diff --git a/lib/hub/commands.rb b/lib/hub/commands.rb
index 6f8870915bd8dee75dda54608cb4a27bc07e57e3..45cead98b33632f85ee1696dc05c865f3bc726c9 100644
--- a/lib/hub/commands.rb
+++ b/lib/hub/commands.rb
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ module Hub
         abort
       end
 
+      if args.noop?
+        puts "Would reqest a pull to #{base_project.owner}:#{options[:base]} from #{options[:head]}"
+        exit
+      end
+
       unless options[:title] or options[:issue]
         base_branch = "#{base_project.remote}/#{options[:base]}"
         changes = git_command "log --no-color --pretty=medium --cherry %s...%s" %
@@ -391,7 +396,7 @@ module Hub
         if repo_exists?(github_user)
           warn "#{github_user}/#{repo_name} already exists on GitHub"
         else
-          fork_repo
+          fork_repo unless args.noop?
         end
 
         if args.include?('--no-remote')
@@ -442,7 +447,7 @@ module Hub
           action = "set remote origin"
         else
           action = "created repository"
-          create_repo(repo_with_owner, options)
+          create_repo(repo_with_owner, options) unless args.noop?
         end
 
         url = git_url(owner, new_repo_name, :private => true)
diff --git a/test/hub_test.rb b/test/hub_test.rb
index 974275a7caa1f4950a0cbe442a18ed5f6d541f86..718a15a51068f46b96b6bb30fc4b1bbc6d3d020b 100644
--- a/test/hub_test.rb
+++ b/test/hub_test.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ class HubTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_command input, command
   end
 
+  def test_private_clone_noop
+    input   = "--noop clone -p rtomayko/ronn"
+    command = "git clone git@github.com:rtomayko/ronn.git\n"
+    assert_output command, hub(input)
+  end
+
   def test_https_clone
     stub_https_is_preferred
     input   = "clone rtomayko/ronn"