diff --git a/include/git2/remote.h b/include/git2/remote.h
index e81e25f98..856da3b6b 100644
--- a/include/git2/remote.h
+++ b/include/git2/remote.h
@@ -218,6 +218,16 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_supported_url(const char* url);
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_list(git_strarray *remotes_list, git_repository *repo);
 
+/**
+ * Add a remote with the default fetch refspec to the repository's configuration
+ *
+ * @param out the resulting remote
+ * @param repo the repository in which to create the remote
+ * @param name the remote's name
+ * @param url the remote's url
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_add(git_remote **out, git_repository *repo, const char *name, const char *url);
+
 /** @} */
 GIT_END_DECL
 #endif
diff --git a/src/remote.c b/src/remote.c
index 6a1390dba..3678d3475 100644
--- a/src/remote.c
+++ b/src/remote.c
@@ -476,3 +476,28 @@ int git_remote_list(git_strarray *remotes_list, git_repository *repo)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int git_remote_add(git_remote **out, git_repository *repo, const char *name, const char *url)
+{
+	git_buf buf = GIT_BUF_INIT;
+	if (git_remote_new(out, repo, url, name) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (git_buf_printf(&buf, "refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/%s/*", name) < 0)
+		goto on_error;
+
+	if (git_remote_set_fetchspec(*out, git_buf_cstr(&buf)) < 0)
+		goto on_error;
+
+	git_buf_free(&buf);
+
+	if (git_remote_save(*out) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+
+on_error:
+	git_buf_free(&buf);
+	git_remote_free(*out);
+	return -1;
+}
diff --git a/tests-clar/network/remotes.c b/tests-clar/network/remotes.c
index f03d983c3..608f09a27 100644
--- a/tests-clar/network/remotes.c
+++ b/tests-clar/network/remotes.c
@@ -158,3 +158,15 @@ void test_network_remotes__loading_a_missing_remote_returns_ENOTFOUND(void)
 {
 	cl_assert_equal_i(GIT_ENOTFOUND, git_remote_load(&_remote, _repo, "just-left-few-minutes-ago"));
 }
+
+void test_network_remotes__add(void)
+{
+	git_remote_free(_remote);
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_add(&_remote, _repo, "addtest", "http://github.com/libgit2/libgit2"));
+	git_remote_free(_remote);
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_load(&_remote, _repo, "addtest"));
+	_refspec = git_remote_fetchspec(_remote);
+	cl_assert(!strcmp(git_refspec_src(_refspec), "refs/heads/*"));
+	cl_assert(!strcmp(git_refspec_dst(_refspec), "refs/remotes/addtest/*"));
+}