diff --git a/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md b/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
index a001ab3fa..57dc999b3 100644
--- a/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
+++ b/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
@@ -803,6 +803,22 @@ set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 # TODO
 ```
 
+### `git-get-property`
+
+- Description: Return the value for an app's git property
+- Invoked by:
+- Arguments: `$APP $KEY`
+- Example:
+
+```shell
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
+APP="$1"; PROPERTY="$2"
+
+# TODO
+```
+
 ### `git-from-archive`
 
 - Description: Updates an app's git repository from an archive and then triggers a build
diff --git a/plugins/20_events/git-get-property b/plugins/20_events/git-get-property
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..5178a749f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/20_events/git-get-property
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hook
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/git/git-get-property b/plugins/git/git-get-property
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..182e9cd8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/git/git-get-property
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eo pipefail
+source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/git/internal-functions"
+[[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
+
+trigger-git-git-get-property() {
+  declare desc="return the value for an app's git property"
+  declare trigger="git-get-property"
+  declare APP="$1" KEY="$2"
+
+  if [[ "$KEY" == "source-image" ]]; then
+    fn-git-source-image "$APP"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  return 1
+}
+
+trigger-git-git-get-property "$@"