diff --git a/example/commitpr/main.go b/example/commitpr/main.go
index 2977928cc6..da3c5a5819 100644
--- a/example/commitpr/main.go
+++ b/example/commitpr/main.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ var (
 	sourceRepo    = flag.String("source-repo", "", "Name of repo to create the commit in.")
 	commitMessage = flag.String("commit-message", "", "Content of the commit message.")
 	commitBranch  = flag.String("commit-branch", "", "Name of branch to create the commit in. If it does not already exists, it will be created using the `base-branch` parameter")
+	repoBranch    = flag.String("repo-branch", "", "Name of the repository where the changes in the pull request were made. This field is required for cross-repository pull requests if both repositories are owned by the same organization")
 	baseBranch    = flag.String("base-branch", "master", "Name of branch to create the `commit-branch` from.")
 	prRepoOwner   = flag.String("merge-repo-owner", "", "Name of the owner (user or org) of the repo to create the PR against. If not specified, the value of the `-source-owner` flag will be used.")
 	prRepo        = flag.String("merge-repo", "", "Name of repo to create the PR against. If not specified, the value of the `-source-repo` flag will be used.")
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ func createPR() (err error) {
 	newPR := &github.NewPullRequest{
 		Title:               prSubject,
 		Head:                commitBranch,
+		HeadRepo:            repoBranch,
 		Base:                prBranch,
 		Body:                prDescription,
 		MaintainerCanModify: github.Bool(true),
diff --git a/github/github-accessors.go b/github/github-accessors.go
index 8b82604e9e..06564f250c 100644
--- a/github/github-accessors.go
+++ b/github/github-accessors.go
@@ -11374,6 +11374,14 @@ func (n *NewPullRequest) GetHead() string {
 	return *n.Head
 }
 
+// GetHeadRepo returns the HeadRepo field if it's non-nil, zero value otherwise.
+func (n *NewPullRequest) GetHeadRepo() string {
+	if n == nil || n.HeadRepo == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return *n.HeadRepo
+}
+
 // GetIssue returns the Issue field if it's non-nil, zero value otherwise.
 func (n *NewPullRequest) GetIssue() int {
 	if n == nil || n.Issue == nil {
diff --git a/github/github-accessors_test.go b/github/github-accessors_test.go
index 7d8729ee3f..46716b8806 100644
--- a/github/github-accessors_test.go
+++ b/github/github-accessors_test.go
@@ -13315,6 +13315,16 @@ func TestNewPullRequest_GetHead(tt *testing.T) {
 	n.GetHead()
 }
 
+func TestNewPullRequest_GetHeadRepo(tt *testing.T) {
+	var zeroValue string
+	n := &NewPullRequest{HeadRepo: &zeroValue}
+	n.GetHeadRepo()
+	n = &NewPullRequest{}
+	n.GetHeadRepo()
+	n = nil
+	n.GetHeadRepo()
+}
+
 func TestNewPullRequest_GetIssue(tt *testing.T) {
 	var zeroValue int
 	n := &NewPullRequest{Issue: &zeroValue}
diff --git a/github/pulls.go b/github/pulls.go
index 533e86b5f0..29549e24b8 100644
--- a/github/pulls.go
+++ b/github/pulls.go
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ func (s *PullRequestsService) GetRaw(ctx context.Context, owner string, repo str
 type NewPullRequest struct {
 	Title               *string `json:"title,omitempty"`
 	Head                *string `json:"head,omitempty"`
+	HeadRepo            *string `json:"head_repo,omitempty"`
 	Base                *string `json:"base,omitempty"`
 	Body                *string `json:"body,omitempty"`
 	Issue               *int    `json:"issue,omitempty"`
diff --git a/github/pulls_test.go b/github/pulls_test.go
index 87f6f41cfb..4ea6bfa9d1 100644
--- a/github/pulls_test.go
+++ b/github/pulls_test.go
@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@ func TestNewPullRequest_Marshal(t *testing.T) {
 	u := &NewPullRequest{
 		Title:               String("eh"),
 		Head:                String("eh"),
+		HeadRepo:            String("eh"),
 		Base:                String("eh"),
 		Body:                String("eh"),
 		Issue:               Int(1),
@@ -943,6 +944,7 @@ func TestNewPullRequest_Marshal(t *testing.T) {
 	want := `{
 		"title": "eh",
 		"head": "eh",
+		"head_repo": "eh",
 		"base": "eh",
 		"body": "eh",
 		"issue": 1,