diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d18adbd..0c61a3b2 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ Flags:
   -P, --project strings         The name, including owner of a GitLab project in the format "ownerName/repoName".
   -R, --repo strings            The name, including owner of a GitHub repository in the format "ownerName/repoName".
   -r, --reviewers strings       The username of the reviewers to be added on the pull request.
+  -a, --assignees strings       The username of the assignees to be added on the pull request.
       --skip-pr                 Skip pull request and directly push to the branch.
   -T, --token string            The GitHub/GitLab personal access token. Can also be set using the GITHUB_TOKEN/GITLAB_TOKEN/GITEA_TOKEN/BITBUCKET_SERVER_TOKEN environment variable.
   -U, --user strings            The name of a user. All repositories owned by that user will be used.
diff --git a/cmd/cmd-run.go b/cmd/cmd-run.go
index 46c88933..e0e10d8e 100755
--- a/cmd/cmd-run.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd-run.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func RunCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("dry-run", "d", false, "Run without pushing changes or creating pull requests.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("author-name", "", "", "Name of the committer. If not set, the global git config setting will be used.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("author-email", "", "", "Email of the committer. If not set, the global git config setting will be used.")
+	cmd.Flags().StringSliceP("assignees", "a", nil, "The username of the assignees to be added on the pull request.")
 	configureGit(cmd)
 	configurePlatform(cmd)
 	configureRunPlatform(cmd, true)
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	authorName, _ := flag.GetString("author-name")
 	authorEmail, _ := flag.GetString("author-email")
 	strOutput, _ := flag.GetString("output")
+	assignees, _ := flag.GetStringSlice("assignees")
 
 	if concurrent < 1 {
 		return errors.New("concurrent runs can't be less than one")
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		SkipPullRequest:  skipPullRequest,
 		CommitAuthor:     commitAuthor,
 		BaseBranch:       baseBranchName,
+		Assignees:        assignees,
 
 		Concurrent: concurrent,
 
diff --git a/internal/git/pullrequest.go b/internal/git/pullrequest.go
index c8b88c20..9ca6e2d5 100755
--- a/internal/git/pullrequest.go
+++ b/internal/git/pullrequest.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type NewPullRequest struct {
 	Base  string
 
 	Reviewers []string // The username of all reviewers
+	Assignees []string
 }
 
 // PullRequestStatus is the status of a pull request, including statuses of the last commit
diff --git a/internal/multigitter/run.go b/internal/multigitter/run.go
index 71904b3b..cbcc47d0 100755
--- a/internal/multigitter/run.go
+++ b/internal/multigitter/run.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type Runner struct {
 	DryRun           bool
 	CommitAuthor     *git.CommitAuthor
 	BaseBranch       string // The base branch of the PR, use default branch if not set
+	Assignees        []string
 
 	Concurrent      int
 	SkipPullRequest bool // If set, the script will run directly on the base-branch without creating any PR
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@ func (r *Runner) runSingleRepo(ctx context.Context, repo git.Repository) (git.Pu
 		Head:      r.FeatureBranch,
 		Base:      baseBranch,
 		Reviewers: getReviewers(r.Reviewers, r.MaxReviewers),
+		Assignees: r.Assignees,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/internal/scm/bitbucketserver/bitbucket_server.go b/internal/scm/bitbucketserver/bitbucket_server.go
index fc253138..76aed57f 100644
--- a/internal/scm/bitbucketserver/bitbucket_server.go
+++ b/internal/scm/bitbucketserver/bitbucket_server.go
@@ -246,26 +246,21 @@ func (b *BitbucketServer) CreatePullRequest(ctx context.Context, repo git.Reposi
 
 	client := newClient(ctx, b.config)
 
-	var usersWithMetadata []bitbucketv1.UserWithMetadata
-	for _, reviewer := range newPR.Reviewers {
-		response, err := client.DefaultApi.GetUser(reviewer)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		var userWithLinks bitbucketv1.UserWithLinks
-		err = mapstructure.Decode(response.Values, &userWithLinks)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+	reviewers, err := b.getUsersWithLinks(newPR.Reviewers, client)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
-		usersWithMetadata = append(usersWithMetadata, bitbucketv1.UserWithMetadata{User: userWithLinks})
+	assignees, err := b.getUsersWithLinks(newPR.Assignees, client)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	response, err := client.DefaultApi.CreatePullRequest(r.project, r.name, bitbucketv1.PullRequest{
 		Title:       newPR.Title,
 		Description: newPR.Body,
-		Reviewers:   usersWithMetadata,
+		Reviewers:   reviewers,
+		Participants: assignees,
 		FromRef: bitbucketv1.PullRequestRef{
 			ID: fmt.Sprintf("refs/heads/%s", newPR.Head),
 			Repository: bitbucketv1.Repository{
@@ -297,6 +292,27 @@ func (b *BitbucketServer) CreatePullRequest(ctx context.Context, repo git.Reposi
 	return newPullRequest(pullRequestResp), nil
 }
 
