diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index da42fceb..4ef7814c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ Thank you to all of our contributors, no matter how big or small the contributio
 - **[Darío Hereñú (@kant)](https://github.com/kant)**
 - **[@wikijm](https://github.com/wikijm)**
 - **[Przemysław Kłys (@PrzemyslawKlys)](https://github.com/PrzemyslawKlys)**
+- **[Matt Boren (@mtboren)](http://github.com/mtboren)**
 
 
 
diff --git a/GitHubRepositories.ps1 b/GitHubRepositories.ps1
index 43c4eb65..f156068e 100644
--- a/GitHubRepositories.ps1
+++ b/GitHubRepositories.ps1
@@ -461,6 +461,114 @@ function Get-GitHubRepository
     return Invoke-GHRestMethodMultipleResult @params
 }
 
+function Rename-GitHubRepository
+{
+<#
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        Rename a GitHub repository
+
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Renames a GitHub repository with the new name provided.
+
+        The Git repo for this module can be found here: http://aka.ms/PowerShellForGitHub
+
+    .PARAMETER OwnerName
+        Owner of the repository.
+        If not supplied here, the DefaultOwnerName configuration property value will be used.
+
+    .PARAMETER RepositoryName
+        Name of the repository.
+        If not supplied here, the DefaultRepositoryName configuration property value will be used.
+
+    .PARAMETER Uri
+        Uri for the repository to rename. You can supply this directly, or more easily by
+        using Get-GitHubRepository to get the repository as you please, and then piping the result to this cmdlet
+
+    .PARAMETER NewName
+        The new name to set for the given GitHub repository
+
+    .PARAMETER AccessToken
+        If provided, this will be used as the AccessToken for authentication with the
+        REST Api.  Otherwise, will attempt to use the configured value or will run unauthenticated.
+
+    .PARAMETER NoStatus
+        If this switch is specified, long-running commands will run on the main thread
+        with no commandline status update.  When not specified, those commands run in
+        the background, enabling the command prompt to provide status information.
+        If not supplied here, the DefaultNoStatus configuration property value will be used.
+
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Get-GitHubRepository -Owner octocat -RepositoryName hello-world | Rename-GitHubRepository -NewName hello-again-world
+        Get the given 'hello-world' repo from the user 'octocat' and rename it to be https://github.com/octocat/hello-again-world.
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Get-GitHubRepository -Uri https://github.com/octocat/hello-world | Rename-GitHubRepository -NewName hello-again-world -Confirm:$false
+        Get the repository at https://github.com/octocat/hello-world and then rename it https://github.com/octocat/hello-again-world. Will not prompt for confirmation, as -Confirm:$false was specified.
+
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Rename-GitHubRepository -Uri https://github.com/octocat/hello-world -NewName hello-again-world
+        Rename the repository at https://github.com/octocat/hello-world to https://github.com/octocat/hello-again-world.
+
+    .EXAMPLE
+        New-GitHubRepositoryFork -Uri https://github.com/octocat/hello-world | Foreach-Object {$_ | Rename-GitHubRepository -NewName "$($_.name)_fork"}
+        Fork the `hello-world` repository from the user 'octocat', and then rename the newly forked repository by appending '_fork'.
+#>
+    [CmdletBinding(
+        SupportsShouldProcess,
+        DefaultParametersetName='Uri',
+        ConfirmImpact="High")]
+    [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("PSShouldProcess", "", Justification="Methods called within here make use of PSShouldProcess, and the switch is passed on to them inherently.")]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ParameterSetName='Elements')]
+        [string] $OwnerName,
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ParameterSetName='Elements')]
+        [string] $RepositoryName,
+
+        [Parameter(
+            Mandatory,
+            ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName,
+            ParameterSetName='Uri')]
+        [Alias("html_url")]
+        [string] $Uri,
+
+        [parameter(Mandatory)][String]$NewName,
+
+        [string] $AccessToken,
+
+        [switch] $NoStatus
+    )
+
+    process
+    {
