diff --git a/doc/gitdata/references.md b/doc/gitdata/references.md
index cc4ee25eb7c..8cc2b971e7e 100644
--- a/doc/gitdata/references.md
+++ b/doc/gitdata/references.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 $references = $client->api('gitData')->references()->all('KnpLabs', 'php-github-api');
 ```
 
+### List Matching references
+```php
+$references = $client->api('gitData')->references()->matching('KnpLabs', 'php-github-api', 'heads/branchName'); // use 'tags/tagName' for third argument if ref is tag
+```
+
 ### Show a reference
 
 ```php
@@ -41,4 +46,4 @@ $references = $client->api('gitData')->references()->branches('KnpLabs', 'php-gi
 ### List all tags
 ```php
 $references = $client->api('gitData')->references()->tags('KnpLabs', 'php-github-api');
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/lib/Github/Api/GitData/References.php b/lib/Github/Api/GitData/References.php
index c54c0c8aad0..d67cbe512b9 100644
--- a/lib/Github/Api/GitData/References.php
+++ b/lib/Github/Api/GitData/References.php
@@ -25,6 +25,22 @@ public function all($username, $repository)
         return $this->get('/repos/'.rawurlencode($username).'/'.rawurlencode($repository).'/git/refs');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get all matching references for the supplied reference name.
+     *
+     * @param string $username
+     * @param string $repository
+     * @param string $reference
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function matching(string $username, string $repository, string $reference): array
+    {
+        $reference = $this->encodeReference($reference);
+
+        return $this->get('/repos/'.rawurlencode($username).'/'.rawurlencode($repository).'/git/matching-refs/'.$reference);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get all branches of a repository.
      *
diff --git a/test/Github/Tests/Api/GitData/ReferencesTest.php b/test/Github/Tests/Api/GitData/ReferencesTest.php
index 768085f69bf..70f17cde1d8 100644
--- a/test/Github/Tests/Api/GitData/ReferencesTest.php
+++ b/test/Github/Tests/Api/GitData/ReferencesTest.php
@@ -71,6 +71,22 @@ public function shouldGetAllRepoReferences()
         $this->assertEquals($expectedValue, $api->all('l3l0', 'l3l0repo'));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function shouldGetAllMatchingReferences()
+    {
+        $expectedValue = [['reference' => 'some data']];
+
+        $api = $this->getApiMock();
+        $api->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('get')
+            ->with('/repos/l3l0/l3l0repo/git/matching-refs/heads/refName')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($expectedValue));
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedValue, $api->matching('l3l0', 'l3l0repo', 'heads/refName'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      */