diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/base.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/base.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/base.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/base.py
@@ -311,6 +311,27 @@ class BaseRepository(object):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    def inject_ui(self, **extras):
+        """
+        Injects extra parameters into UI object of this repo
+        """
+        required_extras = [
+            'ip',
+            'username',
+            'action',
+            'repository',
+            'scm',
+            'config',
+            'server_url',
+            'make_lock',
+            'locked_by',
+        ]
+        for req in required_extras:
+            if req not in extras:
+                raise AttributeError('Missing attribute %s in extras' % (req))
+        for k, v in extras.items():
+            self._repo.ui.setconfig('rhodecode_extras', k, v)
+
 
 class BaseChangeset(object):
     """