diff --git a/pr_split/git_ops/prs.py b/pr_split/git_ops/prs.py
index f784173..f44bb44 100644
--- a/pr_split/git_ops/prs.py
+++ b/pr_split/git_ops/prs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
+import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 from collections.abc import Sequence
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 from ..constants import FORK_REF_PREFIX, PR_REF_PREFIX
 from ..exceptions import ErrorMsg, GitOperationError
 from ..types_defs import ForkPRInfo
+from .branches import run_git
 
 
 def _run_gh(*args: str) -> str:
@@ -24,9 +26,49 @@ def _run_gh(*args: str) -> str:
     return result.stdout.strip()
 
 
+# Matches the host of an https/ssh/git URL or an scp-like ``user@host:path``.
+# Local paths and file:// URLs deliberately do not match: they have no host
+# for gh to authenticate against. A dot is required only in the bare
+# ``host:path`` form, where it separates real hosts from Windows drives and
+# relative paths; scheme and ``user@`` forms accept single-label hosts
+# (``git@ghe:org/repo``), which gh itself supports.
+_REMOTE_HOST_RE = re.compile(
+    r"^(?:"
+    r"(?:https?|ssh|git|git\+ssh|ssh\+git)://(?:[^@/]+@)?(?P<scheme_host>[^.:/@][^:/@]*)"
+    r"|[^@/:]+@(?P<scp_host>[^.:/@][^:/@]*)"
+    r"|(?P<bare_host>[^.:/@][^:/@]*\.[^:/@]+)"
+    r")(?::\d+)?[:/]"
+)
+
+
+def gh_host() -> str:
+    """The GitHub host pr-split talks to, resolved the way gh does.
+
+    gh targets the host of the repository's remote and only treats GH_HOST
+    as an override, so an enterprise-only checkout must be checked against
+    its own host, not github.com.
+    """
+    override = os.environ.get("GH_HOST")
+    if override:
+        return override.lower()
+    try:
+        remote = run_git("remote", "get-url", "origin")
+    except GitOperationError:
+        return "github.com"
+    match = _REMOTE_HOST_RE.match(remote.strip())
+    if not match:
+        return "github.com"
+    host = match.group("scheme_host") or match.group("scp_host") or match.group("bare_host")
+    # gh lowercases hosts it parses from remotes; `--hostname` is case-sensitive.
+    return host.lower()
+
+
 def check_gh_auth() -> bool:
+    # Without --hostname, `gh auth status` exits 1 when *any* configured
+    # host is unauthenticated (a stale enterprise token), even though every
+    # call pr-split makes targets one host.
     try:
-        _run_gh("auth", "status")
+        _run_gh("auth", "status", "--hostname", gh_host())
     except GitOperationError:
         return False
     return True
diff --git a/tests/test_git_prs.py b/tests/test_git_prs.py
index 2043ef9..5a28463 100644
--- a/tests/test_git_prs.py
+++ b/tests/test_git_prs.py
@@ -160,3 +160,69 @@ def test_ready_by_default(self, mock_gh: MagicMock) -> None:
         mock_gh.return_value = "https://github.com/org/repo/pull/7"
         create_pr("head", "main", "Title", "Body")
         assert "--draft" not in mock_gh.call_args.args
+
+
+class TestCheckGhAuthHost:
+    @patch("pr_split.git_ops.prs.run_git", return_value="git@github.com:org/repo.git")
+    @patch("pr_split.git_ops.prs._run_gh", return_value="")
+    def test_checks_only_the_target_host(
+        self, mock_gh: MagicMock, mock_git: MagicMock, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+    ) -> None:
+        from pr_split.git_ops.prs import check_gh_auth
+
+        monkeypatch.delenv("GH_HOST", raising=False)
+        assert check_gh_auth() is True
+        mock_gh.assert_called_once_with("auth", "status", "--hostname", "github.com")
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("remote", "host"),
+        [
+            ("https://ghe.example.com/org/repo.git", "ghe.example.com"),
+            ("ssh://git@ghe.example.com:2222/org/repo.git", "ghe.example.com"),
+            ("git@ghe.example.com:org/repo.git", "ghe.example.com"),
+            ("https://user:tok@ghe.example.com/org/repo", "ghe.example.com"),
+            ("git@github.com:org/repo.git", "github.com"),
+            # gh lowercases remote hosts; `--hostname` is case-sensitive.
+            ("https://GHE.Example.COM/org/repo.git", "ghe.example.com"),
+            # Local remotes have no host to authenticate against.
+            ("../other", "github.com"),
+            ("/srv/repo.git", "github.com"),
+            ("file:///srv/repo.git", "github.com"),
+            # Single-label GHE hosts are valid in scheme and scp forms.
+            ("git@ghe:org/repo.git", "ghe"),
+            ("ssh://git@ghe/org/repo.git", "ghe"),
+            # Bare scp form still needs a dot to rule out local paths.
+            ("ghe.example.com:org/repo.git", "ghe.example.com"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_host_is_derived_from_the_origin_remote(
+        self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, remote: str, host: str
+    ) -> None:
+        from pr_split.git_ops.prs import gh_host
+
+        monkeypatch.delenv("GH_HOST", raising=False)
+        with patch("pr_split.git_ops.prs.run_git", return_value=remote):
+            assert gh_host() == host
+
+    def test_no_remote_falls_back_to_github(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        from pr_split.git_ops.prs import gh_host
+
+        monkeypatch.delenv("GH_HOST", raising=False)
+        with patch("pr_split.git_ops.prs.run_git", side_effect=GitOperationError("no origin")):
+            assert gh_host() == "github.com"
+
+    @patch("pr_split.git_ops.prs._run_gh", return_value="")
+    def test_honours_gh_host(self, mock_gh: MagicMock, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        from pr_split.git_ops.prs import check_gh_auth
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("GH_HOST", "GHE.example.com")
+        with patch("pr_split.git_ops.prs.run_git") as mock_git:
+            check_gh_auth()
+        mock_gh.assert_called_once_with("auth", "status", "--hostname", "ghe.example.com")
+        mock_git.assert_not_called()
+
+    @patch("pr_split.git_ops.prs._run_gh", side_effect=GitOperationError("not logged in"))
+    def test_unauthenticated_target_host_is_false(self, mock_gh: MagicMock) -> None:
+        from pr_split.git_ops.prs import check_gh_auth
+
+        assert check_gh_auth() is False