diff --git a/lib/scm/gogs.class.php b/lib/scm/gogs.class.php
index cd377b3274..d217c56f6c 100644
--- a/lib/scm/gogs.class.php
+++ b/lib/scm/gogs.class.php
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class Gogs
 
         $path = ltrim($path, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
         chdir($this->root);
-        $list = execCmd(escapeCmd("$this->client blame -l $revision -- $path"), 'array');
+        $list = execCmd(escapeCmd("$this->client blame -l --root $revision -- $path"), 'array');
 
         $blames   = array();
         $revLine  = 0;