diff --git a/src/GitLabApiClient/BranchClient.cs b/src/GitLabApiClient/BranchClient.cs
index 2746d61b..bfb49e53 100644
--- a/src/GitLabApiClient/BranchClient.cs
+++ b/src/GitLabApiClient/BranchClient.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using GitLabApiClient.Internal.Http;
 using GitLabApiClient.Internal.Paths;
 using GitLabApiClient.Internal.Queries;
+using GitLabApiClient.Internal.Utilities;
 using GitLabApiClient.Models.Branches.Requests;
 using GitLabApiClient.Models.Branches.Responses;
 using GitLabApiClient.Models.Projects.Responses;
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ internal BranchClient(
         /// <param name="branchName">The branch name.</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         public async Task<Branch> GetAsync(ProjectId projectId, string branchName) =>
-            await _httpFacade.Get<Branch>($"projects/{projectId}/repository/branches/{branchName}");
+            await _httpFacade.Get<Branch>($"projects/{projectId}/repository/branches/{branchName.UrlEncode()}");
 
         /// <summary>
         ///
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public async Task<Branch> CreateAsync(ProjectId projectId, CreateBranchRequest r
         /// <param name="projectId">The ID, path or <see cref="Project"/> of the project.</param>
         /// <param name="branchName">The branch, you want deleted.</param>
         public async Task DeleteBranch(ProjectId projectId, string branchName) =>
-            await _httpFacade.Delete($"projects/{projectId}/repository/branches/{branchName}");
+            await _httpFacade.Delete($"projects/{projectId}/repository/branches/{branchName.UrlEncode()}");
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Deletes the merged branches
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ public async Task DeleteMergedBranches(ProjectId projectId) =>
         /// <param name="branchName">The protected branch</param>
         /// <returns>A protected branch</returns>
         public async Task<ProtectedBranch> GetProtectedBranchesAsync(ProjectId projectId, string branchName) =>
-            await _httpFacade.Get<ProtectedBranch>($"projects/{projectId}/protected_branches/{branchName}");
+            await _httpFacade.Get<ProtectedBranch>($"projects/{projectId}/protected_branches/{branchName.UrlEncode()}");
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Retrieves a list of Protected Branches from a project.
@@ -103,6 +104,6 @@ public async Task<ProtectedBranch> ProtectBranchAsync(ProjectId projectId, Prote
         /// <param name="projectId">The ID, path or <see cref="Project"/> of the project.</param>
         /// <param name="branchName">The Branch, you want to unprotect.</param>
         public async Task UnprotectBranchAsync(ProjectId projectId, string branchName) =>
-            await _httpFacade.Delete($"projects/{projectId}/protected_branches/{branchName}");
+            await _httpFacade.Delete($"projects/{projectId}/protected_branches/{branchName.UrlEncode()}");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/GitLabApiClient/IProjectsClient.cs b/src/GitLabApiClient/IProjectsClient.cs
index 75df4984..6447cbe6 100644
--- a/src/GitLabApiClient/IProjectsClient.cs
+++ b/src/GitLabApiClient/IProjectsClient.cs
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ public interface IProjectsClient
         /// <returns>Newly created project.</returns>
         Task<Project> CreateAsync(CreateProjectRequest request);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create a new fork of a project
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="projectId">The ID, path or <see cref="Project"/> of the project.</param>
+        /// <param name="request">Create fork request</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        Task<Project> CreateForkAsync(ProjectId projectId, CreateProjectForkRequest request);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates new project label.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/GitLabApiClient/Models/Projects/Requests/CreateProjectForkRequest.cs b/src/GitLabApiClient/Models/Projects/Requests/CreateProjectForkRequest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..885c4401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GitLabApiClient/Models/Projects/Requests/CreateProjectForkRequest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+using GitLabApiClient.Internal.Utilities;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace GitLabApiClient.Models.Projects.Requests
+{
+    public sealed class CreateProjectForkRequest
+    {
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CreateProjectRequest"/> class.
+        /// <param name="name">The name of the new project.</param>
+        /// </summary>
+        public static CreateProjectForkRequest FromName(string name)
+        {
+            Guard.NotEmpty(name, nameof(name));
+            return new CreateProjectForkRequest
+            {
+                Name = name,
+                Path = name.ToLower()
+            };
+        }
+
+        private CreateProjectForkRequest() { }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The description assigned to the resultant project after forking
+        /// </summary>
+        [JsonProperty("description")]
+        public string Description { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// For forked projects, target merge requests to this project. If <see cref="false"/>, the target is the upstream project
+        /// </summary>
+        [JsonProperty("mr_default_target_self")]
+        public bool DefaultTargetSelf { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The name assigned to the resultant project after forking
+        /// </summary>
+        [JsonProperty("name")]
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The ID of the namespace that the project is forked to
+        /// </summary>
+        [JsonProperty("namespace_id")]
+        public int NamespaceId { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The path of the namespace that the project is forked to
+        /// </summary>
+        [JsonProperty("namespace_path")]
+        public int NamespacePath { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The path assigned to the resultant project after forking
+        /// </summary>
+        [JsonProperty("path")]
+        public string Path { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The <see cref="ProjectVisibilityLevel"/> assigned to the resultant project after forking
+        /// </summary>
+        [JsonProperty("visibility")]
+        public ProjectVisibilityLevel? Visibility { get; set; }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/GitLabApiClient/ProjectsClient.cs b/src/GitLabApiClient/ProjectsClient.cs
index ffd52c0f..fba71036 100644
--- a/src/GitLabApiClient/ProjectsClient.cs
+++ b/src/GitLabApiClient/ProjectsClient.cs
@@ -136,6 +136,19 @@ public async Task<Project> CreateAsync(CreateProjectRequest request)
             return await _httpFacade.Post<Project>("projects", request);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create a new fork of a project
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="projectId">The ID, path or <see cref="Project" /> of the project.</param>
+        /// <param name="request">Create fork request</param>
+        /// <returns>Newly created project.
+        /// The forking operation for a project is asynchronous and is completed in a background job. The request returns immediately. To determine whether the fork of the project has completed, query the import_status for the new project.</returns>
+        public async Task<Project> CreateForkAsync(ProjectId projectId, CreateProjectForkRequest request)
+        {
+            Guard.NotNull(request, nameof(request));
+            return await _httpFacade.Post<Project>($"projects/{projectId}/fork", request);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates new project label.
         /// </summary>