+func (b *BitbucketServer) getUsersWithLinks(usernames []string, client *bitbucketv1.APIClient) ([]bitbucketv1.UserWithMetadata,  error) {
+	var usersWithMetadata []bitbucketv1.UserWithMetadata
+
+	for _, username := range usernames {
+		response, err := client.DefaultApi.GetUser(username)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		var userWithLinks bitbucketv1.UserWithLinks
+		err = mapstructure.Decode(response.Values, &userWithLinks)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		usersWithMetadata = append(usersWithMetadata, bitbucketv1.UserWithMetadata{User: userWithLinks})
+	}
+
+	return usersWithMetadata, nil
+}
+
 // GetPullRequests Gets the latest pull requests from repositories based on the scm configuration
 func (b *BitbucketServer) GetPullRequests(ctx context.Context, branchName string) ([]git.PullRequest, error) {
 	client := newClient(ctx, b.config)
diff --git a/internal/scm/gitea/gitea.go b/internal/scm/gitea/gitea.go
index ffd933fb..fd832d74 100644
--- a/internal/scm/gitea/gitea.go
+++ b/internal/scm/gitea/gitea.go
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ func (g *Gitea) CreatePullRequest(ctx context.Context, repo git.Repository, prRe
 		Base:  newPR.Base,
 		Title: newPR.Title,
 		Body:  newPR.Body,
+		Assignees: newPR.Assignees,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not create pull request")
diff --git a/internal/scm/github/github.go b/internal/scm/github/github.go
index 9b2e382f..f21df0e1 100755
--- a/internal/scm/github/github.go
+++ b/internal/scm/github/github.go
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ func (g Github) CreatePullRequest(ctx context.Context, repo git.Repository, prRe
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if err := g.addAssignees(ctx, r, newPR, pr); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return convertPullRequest(pr), nil
 }
 
@@ -274,6 +278,14 @@ func (g Github) addReviewers(ctx context.Context, repo repository, newPR git.New
 	return err
 }
 
+func (g Github) addAssignees(ctx context.Context, repo repository, newPR git.NewPullRequest, createdPR *github.PullRequest) error {
+	if len(newPR.Assignees) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	_, _, err := g.ghClient.Issues.AddAssignees(ctx, repo.ownerName, repo.name, createdPR.GetNumber(), newPR.Assignees)
+	return err
+}
+
 // GetPullRequests gets all pull requests of with a specific branch
 func (g Github) GetPullRequests(ctx context.Context, branchName string) ([]git.PullRequest, error) {
 	// TODO: If this is implemented with the GitHub v4 graphql api, it would be much faster
diff --git a/internal/scm/gitlab/gitlab.go b/internal/scm/gitlab/gitlab.go
index 453027f5..af4f1ddf 100644
--- a/internal/scm/gitlab/gitlab.go
+++ b/internal/scm/gitlab/gitlab.go
@@ -206,14 +206,14 @@ func (g *Gitlab) CreatePullRequest(ctx context.Context, repo git.Repository, prR
 	r := repo.(repository)
 	prR := prRepo.(repository)
 
-	// Convert from usernames to user ids
-	var assigneeIDs []int
-	if len(newPR.Reviewers) > 0 {
-		var err error
-		assigneeIDs, err = g.getUserIDs(ctx, newPR.Reviewers)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+	reviewersIDs, err := g.getUserIds(ctx, newPR.Reviewers)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	assigneesIDs, err := g.getUserIds(ctx, newPR.Assignees)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	removeSourceBranch := true
@@ -223,8 +223,9 @@ func (g *Gitlab) CreatePullRequest(ctx context.Context, repo git.Repository, prR
 		SourceBranch:       &newPR.Head,
 		TargetBranch:       &newPR.Base,
 		TargetProjectID:    &r.pid,
-		AssigneeIDs:        assigneeIDs,
+		ReviewerIDs:        reviewersIDs,
 		RemoveSourceBranch: &removeSourceBranch,
+		AssigneeIDs: 		assigneesIDs,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -241,6 +242,21 @@ func (g *Gitlab) CreatePullRequest(ctx context.Context, repo git.Repository, prR
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func (g *Gitlab) getUserIds(ctx context.Context, usernames []string) ([]int, error) {
+	// Convert from usernames to user ids
+	var assigneeIDs []int
+
+	if len(usernames) > 0 {
+		var err error
+		assigneeIDs, err = g.getUserIDs(ctx, usernames)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return assigneeIDs, nil
+}
+
 func (g *Gitlab) getUserIDs(ctx context.Context, usernames []string) ([]int, error) {
 	userIDs := make([]int, len(usernames))
 	for i := range usernames {
diff --git a/tests/table_test.go b/tests/table_test.go
index cf4fdb52..8716a2f5 100644
--- a/tests/table_test.go
+++ b/tests/table_test.go
@@ -662,6 +662,31 @@ Repositories with a successful run:
 `, runData.out)
 			},
 		},
+
+		{
+			name: "assignees",
+			vcCreate: func(t *testing.T) *vcmock.VersionController {
+				return &vcmock.VersionController{
+					Repositories: []vcmock.Repository{
+						createRepo(t, "owner", "should-change", "i like apples"),
+					},
+				}
+			},
+			args: []string{
+				"run",
+				"--author-name", "Test Author",
+				"--author-email", "test@example.com",
+				"-m", "custom message",
+				"-a", "assignee1,assignee2",
+				changerBinaryPath,
+			},
+			verify: func(t *testing.T, vcMock *vcmock.VersionController, runData runData) {
+				require.Len(t, vcMock.PullRequests, 1)
+				assert.Len(t, vcMock.PullRequests[0].Assignees, 2)
+				assert.Contains(t, vcMock.PullRequests[0].Assignees, "assignee1")
+				assert.Contains(t, vcMock.PullRequests[1].Assignees, "assignee2")
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, gitBackend := range gitBackends {