diff --git a/common/config.go b/common/config.go
index 7e61fef..43a9c83 100644
--- a/common/config.go
+++ b/common/config.go
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ type QAConfig struct {
 	Name   string
 	Origin string
 	BuildDisableRepos []string // which repos to build disable in the new project
+	ForkProject bool // whether to fork the Origin project and use that as scmsync
+	ForkOrganization string // which organization to use when forking
 }
 
 type Permissions struct {
diff --git a/common/utils.go b/common/utils.go
index c907c8a..7b20258 100644
--- a/common/utils.go
+++ b/common/utils.go
@@ -286,3 +286,13 @@ func TrimRemovedBranchSuffix(branchName string) string {
 
 	return branchName
 }
+
+func Slugify(orig string) string {
+	return strings.Map(func(r rune) rune {
+		if unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsDigit(r) {
+			return unicode.ToLower(r)
+		}
+
+		return '-'
+	}, orig)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/obs-staging-bot/README.md b/obs-staging-bot/README.md
index ff20c0e..0727813 100644
--- a/obs-staging-bot/README.md
+++ b/obs-staging-bot/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ It's a JSON file with following syntax:
    {
      "Name": "SLES",
      "Origin": "SUSE:SLFO:Products:SLES:16.0",
-     "BuildDisableRepos": ["product"]
+     "BuildDisableRepos": ["product"],
+     "ForkProject": false,
+     "ForkOrganization": "products-staging"
    }
  ]
 }
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ It's a JSON file with following syntax:
 | *QA > Name* | Suffix for the QA OBS staging project. The project is named *StagingProject:<PR_Number>:Name*. | no | string | | |
 | *QA > Origin* | OBS reference project | no | string | | |
 | *QA > BuildDisableRepos* | The names of OBS repositories to build-disable, if any. | no | array of strings | | [] |
+| *QA > ForkProject* | Whether to fork the project | no | boolean | true/false | false |
+| *QA > ForkOrganization* | The organization where the fork project resiedes | yes (if using ForkProject) | string | `[a-zA-Z0-9-_:]+` | |
 
 
 Details
@@ -67,6 +71,8 @@ Details
 * **PrjGit PR - QA staging project**
   * The QA staging project is meant for building the product; the relative build config is inherited from the `QA > Origin` project.
   * In this case, the **scmsync** tag is inherited from the `QA > Origin` project.
-  * It is desirable in some cases to avoid building some specific build service repositories when not needed. In this case, `QA > BuildDisableRepos` can be specified.
+  * It is desirable in some cases to avoid building some specific build service repositories when not needed. In this case, `QA > BuildDisableRepos` can be specified.  
     These repositories would be disabled in the project meta when generating the QA project.
-
+  * When using the **ForkProject** setting, the current ref specified in the `scmsync` definition in the `QA > Origin` project's meta is pushed to a separate git project,  
+    *`QA > ForkOrganization/QA > Name`*. `QA > ForkOrganization` must be specified in this case.  
+    The target project and organization must already exist.
diff --git a/obs-staging-bot/main.go b/obs-staging-bot/main.go
index ccd13c6..bd3ee73 100644
--- a/obs-staging-bot/main.go
+++ b/obs-staging-bot/main.go
@@ -376,13 +376,14 @@ func GenerateObsPrjMeta(git common.Git, gitea common.Gitea, pr *models.PullReque
 	return meta, nil
 }
 
+
 // buildProject
 //  ^-  templateProject
 //
 // stagingProject:$buildProject
 //  ^-  stagingProject:$buildProject:$subProjectName (based on templateProject)
 
-func CreateQASubProject(stagingConfig *common.StagingConfig, git common.Git, gitea common.Gitea, pr *models.PullRequest, stagingProject, templateProject, subProjectName string, buildDisableRepos []string) error {
+func CreateQASubProject(stagingConfig *common.StagingConfig, git common.Git, gitea common.Gitea, pr *models.PullRequest, stagingProject, templateProject, subProjectName string, buildDisableRepos []string, forkProject bool, forkOrganization string) error {
 	common.LogDebug("Setup QA sub projects")
 	templateMeta, err := ObsClient.GetProjectMeta(templateProject)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -408,8 +409,54 @@ func CreateQASubProject(stagingConfig *common.StagingConfig, git common.Git, git
                     panic(err)
                 }
 
-		// set expanded commit url
-		repository.Fragment  = branch.SHA
+		if forkProject && len(forkOrganization) > 0 {
+			// Clone the original repository
+			origin_repo, err := gitea.GetRepository(org, repo)
+			if err != nil {
+				common.LogError("unable to get original repository details: ", org, repo, err)
+				return err
+			}
+			RemoteName, err := git.GitClone(subProjectName, repository.Fragment, origin_repo.SSHURL)
+			if err != nil {
+				common.LogError("unable to clone original repository: ", err)
+				return err
+			}
+			err = git.GitExec(subProjectName, "fetch", "--prune", RemoteName, branch.SHA)
+			if err != nil {
+				common.LogError("unable to fetch original repository: ", err)
+				return err
+			}
+
+			// Push the repository to the forked remote.
+			// We don't need to change the content.
+			forked_branch_name := "QA_"+common.Slugify(stagingProject)
+
+			if !IsDryRun {
+				forked_repo, err := gitea.GetRepository(forkOrganization, subProjectName)
+				if err != nil {
+					common.LogError("unable to get forked repository details: ", forkOrganization, subProjectName, err)
+					return err
+				}
+
+				repository, err = url.Parse(forked_repo.CloneURL)
+				common.PanicOnError(err)
+				err = git.GitExec(subProjectName, "push", "--force", forked_repo.SSHURL, branch.SHA+":refs/heads/"+forked_branch_name)
+				if err != nil {
+					common.LogError("unable to push to the forked repository: ", err)
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+
+			// use the branch name
+			repository.Fragment = forked_branch_name
+		} else {
+			if forkProject && len(forkOrganization) == 0 {
+				// this is probably a misconfiguration, so complain
+				common.LogError("ForkProject specified without a ForkOrganization - the Origin scmsync branch will be used instead")
+			}
+			// set expanded commit url
+			repository.Fragment  = branch.SHA
+		}
 		templateMeta.ScmSync = repository.String()
 		common.LogDebug("Setting scmsync url to ", templateMeta.ScmSync)
 	}
@@ -942,7 +989,9 @@ func ProcessPullRequest(gitea common.Gitea, org, repo string, id int64) (bool, e
 					stagingProject,
 					setup.Origin,
 					setup.Name,
-					setup.BuildDisableRepos)
+					setup.BuildDisableRepos,
+					setup.ForkProject,
+					setup.ForkOrganization)
 				msg = msg + ObsWebHost + "/project/show/" +
 					stagingProject + ":" + setup.Name + "\n"
 			}