diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5236c5c..0505312 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ The email that will be used for the commit in the destination-repository-name.
 ### `destination-repository-username` (argument) [optional]
 The Username/Organization for the destination repository, if different from `destination-github-username`. For the repository `https://github.com/cpina/push-to-another-repository-output` is `cpina`.
 
+### `target-branch` (argument) [optional]
+The branch name for the destination repository, if different from `master`.
+
 ### `API_TOKEN_GITHUB` (environment)
 E.g.:
   `API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }}`
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 99e77be..b3e65ef 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ inputs:
   destination-repository-username:
     description: '[Optional] Username/organization for the destination repository'
     required: false
+  target-branch:
+    description: '[Optional] set target branch name for the destination repository'
+    required: false
 runs:
   using: 'docker'
   image: 'Dockerfile'
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ runs:
     - ${{ inputs.destination-repository-name }}
     - ${{ inputs.user-email }}
     - ${{ inputs.destination-repository-username }}
+    - ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 branding:
   icon: 'git-commit'
   color: 'green'
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 0c4fe0f..ee2b830 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -6,11 +6,16 @@ GITHUB_USERNAME="$2"
 GITHUB_REPO="$3"
 USER_EMAIL="$4"
 REPO_USERNAME="$5"
+TARGET_BRANCH="$6"
 
 if [ -z "$REPO_USERNAME" ]
 then
   REPO_USERNAME=$GITHUB_USERNAME
 fi
+if [ -z "$TARGET_BRANCH"]
+then
+  TARGET_BRANCH="master"
+fi
 
 CLONE_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
 
@@ -18,7 +23,7 @@ echo "Cloning destination git repository"
 # Setup git
 git config --global user.email "$USER_EMAIL"
 git config --global user.name "$GITHUB_USERNAME"
-git clone --single-branch --branch master "https://$API_TOKEN_GITHUB@github.com/$REPO_USERNAME/$GITHUB_REPO.git" "$CLONE_DIR"
+git clone --single-branch --branch $TARGET_BRANCH "https://$API_TOKEN_GITHUB@github.com/$REPO_USERNAME/$GITHUB_REPO.git" "$CLONE_DIR"
 ls -la "$CLONE_DIR"
 
 echo "Cleaning destination repository of old files"
@@ -37,4 +42,4 @@ git status
 git commit --message "Update from https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/commit/$GITHUB_SHA"
 
 echo "Pushing git commit"
-git push origin master
+git push origin $TARGET_BRANCH