipse.che.api.factory.server.gitlab;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Strings.isNullOrEmpty;
+
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.che.api.factory.server.scm.exception.ScmCommunicationException;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.factory.server.scm.exception.ScmItemNotFoundException;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.factory.server.scm.exception.ScmUnauthorizedException;
+import org.eclipse.che.commons.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /** Gitlab OAuth token retriever. */
 public class AbstractGitlabUserDataFetcher extends AbstractGitUserDataFetcher {
@@ -29,14 +32,15 @@ public class AbstractGitlabUserDataFetcher extends AbstractGitUserDataFetcher {
 
   public static final Set<String> DEFAULT_TOKEN_SCOPES =
       ImmutableSet.of("api", "write_repository", "openid");
+  private static final String GITLAB_SAAS_ENDPOINT = "https://gitlab.com";
 
   public AbstractGitlabUserDataFetcher(
-      String serverUrl,
+      @Nullable String serverUrl,
       String apiEndpoint,
       PersonalAccessTokenManager personalAccessTokenManager,
       String providerName) {
     super(providerName, serverUrl, personalAccessTokenManager);
-    this.serverUrl = serverUrl;
+    this.serverUrl = isNullOrEmpty(serverUrl) ? GITLAB_SAAS_ENDPOINT : serverUrl;
     this.apiEndpoint = apiEndpoint;
     this.providerName = providerName;
   }
diff --git a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/GitlabUserDataFetcherTest.java b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/GitlabUserDataFetcherTest.java
index 96a57b591a..572fd70f50 100644
--- a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/GitlabUserDataFetcherTest.java
+++ b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/GitlabUserDataFetcherTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.common.Slf4jNotifier;
 import com.google.common.net.HttpHeaders;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.factory.server.scm.GitUserData;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.factory.server.scm.PersonalAccessToken;
@@ -88,4 +89,17 @@ public void shouldFetchGitUserData() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(gitUserData.getScmUsername(), "John Smith");
     assertEquals(gitUserData.getScmUserEmail(), "john@example.com");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldSetSAASUrlAsDefault() throws Exception {
+    gitlabUserDataFetcher =
+        new GitlabUserDataFetcher(null, "http://che.api", personalAccessTokenManager);
+
+    Field serverUrlField =
+        gitlabUserDataFetcher.getClass().getSuperclass().getDeclaredField("serverUrl");
+    serverUrlField.setAccessible(true);
+    String serverUrl = (String) serverUrlField.get(gitlabUserDataFetcher);
+
+    assertEquals(serverUrl, "https://gitlab.com");
+  }
 }