diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index a13d9a0903..368a43c1b2 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -1832,17 +1832,25 @@ const char *repo_default_remote(struct repository *repo)
 
 const char *repo_remote_from_url(struct repository *repo, const char *url)
 {
+	char *rewritten_url;
+	const char *remote_name = NULL;
+
 	read_config(repo, 0);
+	if ((rewritten_url = alias_url(url, &repo->remote_state->rewrites)))
+		url = rewritten_url;
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < repo->remote_state->remotes_nr; i++) {
 		struct remote *remote = repo->remote_state->remotes[i];
 		if (!remote)
 			continue;
 
-		if (remote_has_url(remote, url))
-			return remote->name;
+		if (remote_has_url(remote, url)) {
+			remote_name = remote->name;
+			break;
+		}
 	}
-	return NULL;
+	free(rewritten_url);
+	return remote_name;
 }
 
 int branch_has_merge_config(struct branch *branch)
diff --git a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
index 9554720152..10adeabf0f 100755
--- a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
+++ b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
@@ -256,6 +256,25 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update --remote should fetch upstream changes' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'submodule update --remote resolves URL rewrites' '
+	test_config_global "url.$(pwd)/.insteadOf" local: &&
+	mkdir alias-super alias-submodule &&
+	(
+		cd alias-submodule &&
+		git init &&
+		git commit --allow-empty --message "Initial commit"
+	) &&
+	(
+		cd alias-super &&
+		git init &&
+		git submodule add local:alias-submodule submodule &&
+		git submodule update --force &&
+		git -C submodule remote rename origin upstream &&
+		git -C submodule remote add fork user@host &&
+		git submodule update --remote
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'submodule update --remote should fetch upstream changes with .' '
 	(
 		cd super &&