diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/Branches.js b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/Branches.js
index 2dee365424..6d501af593 100644
--- a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/Branches.js
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/Branches.js
@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@ export type Branch = {
   defaultBranch?: boolean,
   _links: Links
 }
+
+export type BranchRequest = {
+  name: string,
+  parent: string
+}
diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/index.js b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/index.js
index 02e88f12e1..c57a3c6792 100644
--- a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/index.js
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/index.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export type { Group, Member } from "./Group";
 export type { Repository, RepositoryCollection, RepositoryGroup } from "./Repositories";
 export type { RepositoryType, RepositoryTypeCollection } from "./RepositoryTypes";
 
-export type { Branch } from "./Branches";
+export type { Branch, BranchRequest } from "./Branches";
 
 export type { Changeset } from "./Changesets";
 
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/repos/branches/components/BranchForm.js b/scm-ui/src/repos/branches/components/BranchForm.js
index 2938b06a2a..d72e2196ba 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/repos/branches/components/BranchForm.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/repos/branches/components/BranchForm.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 import React from "react";
 import { translate } from "react-i18next";
-import type { Repository, Branch } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
+import type { Repository, Branch, BranchRequest } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
 import {
   Select,
   InputField,
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { orderBranches } from "../util/orderBranches";
 
 type Props = {
-  submitForm: Branch => void,
+  submitForm: BranchRequest => void,
   repository: Repository,
   branches: Branch[],
   loading?: boolean,
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ class BranchForm extends React.Component<Props, State> {
   submit = (event: Event) => {
     event.preventDefault();
     if (this.isValid()) {
-      this.props.submitForm(this.state.branch);
+      this.props.submitForm({
+        name: this.state.name,
+        parent: this.state.source
+      });
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/repos/branches/containers/CreateBranch.js b/scm-ui/src/repos/branches/containers/CreateBranch.js
index 1b0ef76408..a38d483af7 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/repos/branches/containers/CreateBranch.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/repos/branches/containers/CreateBranch.js
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import {
 } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
 import { translate } from "react-i18next";
 import BranchForm from "../components/BranchForm";
-import type { Repository, Branch } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
+import type { Repository, Branch, BranchRequest } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
 import {
   fetchBranches,
   getBranches,
+  getBrancheCreateLink,
   createBranch,
   createBranchReset,
   isCreateBranchPending,
@@ -28,10 +29,16 @@ type Props = {
   error?: Error,
   repository: Repository,
   branches: Branch[],
+  createBranchesLink: string,
 
   // dispatcher functions
   fetchBranches: Repository => void,
-  createBranch: (branch: Branch, callback?: () => void) => void,
+  createBranch: (
+    createLink: string,
+    repository: Repository,
+    branch: BranchRequest,
+    callback?: (Branch) => void
+  ) => void,
   resetForm: () => void,
 
   // context objects
@@ -48,12 +55,21 @@ class CreateBranch extends React.Component<Props> {
   }
 
   branchCreated = (branch: Branch) => {
-    const { history } = this.props;
-    history.push("/branch/" + encodeURIComponent(branch.name) + "/info");
+    const { history, repository } = this.props;
+    history.push(
+      `/repo/${repository.namespace}/${
+        repository.name
+      }/branch/${encodeURIComponent(branch.name)}/info`
+    );
   };
 
-  createBranch = (branch: Branch) => {
-    this.props.createBranch(branch, () => this.branchCreated(branch));
+  createBranch = (branch: BranchRequest) => {
+    this.props.createBranch(
+      this.props.createBranchesLink,
+      this.props.repository,
+      branch,
+      newBranch => this.branchCreated(newBranch)
+    );
   };
 
   transmittedName = (url: string) => {
@@ -76,7 +92,7 @@ class CreateBranch extends React.Component<Props> {
       <>
         <Subtitle subtitle={t("branches.create.title")} />
         <BranchForm
-          submitForm={branch => this.createBranch(branch)}
+          submitForm={branchRequest => this.createBranch(branchRequest)}
           loading={loading}
           repository={repository}
           branches={branches}
@@ -93,11 +109,12 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
       dispatch(fetchBranches(repository));
     },
     createBranch: (
+      createLink: string,
       repository: Repository,
-      branch: Branch,
-      callback?: () => void
+      branchRequest: BranchRequest,
+      callback?: (newBranch: Branch) => void
     ) => {
-      dispatch(createBranch("INSERTLINK", repository, branch, callback)); //TODO
+      dispatch(createBranch(createLink, repository, branchRequest, callback));
     },
     resetForm: () => {
       dispatch(createBranchReset());
@@ -111,11 +128,13 @@ const mapStateToProps = (state, ownProps) => {
   const error =
     getFetchBranchesFailure(state, repository) || getCreateBranchFailure(state);
   const branches = getBranches(state, repository);
+  const createBranchesLink = getBrancheCreateLink(state, repository);
   return {
     repository,
     loading,
     error,
-    branches
+    branches,
+    createBranchesLink
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/repos/branches/modules/branches.js b/scm-ui/src/repos/branches/modules/branches.js
index c6cb7a8215..5fb3da5994 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/repos/branches/modules/branches.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/repos/branches/modules/branches.js
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ import {
   SUCCESS_SUFFIX
 } from "../../../modules/types";
 import { apiClient } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
-import type { Action, Branch, Repository } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
+import type {
+  Action,
+  Branch,
+  BranchRequest,
+  Repository
+} from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
 import { isPending } from "../../../modules/pending";
 import { getFailure } from "../../../modules/failure";
 
@@ -25,7 +30,8 @@ export const CREATE_BRANCH_SUCCESS = `${CREATE_BRANCH}_${PENDING_SUFFIX}`;
 export const CREATE_BRANCH_FAILURE = `${CREATE_BRANCH}_${PENDING_SUFFIX}`;
 export const CREATE_BRANCH_RESET = `${CREATE_BRANCH}_${PENDING_SUFFIX}`;
 
-const CONTENT_TYPE_BRANCH = "application/vnd.scmm-branch+json;v=2";
+const CONTENT_TYPE_BRANCH_REQUEST =
+  "application/vnd.scmm-branchRequest+json;v=2";
 
 // Fetching branches
 
@@ -79,13 +85,13 @@ export function fetchBranch(repository: Repository, name: string) {
 export function createBranch(
   link: string,
   repository: Repository,
-  branch: Branch,
+  branchRequest: BranchRequest,
   callback?: (branch: Branch) => void
 ) {
   return function(dispatch: any) {
-    dispatch(createBranchPending(repository, branch.name));
+    dispatch(createBranchPending(repository, branchRequest.name));
     return apiClient
-      .post(link, branch, CONTENT_TYPE_BRANCH)
+      .post(link, branchRequest, CONTENT_TYPE_BRANCH_REQUEST)
       .then(response => response.headers.get("Location"))
       .then(location => apiClient.get(location))
       .then(response => response.json())
@@ -110,6 +116,13 @@ export function getBranches(state: Object, repository: Repository) {
   }
 }
 
+export function getBrancheCreateLink(state: Object, repository: Repository) {
+  const repoState = getRepoState(state, repository);
+  if (repoState && repoState.list) {
+    return repoState.list._links.create.href;
+  }
+}
+
 function getRepoState(state: Object, repository: Repository) {
   const key = createKey(repository);
   const repoState = state.branches[key];