+        $repositoryInfoForDisplayMessage = if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq "Uri") { $Uri } else { $OwnerName, $RepositoryName -join "/" }
+        if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($strRepositoryInfoForDisplayMessage, "Rename repository to '$NewName'"))
+        {
+            Write-InvocationLog -Invocation $MyInvocation
+            $elements = Resolve-RepositoryElements -BoundParameters $PSBoundParameters
+            $OwnerName = $elements.ownerName
+            $RepositoryName = $elements.repositoryName
+
+            $telemetryProperties = @{
+                'OwnerName' = (Get-PiiSafeString -PlainText $OwnerName)
+                'RepositoryName' = (Get-PiiSafeString -PlainText $RepositoryName)
+            }
+
+            $params = @{
+                'UriFragment' = "repos/$OwnerName/$RepositoryName"
+                'Method' = 'Patch'
+                Body = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject @{name = $NewName}
+                'Description' =  "Renaming repository at '$repositoryInfoForDisplayMessage' to '$NewName'"
+                'AccessToken' = $AccessToken
+                'TelemetryEventName' = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name
+                'TelemetryProperties' = $telemetryProperties
+                'NoStatus' = (Resolve-ParameterWithDefaultConfigurationValue -BoundParameters $PSBoundParameters -Name NoStatus -ConfigValueName DefaultNoStatus)
+            }
+
+            return Invoke-GHRestMethod @params
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 function Update-GitHubRepository
 {
 <#
diff --git a/PowerShellForGitHub.psd1 b/PowerShellForGitHub.psd1
index c12a0081..e853807b 100644
--- a/PowerShellForGitHub.psd1
+++ b/PowerShellForGitHub.psd1
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
         'Remove-GitHubLabel',
         'Remove-GitHubMilestone',
         'Remove-GitHubRepository',
+        'Rename-GitHubRepository',
         'Reset-GitHubConfiguration',
         'Restore-GitHubConfiguration',
         'Set-GitHubAuthentication',
diff --git a/Tests/GitHubRepositories.tests.ps1 b/Tests/GitHubRepositories.tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd3c9fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/GitHubRepositories.tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+<#
+.Synopsis
+   Tests for GitHubRepositories.ps1 module
+.Description
+    Many cmdlets are indirectly tested in the course of other tests (New-GitHubRepository, Remove-GitHubRepository), and may not have explicit tests here
+#>
+
+# This is common test code setup logic for all Pester test files
+$moduleRootPath = Split-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -Parent
+. (Join-Path -Path $moduleRootPath -ChildPath 'Tests\Common.ps1')
+
+try
+{
+    Describe 'Modifying repositories' {
+
+        Context -Name 'For renaming a repository' -Fixture {
+            BeforeEach -Scriptblock {
+                $repo = New-GitHubRepository -RepositoryName ([Guid]::NewGuid().Guid) -AutoInit
+                $suffixToAddToRepo = "_renamed"
+                $newRepoName = "$($repo.Name)$suffixToAddToRepo"
+                Write-Verbose "New repo name shall be: '$newRepoName'"
+            }
+            It "Should have the expected new repository name - by URI" {
+                $renamedRepo = $repo | Rename-GitHubRepository -NewName $newRepoName -Confirm:$false
+                $renamedRepo.Name | Should be $newRepoName
+            }
+
+            It "Should have the expected new repository name - by Elements" {
+                $renamedRepo = Rename-GitHubRepository -OwnerName $repo.owner.login -RepositoryName $repo.name -NewName $newRepoName -Confirm:$false
+                $renamedRepo.Name | Should be $newRepoName
+            }
+            ## cleanup temp testing repository
+            AfterEach -Scriptblock {
+                ## variables from BeforeEach scriptblock are accessible here, but not variables from It scriptblocks, so need to make URI (instead of being able to use $renamedRepo variable from It scriptblock)
+                Remove-GitHubRepository -Uri "$($repo.svn_url)$suffixToAddToRepo" -Verbose
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+finally
+{
+    if (Test-Path -Path $script:originalConfigFile -PathType Leaf)
+    {
+        # Restore the user's configuration to its pre-test state
+        Restore-GitHubConfiguration -Path $script:originalConfigFile
+        $script:originalConfigFile = $null
+    }
+}