diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create_test.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create_test.go
index 760789786..5f1f17e60 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/git"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/config"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/gh"
+	ghmock "github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/gh/mock"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/prompter"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/run"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmdutil"
@@ -950,6 +951,88 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantStdout: "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO\n",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "interactive create from scratch with host override",
+			opts: &CreateOptions{
+				Interactive: true,
+				Config: func() (gh.Config, error) {
+					cfg := &ghmock.ConfigMock{
+						AuthenticationFunc: func() gh.AuthConfig {
+							authCfg := &config.AuthConfig{}
+							authCfg.SetHosts([]string{"example.com"})
+							authCfg.SetDefaultHost("example.com", "GH_HOST")
+							return authCfg
+						},
+					}
+					return cfg, nil
+				},
+			},
+			tty: true,
+			promptStubs: func(p *prompter.PrompterMock) {
+				p.ConfirmFunc = func(message string, defaultValue bool) (bool, error) {
+					switch message {
+					case "Would you like to add a README file?":
+						return false, nil
+					case "Would you like to add a .gitignore?":
+						return false, nil
+					case "Would you like to add a license?":
+						return false, nil
+					case `This will create "REPO" as a private repository on example.com. Continue?`:
+						return defaultValue, nil
+					case "Clone the new repository locally?":
+						return false, nil
+					default:
+						return false, fmt.Errorf("unexpected confirm prompt: %s", message)
+					}
+				}
+				p.InputFunc = func(message, defaultValue string) (string, error) {
+					switch message {
+					case "Repository name":
+						return "REPO", nil
+					case "Description":
+						return "my new repo", nil
+					default:
+						return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected input prompt: %s", message)
+					}
+				}
+				p.SelectFunc = func(message, defaultValue string, options []string) (int, error) {
+					switch message {
+					case "What would you like to do?":
+						return prompter.IndexFor(options, "Create a new repository on example.com from scratch")
+					case "Visibility":
+						return prompter.IndexFor(options, "Private")
+					case "Choose a license":
+						return prompter.IndexFor(options, "GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0")
+					case "Choose a .gitignore template":
+						return prompter.IndexFor(options, "Go")
+					default:
+						return 0, fmt.Errorf("unexpected select prompt: %s", message)
+					}
+				}
+			},
+			httpStubs: func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.GraphQL(`query UserCurrent\b`),
+					httpmock.StringResponse(`{"data":{"viewer":{"login":"someuser","organizations":{"nodes": []}}}}`))
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.GraphQL(`mutation RepositoryCreate\b`),
+					httpmock.StringResponse(`
+						{
+							"data": {
+								"createRepository": {
+									"repository": {
+										"id": "REPOID",
+										"name": "REPO",
+										"owner": {"login":"OWNER"},
+										"url": "https://example.com/OWNER/REPO"
+									}
+								}
+							}
+						}`),
+				)
+			},
+			wantStdout: "✓ Created repository OWNER/REPO on example.com\n  https://example.com/OWNER/REPO\n",
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		prompterMock := &prompter.PrompterMock{}
@@ -965,8 +1048,11 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 		tt.opts.HttpClient = func() (*http.Client, error) {
 			return &http.Client{Transport: reg}, nil
 		}
-		tt.opts.Config = func() (gh.Config, error) {
-			return config.NewBlankConfig(), nil
+
+		if tt.opts.Config == nil {
+			tt.opts.Config = func() (gh.Config, error) {
+				return config.NewBlankConfig(), nil
+			}
 		}
 
 		tt.opts.GitClient = &git.Client{