diff --git a/osc/commands/fork.py b/osc/commands/fork.py
index 4cd9d2b9..c7d3e1a8 100644
--- a/osc/commands/fork.py
+++ b/osc/commands/fork.py
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ class ForkCommand(osc.commandline.OscCommand):
             help="Name of the package",
         )
 
+        self.add_argument(
+            "--target-project",
+            help="Name of the target project (defaults to home:$user:branches)",
+        )
+
+        self.add_argument(
+            "--target-package",
+            help="Name of the package (defaults to $package)",
+        )
+
         self.add_argument_new_repo_name()
 
     def run(self, args):
@@ -97,7 +107,14 @@ class ForkCommand(osc.commandline.OscCommand):
         print()
         print(f"Forking OBS package {args.project}/{args.package} ...")
         print(f" * OBS apiurl: {args.apiurl}")
-        status = obs_api.Package.cmd_fork(args.apiurl, args.project, args.package, scmsync=fork_scmsync)
+        status = obs_api.Package.cmd_fork(
+            args.apiurl,
+            args.project,
+            args.package,
+            scmsync=fork_scmsync,
+            target_project=args.target_project,
+            target_package=args.target_package,
+        )
         target_project = status.data["targetproject"]
         target_package = status.data["targetpackage"]
         # XXX: the current OBS API is not ideal; we don't get any info whether the new package exists already; 404 would be probably nicer
diff --git a/osc/obs_api/package.py b/osc/obs_api/package.py
index 6a9d5325..5cc085e3 100644
--- a/osc/obs_api/package.py
+++ b/osc/obs_api/package.py
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ class Package(XmlModel):
         package: str,
         *,
         scmsync: str,
+        target_project: Optional[str] = None,
+        target_package: Optional[str] = None,
     ):
         """
         POST /source/{project}/{package}?cmd=fork&scmsync={scmsync}
@@ -105,12 +107,16 @@ class Package(XmlModel):
         :param project: Project name.
         :param package: Package name.
         :param scmsync: Checkout Git URL. Example: https://src.example.com/owner/repo#branch
+        :param target_project: Target project name (defaults to home:$user:branches)
+        :param target_package: Target package name (defaults to $package)
         """
 
         url_path = ["source", project, package]
         url_query = {
             "cmd": "fork",
             "scmsync": scmsync,
+            "target_project": target_project,
+            "target_package": target_package,
         }
         response = cls.xml_request("POST", apiurl, url_path, url_query)
         return Status.from_file(response, apiurl=apiurl)