diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3fd21f7..e0f8b79 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ Every command that returns account data outputs JSON, so you can pipe to `jq`. T
 upstash start-redis  # free temporary DB, no account needed
 upstash redis list
 upstash redis create --name my-db --region us-east-1
+upstash redis create-branch --db-id $DB_ID --name staging  # a copy of the data to test against
 upstash redis exec --db-url $URL --db-token $TOKEN GET key
 
 # Vector
diff --git a/src/commands/redis/create-branch.ts b/src/commands/redis/create-branch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b18521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/redis/create-branch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { Command } from "commander";
+import { resolveAuth } from "../../auth.js";
+import { request } from "../../client.js";
+import { printJSON } from "../../output.js";
+import type { Database } from "../../types.js";
+
+export function registerCreateBranch(redis: Command): void {
+  redis
+    .command("create-branch")
+    .description(
+      "Create a branch: a point-in-time copy of a Redis database with its own endpoint and password, billed as pay-as-you-go. It starts in state creating; poll `redis get` until state is active.",
+    )
+    .requiredOption("--db-id <id>", "ID of the database or branch to copy")
+    .requiredOption("--name <name>", "Branch name, unique among the branches of the database")
+    .action(async (flags: { dbId: string; name: string }, command: Command) => {
+      const auth = resolveAuth(command);
+      const branch = await request<Database>(auth, "POST", `/v2/redis/database/${flags.dbId}/branch`, { name: flags.name });
+      printJSON(branch);
+    });
+}
diff --git a/src/commands/redis/index.ts b/src/commands/redis/index.ts
index c339b4a..fc79e5b 100644
--- a/src/commands/redis/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/redis/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Command } from "commander";
 import { registerCreate } from "./create.js";
+import { registerCreateBranch } from "./create-branch.js";
 import { registerList } from "./list.js";
 import { registerGet } from "./get.js";
 import { registerDelete } from "./delete.js";
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export function registerRedis(program: Command): void {
   const redis = program.command("redis").description("Manage Redis databases");
 
   registerCreate(redis);
+  registerCreateBranch(redis);
   registerList(redis);
   registerGet(redis);
   registerDelete(redis);
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 37ef0d6..49361c4 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export type Region = (typeof REGIONS)[number];
 export interface Database {
   database_id: string;
   database_name: string;
+  root_database_id?: string;
+  source_database_id?: string;
   password?: string;
   endpoint?: string;
   port?: number;
diff --git a/tests/unit/redis-branch.test.ts b/tests/unit/redis-branch.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e6a0a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/redis-branch.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { createRedisProgram, runCommand } from "../helpers/program.js";
+
+const originalEnv = { ...process.env };
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  process.env = { ...originalEnv, UPSTASH_EMAIL: "user@example.com", UPSTASH_API_KEY: "api-key" };
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  process.env = { ...originalEnv };
+});
+
+describe("redis create-branch", () => {
+  it("posts the name to the source database's branch route and prints the branch", async () => {
+    const branch = { database_id: "branch_1", database_name: "staging", root_database_id: "db_123", state: "creating" };
+    const fetchSpy = vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockResolvedValue(Response.json(branch));
+    const program = await createRedisProgram();
+
+    const output = await runCommand(program, ["redis", "create-branch", "--db-id", "db_123", "--name", "staging"]);
+
+    const [url, init] = fetchSpy.mock.calls[0] as [string, RequestInit];
+    expect(url).toBe("https://api.upstash.com/v2/redis/database/db_123/branch");
+    expect(init.method).toBe("POST");
+    expect(JSON.parse(init.body as string)).toEqual({ name: "staging" });
+    expect(output).toEqual(branch);
+  });
+});