diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-access-section/gr-access-section.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-access-section/gr-access-section.ts
index 3c155f85..c52a04c 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-access-section/gr-access-section.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-access-section/gr-access-section.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   CapabilityInfoMap,
   GitRef,
   LabelNameToLabelTypeInfoMap,
+  RepoName,
 } from '../../../types/common';
 import {PolymerDomRepeatEvent} from '../../../types/types';
 
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@
     return htmlTemplate;
   }
 
+  @property({type: String})
+  repo?: RepoName;
+
   @property({type: Object})
   capabilities?: CapabilityInfoMap;
 
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-access-section/gr-access-section_html.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-access-section/gr-access-section_html.ts
index 7c9f28b..4f5a06e 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-access-section/gr-access-section_html.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-access-section/gr-access-section_html.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
             section="[[section.id]]"
             editing="[[editing]]"
             groups="[[groups]]"
+            repo="[[repo]]"
             on-added-permission-removed="_handleAddedPermissionRemoved"
           >
           </gr-permission>
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-permission/gr-permission.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-permission/gr-permission.ts
index c998cd8..9caebde 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-permission/gr-permission.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-permission/gr-permission.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
   ProjectAccessGroups,
   GroupId,
   GitRef,
+  RepoName,
 } from '../../../types/common';
 import {
   AutocompleteQuery,
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@
     return htmlTemplate;
   }
 
+  @property({type: String})
+  repo?: RepoName;
+
   @property({type: Object})
   labels?: LabelNameToLabelTypeInfoMap;
 
@@ -338,7 +342,11 @@
 
   _getGroupSuggestions(): Promise<AutocompleteSuggestion[]> {
     return this.$.restAPI
-      .getSuggestedGroups(this._groupFilter || '', MAX_AUTOCOMPLETE_RESULTS)
+      .getSuggestedGroups(
+        this._groupFilter || '',
+        this.repo,
+        MAX_AUTOCOMPLETE_RESULTS
+      )
       .then(response => {
         const groups: GroupSuggestion[] = [];
         for (const key in response) {
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-repo-access/gr-repo-access_html.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-repo-access/gr-repo-access_html.ts
index 4e76360..2c21329 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-repo-access/gr-repo-access_html.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-repo-access/gr-repo-access_html.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
           editing="[[_editing]]"
           owner-of="[[_ownerOf]]"
           groups="[[_groups]]"
+          repo="[[repo]]"
           on-added-section-removed="_handleAddedSectionRemoved"
         ></gr-access-section>
       </template>
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/core/gr-smart-search/gr-smart-search.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/core/gr-smart-search/gr-smart-search.ts
index a818c59..6b20c28 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/core/gr-smart-search/gr-smart-search.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/core/gr-smart-search/gr-smart-search.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
       return Promise.resolve([]);
     }
     return this.$.restAPI
-      .getSuggestedGroups(expression, MAX_AUTOCOMPLETE_RESULTS)
+      .getSuggestedGroups(expression, undefined, MAX_AUTOCOMPLETE_RESULTS)
       .then(groups => {
         if (!groups) {
           return [];
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-rest-api-interface/gr-rest-api-interface.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-rest-api-interface/gr-rest-api-interface.ts
index 7dc794d..2c5fff6 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-rest-api-interface/gr-rest-api-interface.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-rest-api-interface/gr-rest-api-interface.ts
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@
   [paramName: string]: string | undefined | null | number;
   s: string;
   n?: number;
+  p?: string;
 }
 
 interface QuerySuggestedReviewersParams {
@@ -1897,6 +1898,7 @@
 
   getSuggestedGroups(
     inputVal: string,
+    project?: RepoName,
     n?: number,
     errFn?: ErrorCallback
   ): Promise<GroupNameToGroupInfoMap | undefined> {
@@ -1904,6 +1906,9 @@
     if (n) {
       params.n = n;
     }
+    if (project) {
+      params.p = encodeURIComponent(project);
+    }
     return this._restApiHelper.fetchJSON({
       url: '/groups/',
       errFn,
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/services/services/gr-rest-api/gr-rest-api.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/services/services/gr-rest-api/gr-rest-api.ts
index d3af224..6d65d4e 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/services/services/gr-rest-api/gr-rest-api.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/services/services/gr-rest-api/gr-rest-api.ts
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@
   ): Promise<AccountInfo[] | undefined>;
   getSuggestedGroups(
     input: string,
+    project?: RepoName,
     n?: number,
     errFn?: ErrorCallback
   ): Promise<GroupNameToGroupInfoMap | undefined>;