diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/client/git.rb b/lib/pact_broker/client/git.rb
index f14a4475..e91312cf 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/client/git.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/client/git.rb
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ module Git
       using PactBroker::Client::HashRefinements
 
       COMMAND = 'git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD'.freeze
-      BRANCH_ENV_VAR_NAMES = %w{BUILDKITE_BRANCH CIRCLE_BRANCH TRAVIS_BRANCH GIT_BRANCH GIT_LOCAL_BRANCH APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME BITBUCKET_BRANCH}.freeze
-      COMMIT_ENV_VAR_NAMES = %w{BUILDKITE_COMMIT CIRCLE_SHA1 TRAVIS_COMMIT GIT_COMMIT APPVEYOR_REPO_COMMIT CI_COMMIT_ID BITBUCKET_COMMIT}
-
+      BRANCH_ENV_VAR_NAMES = %w{GITHUB_REF BUILDKITE_BRANCH CIRCLE_BRANCH TRAVIS_BRANCH GIT_BRANCH GIT_LOCAL_BRANCH APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME BITBUCKET_BRANCH}.freeze
+      COMMIT_ENV_VAR_NAMES = %w{GITHUB_SHA BUILDKITE_COMMIT CIRCLE_SHA1 TRAVIS_COMMIT GIT_COMMIT APPVEYOR_REPO_COMMIT CI_COMMIT_ID BITBUCKET_COMMIT}
       BUILD_URL_ENV_VAR_NAMES = %w{BUILDKITE_BUILD_URL CIRCLE_BUILD_URL TRAVIS_BUILD_WEB_URL BUILD_URL }
 
       def self.commit
@@ -38,6 +37,10 @@ def self.branch(options)
         find_branch_from_known_env_vars || find_branch_from_env_var_ending_with_branch || branch_from_git_command(options[:raise_error])
       end
 
+      def self.build_url
+        github_build_url || BUILD_URL_ENV_VAR_NAMES.collect{ | name | value_from_env_var(name) }.compact.first
+      end
+
       # private
 
       def self.find_commit_from_env_vars
@@ -45,7 +48,8 @@ def self.find_commit_from_env_vars
       end
 
       def self.find_branch_from_known_env_vars
-        BRANCH_ENV_VAR_NAMES.collect { |env_var_name| value_from_env_var(env_var_name) }.compact.first
+        val = BRANCH_ENV_VAR_NAMES.collect { |env_var_name| value_from_env_var(env_var_name) }.compact.first
+        val.gsub(%r{^refs/heads/}, "") if val
       end
 
       def self.find_branch_from_env_var_ending_with_branch
@@ -104,6 +108,13 @@ def self.execute_and_parse_command(raise_error)
           return []
         end
       end
+
+      def self.github_build_url
+        parts = %w{GITHUB_SERVER_URL GITHUB_REPOSITORY GITHUB_RUN_ID}.collect{ | name | value_from_env_var(name) }
+        if parts.all?
+          [parts[0], parts[1], "actions", "runs", parts[2]].join("/")
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact_broker/client/git_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact_broker/client/git_spec.rb
index 94354cb0..cea57a80 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pact_broker/client/git_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pact_broker/client/git_spec.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ module Git
           end
         end
 
+        context "when the branch starts with refs/heads/" do
+          before do
+            allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("GITHUB_REF").and_return("refs/heads/feature-x")
+          end
+
+          it "trims off the refs/heads/" do
+            expect(subject).to eq "feature-x"
+          end
+        end
+
         context "when there is one environment variable ending with _BRANCH" do
           before do
             allow(ENV).to receive(:keys).and_return(%w{FOO_BRANCH BAR_BRANCH BLAH})
@@ -108,6 +118,40 @@ module Git
           include_examples "when raise_error is false"
         end
       end
+
+      describe ".build_url" do
+        before do
+          allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).and_call_original
+        end
+
+        subject { Git.build_url }
+
+        context "when nothing is set" do
+          before do
+            allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).and_return(nil)
+          end
+
+          it { is_expected.to eq nil }
+        end
+
+        context "when BUILDKITE_BUILD_URL is set" do
+          before do
+            allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("BUILDKITE_BUILD_URL").and_return("http://build")
+          end
+
+          it { is_expected.to eq "http://build" }
+        end
+
+        context "when the Github Actions env vars are set" do
+          before do
+            allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("GITHUB_SERVER_URL").and_return("https://github.com")
+            allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("GITHUB_REPOSITORY").and_return("org/repo")
+            allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("GITHUB_RUN_ID").and_return("1")
+          end
+
+          it { is_expected.to eq "https://github.com/org/repo/actions/runs/1" }
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end