diff --git a/docs/userguides/installing_plugins.md b/docs/userguides/installing_plugins.md
index 892496a6ff..4eb15b1ff1 100644
--- a/docs/userguides/installing_plugins.md
+++ b/docs/userguides/installing_plugins.md
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ Or from the CLI like:
 ape plugins install "foobar@git+https://github.com/<owner-of-plugin>/ape-foobar.git@<branch/name>"
 ```
 
+Also, you may omit the `foobar@` prefix and allow Ape to deduce the name:
+
+```shell
+ape plugins install "git+https://github.com/<owner-of-plugin>/ape-foobar.git@<branch/name>"
+```
+
 ## Plugin Versions
 
 By default, `ape plugins` commands install plugins within your current Ape version specification.
diff --git a/src/ape/plugins/_utils.py b/src/ape/plugins/_utils.py
index 43d98eb666..af0b1c1665 100644
--- a/src/ape/plugins/_utils.py
+++ b/src/ape/plugins/_utils.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from functools import cached_property
 from shutil import which
 from typing import Any, Optional
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import click
 from packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet
@@ -259,6 +260,15 @@ def validate_name(cls, values):
         name = values["name"]
         version = values.get("version")
 
+        if name.startswith("git+"):
+            version = name
+            name = (
+                urlparse(version.replace("git+", ""))
+                .path.split(".git")[0]
+                .split("/")[-1]
+                .replace("ape-", "")
+            )
+
         if version and version.startswith("git+"):
             if f"ape-{name}" not in version:
                 # Just some small validation so you can't put a repo
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_plugins.py b/tests/functional/test_plugins.py
index 89b9531aa3..409929eda6 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_plugins.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_plugins.py
@@ -152,17 +152,26 @@ def test_install_str_with_complex_constraint_in_name(self):
         assert actual == f"ape-foo>=0.{ape_version.minor}.0,<0.{ape_version.minor + 1}.0"
 
     def test_install_str_when_using_git_remote(self):
-        url = "git+https://example.com/ape-foo/branch"
+        url = "git+https://example.com/myorg/ape-foo.git@branch_name"
         metadata = PluginMetadata(name="foo", version=url)
+        assert metadata.name == "foo"
         actual = metadata.install_str
         assert actual == url
 
     def test_install_str_remote_in_name(self):
-        url = "git+https://example.com/ape-foo/branch"
+        url = "git+https://example.com/myorg/ape-foo.git@branch_name"
         metadata = PluginMetadata(name=f"foo@{url}")
+        assert metadata.name == "foo"
         actual = metadata.install_str
         assert actual == url
 
+    def test_install_str_only_remote(self):
+        url = "git+https://example.com/myorg/ape-foo.git@branch_name"
+        metadata = PluginMetadata(name=url)
+        actual = metadata.install_str
+        assert actual == url
+        assert metadata.name == "foo"
+
     def test_is_available(self):
         metadata = PluginMetadata(name=list(AVAILABLE_PLUGINS)[0])
         assert metadata.is_available