diff --git a/app/views/repositories/fork.html.erb b/app/views/repositories/fork.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/lib/gitlab-cli/lib/gitlab/client/projects.rb b/lib/gitlab-cli/lib/gitlab/client/projects.rb
index 04ea682aa..476e88b72 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab-cli/lib/gitlab/client/projects.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab-cli/lib/gitlab/client/projects.rb
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ class Gitlab::Client
       delete("/projects/#{project}/hooks/#{id}")
     end
 
+    # Forks a project into the user namespace of the authenticated user.
+    # @param  [Integer] - The ID of the project to be forked
+    def fork(id)
+      post("/projects/fork/#{id}")
+    end
+
     # Mark this project as forked from the other
     #
     # @example