diff --git a/sample.redhat-ci.yml b/sample.redhat-ci.yml
index 01bf5fe..c3a343b 100644
--- a/sample.redhat-ci.yml
+++ b/sample.redhat-ci.yml
@@ -111,13 +111,12 @@ context: 'CI Tester'
 
 # OPTIONAL
 # Mark this testsuite as required. This causes a special
-# "required" context to be reported to GitHub on branch
-# tests. The result is set to successful only if all
-# testsuites marked as required are also successful. This is
-# useful for integration with merge bots, so that they only
-# need to watch for a single status rather than multiple
-# (possibly changing) statuses. If omitted, defaults to
-# false.
+# "required" context to be reported to GitHub. The result is
+# set to successful only if all testsuites marked as
+# required are also successful. This is useful for
+# integration with merge bots, so that they only need to
+# watch for a single status rather than multiple (possibly
+# changing) statuses. If omitted, defaults to false.
 required: true
 
 # OPTIONAL
diff --git a/spawner.py b/spawner.py
index 033653c..023f142 100755
--- a/spawner.py
+++ b/spawner.py
@@ -153,9 +153,14 @@ def count_failures(suites):
 
 def update_required_context(suites):
 
-    # only send 'required' context for branches
     if 'github_pull_id' in os.environ:
-        return
+        fallback_url = ('https://github.com/%s/pull/%s' %
+                        (os.environ['github_repo'],
+                         os.environ['github_pull_id']))
+    else:
+        fallback_url = ('https://github.com/%s/commits/%s' %
+                        (os.environ['github_repo'],
+                         os.environ['github_branch']))
 
     # don't send 'required' context if we're only targeting some testsuites
     if 'github_contexts' in os.environ:
@@ -178,10 +183,9 @@ def update_required_context(suites):
                 url = f.read().strip()
         else:
             # Something went really wrong in the tester. Just link back to the
-            # branch for now, though we should probably just capture the same
-            # text we used to update the commit status.
-            url = ('https://github.com/%s/commits/%s' %
-                   (os.environ['github_repo'], os.environ['github_branch']))
+            # branch/PR for now, though we should probably just capture the
+            # same text we used to update the commit status.
+            url = fallback_url
         result = (suite['rc'] == 0)
         results_suites.append((name, result, url))