diff --git a/routers/api/v1/admin/repos.go b/routers/api/v1/admin/repos.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a6b2af20bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routers/api/v1/admin/repos.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Gogs Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package admin
+
+import (
+	api "github.com/gogits/go-gogs-client"
+
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/middleware"
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/routers/api/v1/repo"
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/routers/api/v1/user"
+)
+
+// https://github.com/gogits/go-gogs-client/wiki/Administration-Repositories#create-a-new-repository
+func CreateRepo(ctx *middleware.Context, form api.CreateRepoOption) {
+	owner := user.GetUserByParams(ctx)
+	if ctx.Written() {
+		return
+	}
+
+	repo.CreateUserRepo(ctx, owner, form)
+}
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/api.go b/routers/api/v1/api.go
index bc7c14006e61..cc169f708dc3 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/api.go
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *macaron.Macaron) {
 						Delete(admin.DeleteUser)
 					m.Post("/keys", admin.CreatePublicKey)
 					m.Post("/orgs", bind(api.CreateOrgOption{}), admin.CreateOrg)
+					m.Post("/repos", bind(api.CreateRepoOption{}), admin.CreateRepo)
 				})
 			})
 		}, ReqAdmin())
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/repo.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/repo.go
index 779037791026..eb00aa886fbc 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/repo/repo.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/repo.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func ListMyRepos(ctx *middleware.Context) {
 	ctx.JSON(200, &repos)
 }
 
-func createRepo(ctx *middleware.Context, owner *models.User, opt api.CreateRepoOption) {
+func CreateUserRepo(ctx *middleware.Context, owner *models.User, opt api.CreateRepoOption) {
 	repo, err := models.CreateRepository(owner, models.CreateRepoOptions{
 		Name:        opt.Name,
 		Description: opt.Description,
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func Create(ctx *middleware.Context, opt api.CreateRepoOption) {
 		ctx.APIError(422, "", "not allowed creating repository for organization")
 		return
 	}
-	createRepo(ctx, ctx.User, opt)
+	CreateUserRepo(ctx, ctx.User, opt)
 }
 
 func CreateOrgRepo(ctx *middleware.Context, opt api.CreateRepoOption) {
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func CreateOrgRepo(ctx *middleware.Context, opt api.CreateRepoOption) {
 		ctx.APIError(403, "", "Given user is not owner of organization.")
 		return
 	}
-	createRepo(ctx, org, opt)
+	CreateUserRepo(ctx, org, opt)
 }
 
 // https://github.com/gogits/go-gogs-client/wiki/Repositories#migrate