diff --git a/R/github.R b/R/github.R
index 294b917e..65e099f3 100644
--- a/R/github.R
+++ b/R/github.R
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ github_commit <- function(username, repo, ref = "HEAD",
 #'
 #' @keywords internal
 #' @noRd
-github_pat <- function(quiet = TRUE) {
+github_pat <- function(quiet = TRUE, host = "api.github.com") {
 
   env_var_aliases <- c(
     "GITHUB_PAT",
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ github_pat <- function(quiet = TRUE) {
   }
 
   pat <- tryCatch(
-    gitcreds_get()$password,
+    gitcreds_get(url = download_url(host))$password,
     error = function(e) ""
   )
   if (nzchar(pat)) {
diff --git a/R/install-remote.R b/R/install-remote.R
index 792a7e1d..b57059cf 100644
--- a/R/install-remote.R
+++ b/R/install-remote.R
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ package2remote <- function(name, lib = .libPaths(), repos = getOption("repos"),
       username = x$RemoteUsername,
       ref = x$RemoteRef,
       sha = x$RemoteSha,
-      auth_token = github_pat()),
+      auth_token = github_pat(host = x$RemoteHost)),
     gitlab = remote("gitlab",
       host = x$RemoteHost,
       repo = x$RemoteRepo,
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-github.R b/tests/testthat/test-github.R
index b0c916af..95fbf380 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-github.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-github.R
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ test_that("github_pat", {
   expect_true(nzchar(github_pat()))
 })
 
+test_that("github_pat uses host-specific PAT env var", {
+  withr::local_envvar(c(
+    GITHUB_PAT = NA,
+    GITHUB_TOKEN = NA,
+    CI = NA,
+    GITHUB_PAT_GITHUB_EXAMPLE_COM = "host-pat"
+  ))
+
+  expect_equal(github_pat(host = "github.example.com/api/v3"), "host-pat")
+})
+
 test_that("github_commit", {
   skip_on_cran()
   skip_if_offline()
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-install-remote.R b/tests/testthat/test-install-remote.R
index 323f8fa6..3dff4e6a 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-install-remote.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-install-remote.R
@@ -45,3 +45,50 @@ test_that("package2remotes looks for the DESCRIPTION in .libPaths", {
 
   expect_equal(package2remote("noremotes")$sha, NA_character_)
 })
+
+test_that("package2remote() resolves host-specific github PATs", {
+  withr::local_envvar(c(
+    GITHUB_PAT = NA,
+    GITHUB_TOKEN = NA,
+    GITHUB_PAT_GITHUB_COM = "pat-github-com",
+    GITHUB_PAT_GITHUB_EXAMPLE_COM = "pat-github-example"
+  ))
+
+  lib <- tempfile()
+  dir.create(lib)
+  on.exit(unlink(lib, recursive = TRUE), add = TRUE)
+
+  dir.create(file.path(lib, "pkg1"))
+  writeLines(c(
+    "Package: pkg1",
+    "Version: 1.0.0",
+    "RemoteType: github",
+    "RemoteHost: api.github.com",
+    "RemotePackage: pkg1",
+    "RemoteRepo: pkg1",
+    "RemoteUsername: repo",
+    "RemoteRef: HEAD",
+    "RemoteSha: abc123"
+  ), file.path(lib, "pkg1", "DESCRIPTION"))
+
+  dir.create(file.path(lib, "pkg2"))
+  writeLines(c(
+    "Package: pkg2",
+    "Version: 1.0.0",
+    "RemoteType: github",
+    "RemoteHost: github.example.com/api/v3",
+    "RemotePackage: pkg2",
+    "RemoteRepo: pkg2",
+    "RemoteUsername: repo",
+    "RemoteRef: HEAD",
+    "RemoteSha: def456"
+  ), file.path(lib, "pkg2", "DESCRIPTION"))
+
+  remote1 <- package2remote("pkg1", lib = lib)
+  remote2 <- package2remote("pkg2", lib = lib)
+
+  expect_equal(remote1$host, "api.github.com")
+  expect_equal(remote2$host, "github.example.com/api/v3")
+  expect_equal(remote1$auth_token, "pat-github-com")
+  expect_equal(remote2$auth_token, "pat-github-example")
+})