diff --git a/resources/mmv/model/mmv.model.Repo.js b/resources/mmv/model/mmv.model.Repo.js
index daf033ead..90d1f7d7d 100644
--- a/resources/mmv/model/mmv.model.Repo.js
+++ b/resources/mmv/model/mmv.model.Repo.js
@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@
 	    return this.absoluteArticlePath;
 	};
 
+	/**
+	* @override
+	* @inheritdoc
+	*/
+	ForeignApiRepo.prototype.isCommons = function () {
+	    return /^(https?:)?\/\/commons.wikimedia.org/.test( this.server );
+	};
+
 	/**
 	 * Represents information about a foreign, shared DB repository
 	 * @class mw.mmv.model.ForeignDbRepo
@@ -173,6 +181,14 @@
 		return this.descBaseUrl.replace( /[^\/:]*:$/, '$1' );
 	};
 
+	/**
+	* @override
+	* @inheritdoc
+	*/
+	ForeignDbRepo.prototype.isCommons = function () {
+	    return /^(https?:)?\/\/commons.wikimedia.org/.test( this.descBaseUrl );
+	};
+
 	mw.mmv.model.Repo = Repo;
 	mw.mmv.model.ForeignApiRepo = ForeignApiRepo;
 	mw.mmv.model.ForeignDbRepo = ForeignDbRepo;