diff --git a/cmd/governctl/pr/check/merable.go b/cmd/governctl/pr/check/merable.go
index 707758c..550def1 100644
--- a/cmd/governctl/pr/check/merable.go
+++ b/cmd/governctl/pr/check/merable.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type Mergable struct {
 	ApproverTeams      []string `long:"approver-teams" env:"GOVERN_APPROVER_TEAMS" usage:"The GitHub team that the approver must be a part of to be considered an approver"`
 	ApproveStates      []string `long:"approve-states" env:"GOVERN_APPROVE_STATES" usage:"The state of the GitHub approval from the assignee" default:"approve"`
 	CommitterEmail     string   `long:"committer-email" short:"e" env:"GOVERN_COMMITTER_EMAIL" usage:"Set the Git committer author's email"`
+	CommitterGlobal    bool     `long:"committer-global" env:"GOVERN_COMMITTER_GLOBAL" usage:"Set the Git committer author's email/name globally"`
 	CommitterName      string   `long:"committer-name" short:"n" env:"GOVERN_COMMITTER_NAME" usage:"Set the Git committer author's name"`
 	IgnoreLabels       []string `long:"ignore-labels" env:"GOVERN_IGNORE_LABELS" usage:"Ignore the PR if it has any of these labels"`
 	IgnoreStates       []string `long:"ignore-states" env:"GOVERN_IGNORE_STATES" usage:"Ignore the PR if it has any of these states"`
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ func (opts *Mergable) Run(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
 		opts.CommitterName,
 		opts.CommitterEmail,
 		ghPrId,
+		opts.CommitterGlobal,
 		// ghpr.WithBaseBranch(opts.BaseBranch),
 		ghpr.WithWorkdir(kitcfg.G[config.Config](ctx).TempDir),
 	)
diff --git a/cmd/governctl/pr/check/patch.go b/cmd/governctl/pr/check/patch.go
index 6d8dab8..81ff919 100644
--- a/cmd/governctl/pr/check/patch.go
+++ b/cmd/governctl/pr/check/patch.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 
 type Patch struct {
 	CommitterEmail   string   `long:"committer-email" short:"e" env:"GOVERN_COMMITTER_EMAIL" usage:"Set the Git committer author's email"`
+	CommiterGlobal   bool     `long:"committer-global" env:"GOVERN_COMMITTER_GLOBAL" usage:"Set the Git committer author's email/name globally"`
 	CommitterName    string   `long:"committer-name" short:"n" env:"GOVERN_COMMITTER_NAME" usage:"Set the Git committer author's name"`
 	Output           string   `long:"output" short:"o" env:"GOVERN_OUTPUT" usage:"Set the output format of choice [table, html, json, yaml]" default:"table"`
 	CheckpatchScript string   `long:"checkpatch-script" env:"GOVERN_CHECKPATCH_SCRIPT" usage:"Use an existing checkpatch.pl script"`
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ func (opts *Patch) Run(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
 		opts.CommitterName,
 		opts.CommitterEmail,
 		ghPrId,
+		opts.CommiterGlobal,
 		ghpr.WithBaseBranch(opts.BaseBranch),
 		ghpr.WithWorkdir(kitcfg.G[config.Config](ctx).TempDir),
 	)
diff --git a/internal/ghpr/ghpr.go b/internal/ghpr/ghpr.go
index 6d07aee..c1cbca2 100644
--- a/internal/ghpr/ghpr.go
+++ b/internal/ghpr/ghpr.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type PullRequest struct {
 // NewPullRequestFromID fetches information about a pull request via GitHub as
 // well as preparing the pull request as a series of patches that can be parsed
 // internally.
-func NewPullRequestFromID(ctx context.Context, client *ghapi.GithubClient, ghOrg, ghRepo, committerName, committerEmail string, ghPrId int, opts ...PullRequestOption) (*PullRequest, error) {
+func NewPullRequestFromID(ctx context.Context, client *ghapi.GithubClient, ghOrg, ghRepo, committerName, committerEmail string, ghPrId int, committerGlobal bool, opts ...PullRequestOption) (*PullRequest, error) {
 	var err error
 
 	pr := PullRequest{
@@ -168,9 +168,14 @@ func NewPullRequestFromID(ctx context.Context, client *ghapi.GithubClient, ghOrg
 
 	log.G(ctx).Infof("configuring committer name and email")
 
+	committerGlobalFlag := ""
+	if committerGlobal {
+		committerGlobalFlag = "--global"
+	}
+
 	// Add commiter name
 	if committerName != "" {
-		cmd := exec.Command("git", "-C", pr.localRepo, "config", "user.name", committerName)
+		cmd := exec.Command("git", "-C", pr.localRepo, "config", committerGlobalFlag, "user.name", committerName)
 		cmd.Stderr = log.G(ctx).WriterLevel(logrus.ErrorLevel)
 		cmd.Stdout = log.G(ctx).WriterLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
 		if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@ func NewPullRequestFromID(ctx context.Context, client *ghapi.GithubClient, ghOrg
 
 	// Add commiter email
 	if committerEmail != "" {
-		cmd := exec.Command("git", "-C", pr.localRepo, "config", "user.email", committerEmail)
+		cmd := exec.Command("git", "-C", pr.localRepo, "config", committerGlobalFlag, "user.email", committerEmail)
 		cmd.Stderr = log.G(ctx).WriterLevel(logrus.ErrorLevel)
 		cmd.Stdout = log.G(ctx).WriterLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
 		if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {