diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/GitlabAPI.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/GitlabAPI.java
index c8770ec1..684483e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/GitlabAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/GitlabAPI.java
@@ -1167,7 +1167,8 @@ public GitlabProject createProject(GitlabProject project) throws IOException {
                 .appendIf("request_access_enabled", project.isRequestAccessEnabled())
                 .appendIf("repository_storage", project.getRepositoryStorage())
                 .appendIf("approvals_before_merge", project.getApprovalsBeforeMerge())
-                .appendIf("printing_merge_request_link_enabled", project.isPrintingMergeRequestLinkEnabled());
+                .appendIf("printing_merge_request_link_enabled", project.isPrintingMergeRequestLinkEnabled())
+		.appendIf("initialize_with_readme",project.isInitializeWithReadme());
 
         GitlabNamespace namespace = project.getNamespace();
         if (namespace != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabProject.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabProject.java
index f1c6e803..a245d23b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabProject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabProject.java
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ public class GitlabProject {
     @JsonProperty("import_status")
     private String importStatus;
 
+    @JsonProperty("initialize_with_readme")
+    private Boolean initializeWithReadme;
+
     public Integer getId() {
         return id;
     }
@@ -475,6 +478,14 @@ public void setPrintingMergeRequestLinkEnabled(Boolean printingMergeRequestLinkE
         this.printingMergeRequestLinkEnabled = printingMergeRequestLinkEnabled;
     }
 
+    public Boolean isInitializeWithReadme() {
+	return initializeWithReadme;
+    }
+
+    public void setInitializeWithReadme(Boolean initializeWithReadme) {
+	this.initializeWithReadme = initializeWithReadme;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object o) {
         if (this == o) return true;