diff --git a/pagure/lib/git.py b/pagure/lib/git.py
index c50c27f..7f0a207 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/git.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/git.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import pygit2
 import werkzeug
 
 from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
+from pygit2.remote import RemoteCollection
+
 import pagure
 import pagure.exceptions
 import pagure.lib
@@ -1600,6 +1602,14 @@ def diff_pull_request(
         request.commit_stop = diff_commits[0].oid.hex
         session.add(request)
         session.commit()
+
+        tasks.sync_pull_ref.delay(
+            request.project.name,
+            request.project.namespace,
+            request.project.user.username if request.project.is_fork else None,
+            request.id
+        )
+
         if commenttext:
             pagure.lib.add_pull_request_comment(
                 session, request,
@@ -1620,6 +1630,28 @@ def diff_pull_request(
         return diff_commits
 
 
+def update_pull_ref(request, repo):
+    """ Create or update the refs/pull/ reference in the git repo.
+    """
+
+    repopath = pagure.get_repo_path(request.project)
+    reponame = '%s_%s' % (request.user.user, request.uid)
+
+    _log.info(
+        '  Adding remote: %s pointing to: %s', reponame, repopath)
+    rc = RemoteCollection(repo)
+    remote = rc.create(reponame, repopath)
+    try:
+        _log.info(
+            '  Pushing refs/heads/%s to refs/pull/%s',
+            request.branch_from, request.id)
+        refname = 'refs/heads/%s:refs/pull/%s/head' % (
+            request.branch_from, request.id)
+        PagureRepo.push(remote, refname)
+    finally:
+        rc.delete(reponame)
+
+
 def get_git_tags(project):
     """ Returns the list of tags created in the git repositorie of the
     specified project.
diff --git a/pagure/lib/tasks.py b/pagure/lib/tasks.py
index 411dee0..ed713da 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/tasks.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/tasks.py
@@ -417,3 +417,36 @@ def project_dowait(name, namespace, user):
     gc_clean()
 
     return ret('view_repo', repo=name, username=user, namespace=namespace)
+
+
+@conn.task
+def sync_pull_ref(name, namespace, user, requestid):
+    """ Synchronize a pull/ reference from the content in the forked repo,
+    allowing local checkout of the pull-request.
+    """
+    session = pagure.lib.create_session()
+
+    project = pagure.lib._get_project(
+        session, namespace=namespace, name=name, user=user)
+
+    with project.lock('WORKER'):
+        request = pagure.lib.search_pull_requests(
+            session, project_id=project.id, requestid=requestid)
+        _log.debug(
+            'Update pull refs of: %s#%s',
+            request.project.fullname, request.id)
+
+        if request.remote:
+            # Get the fork
+            repopath = pagure.get_remote_repo_path(
+                request.remote_git, request.branch_from)
+        else:
+            # Get the fork
+            repopath = pagure.get_repo_path(request.project_from)
+        _log.debug('   working on the repo in: %s', repopath)
+
+        repo_obj = pygit2.Repository(repopath)
+        pagure.lib.git.update_pull_ref(request, repo_obj)
+
+    session.remove()
+    gc_clean()