diff --git a/src/api.js b/src/api.js
index 85a23e7..e493fb9 100644
--- a/src/api.js
+++ b/src/api.js
@@ -123,8 +123,14 @@ class ForgejoClient {
     return client.del(`/users/${encodeURIComponent(login)}/tokens/${id}`);
   }
 
-  async createRepo(payload) {
-    return this.post('/user/repos', payload);
+  async createRepo(payload, owner) {
+    if (!owner) return this.post('/user/repos', payload);
+
+    const authenticatedUser = await this.get('/user');
+    if (owner.toLowerCase() === authenticatedUser.login.toLowerCase()) {
+      return this.post('/user/repos', payload);
+    }
+    return this.post(`/orgs/${encodeURIComponent(owner)}/repos`, payload);
   }
 
   async migrateRepo(payload) {
diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index 8fe0bcd..1c5713f 100755
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -422,8 +422,9 @@ repo
 
 repo
   .command('create')
-  .description('Create a new repository for the authenticated user')
+  .description('Create a new repository for the authenticated user or an organization')
   .requiredOption('--name <name>', 'repository name')
+  .option('-o, --owner <owner>', 'repository owner (authenticated user or organization)')
   .option('-d, --description <description>', 'repository description', '')
   .option('--private', 'make the repository private', false)
   .option('--public', 'make the repository public')
@@ -444,7 +445,7 @@ repo
         default_branch: options.defaultBranch,
       };
 
-      const result = await client.createRepo(payload);
+      const result = await client.createRepo(payload, options.owner);
       console.log(`Repository created: ${result.full_name}`);
       console.log(`URL: ${result.html_url}`);
       console.log(`Clone (SSH):  ${result.ssh_url}`);
diff --git a/test/api.test.js b/test/api.test.js
index f0233af..9b517f7 100644
--- a/test/api.test.js
+++ b/test/api.test.js
@@ -66,6 +66,41 @@ test('deleteToken uses Basic auth (Forgejo rejects token auth on token endpoints
   assert.match(opts.headers.Authorization, /^Basic /);
 });
 
+test('createRepo without an owner keeps the authenticated-user route', async () => {
+  const calls = mockFetch(() => jsonResponse({ full_name: 'bot/project' }, 201));
+  const client = new ForgejoClient('https://forge.test', 'tok');
+  await client.createRepo({ name: 'project' });
+  assert.equal(calls.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(calls[0].url, 'https://forge.test/api/v1/user/repos');
+  assert.equal(calls[0].opts.method, 'POST');
+});
+
+test('createRepo treats a case-insensitive authenticated owner as the user route', async () => {
+  const calls = mockFetch((url) => {
+    if (url.endsWith('/user')) return jsonResponse({ login: 'BuildBot' });
+    return jsonResponse({ full_name: 'BuildBot/project' }, 201);
+  });
+  const client = new ForgejoClient('https://forge.test', 'tok');
+  await client.createRepo({ name: 'project' }, 'buildbot');
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.map(({ url }) => url), [
+    'https://forge.test/api/v1/user',
+    'https://forge.test/api/v1/user/repos',
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('createRepo routes a different owner to the organization endpoint', async () => {
+  const calls = mockFetch((url) => {
+    if (url.endsWith('/user')) return jsonResponse({ login: 'buildbot' });
+    return jsonResponse({ full_name: 'heavy-duty/project' }, 201);
+  });
+  const client = new ForgejoClient('https://forge.test', 'tok');
+  await client.createRepo({ name: 'project' }, 'heavy-duty');
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.map(({ url }) => url), [
+    'https://forge.test/api/v1/user',
+    'https://forge.test/api/v1/orgs/heavy-duty/repos',
+  ]);
+});
+
 test('API errors carry message, status and body', async () => {
   mockFetch(() => jsonResponse({ message: 'user does not exist', url: 'https://forge.test/api/swagger' }, 404));
   const client = new ForgejoClient('https://forge.test', 'tok');
diff --git a/test/cli.test.js b/test/cli.test.js
index bbe1b43..d503850 100644
--- a/test/cli.test.js
+++ b/test/cli.test.js
@@ -56,6 +56,48 @@ test('invalid --team-id is rejected before any network call', () => {
   assert.match(res.stderr, /Id must be a positive integer/);
 });
 
+test('repo create help lists the owner option', () => {
+  const res = run(['repo', 'create', '--help']);
+  assert.equal(res.status, 0, res.stderr);
+  assert.match(res.stdout, /-o, --owner <owner>/);
+});
+
+test('repo create surfaces an organization permission failure and HTTP status', async () => {
+  const cfg = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `stoke-cfg-${process.pid}-repo-create-403.json`);
+  const requests = [];
+  const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+    requests.push({ method: req.method, url: req.url });
+    res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+    if (req.url === '/api/v1/user') {
+      res.writeHead(200);
+      res.end(JSON.stringify({ login: 'buildbot' }));
+      return;
+    }
+    res.writeHead(403);
+    res.end(JSON.stringify({ message: 'user does not have permission to create repositories' }));
+  });
+  await new Promise((resolve) => server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', resolve));
+  const { port } = server.address();
+  fs.writeFileSync(cfg, JSON.stringify({ url: `http://127.0.0.1:${port}`, token: 'tok' }));
+
+  try {
+    const res = await spawnAsync(
+      ['repo', 'create', '--owner', 'heavy-duty', '--name', 'project'],
+      { STOKE_CONFIG_FILE: cfg },
+    );
+    assert.equal(res.status, 1);
+    assert.match(res.stderr, /user does not have permission to create repositories/);
+    assert.match(res.stderr, /HTTP status: 403/);
+    assert.deepEqual(requests, [
+      { method: 'GET', url: '/api/v1/user' },
+      { method: 'POST', url: '/api/v1/orgs/heavy-duty/repos' },
+    ]);
+  } finally {
+    await new Promise((resolve) => server.close(resolve));
+    fs.unlinkSync(cfg);
+  }
+});
+
 test('pr merge validates --number before any network call', () => {
   const res = run(['pr', 'merge', '-o', 'o', '-r', 'r', '-n', 'seven']);
   assert.equal(res.status, 1);