diff --git a/src/GitHub.Api/Git/GitClient.cs b/src/GitHub.Api/Git/GitClient.cs
index e3f8f5b7b..23c064d47 100644
--- a/src/GitHub.Api/Git/GitClient.cs
+++ b/src/GitHub.Api/Git/GitClient.cs
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ public ITask<string> Fetch(string remote,
         {
             //Logger.Trace("Fetch");
 
-            return new GitFetchTask(remote, cancellationToken, processor)
+            return new GitFetchTask(remote, cancellationToken, true, processor)
                 .Configure(processManager);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/GitHub.Api/Git/Tasks/GitFetchTask.cs b/src/GitHub.Api/Git/Tasks/GitFetchTask.cs
index ec46a51b3..c5a006b8b 100644
--- a/src/GitHub.Api/Git/Tasks/GitFetchTask.cs
+++ b/src/GitHub.Api/Git/Tasks/GitFetchTask.cs
@@ -10,13 +10,18 @@ class GitFetchTask : ProcessTask<string>
         private readonly string arguments;
 
         public GitFetchTask(string remote,
-            CancellationToken token, IOutputProcessor<string> processor = null)
+            CancellationToken token, bool prune = false, IOutputProcessor<string> processor = null)
             : base(token, processor ?? new SimpleOutputProcessor())
         {
             Name = TaskName;
             var stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
             stringBuilder.Append("fetch");
 
+            if (prune)
+            {
+                stringBuilder.Append(" -p");
+            }
+
             if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(remote))
             {
                 stringBuilder.Append(" ");