diff --git a/centpkg-warn-on-possible-fork.patch b/centpkg-warn-on-possible-fork.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a467e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/centpkg-warn-on-possible-fork.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+From 46d7daa5bfecde9344dd48ed5c04a3681553340c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Troy Dawson <tdawson@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:50:41 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] warn on possible fork
+
+---
+ src/centpkg/__init__.py | 3 ++-
+ tests/test_distgit.py   | 6 +++---
+ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/centpkg/__init__.py b/src/centpkg/__init__.py
+index d52b659..782f107 100644
+--- a/src/centpkg/__init__.py
++++ b/src/centpkg/__init__.py
+@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ class DistGitDirectory(object):
+                           DeprecationWarning)
+         else:
+             if not self.is_fork():
+-                raise ValueError("Branchname: {0} is not valid".format(branchtext))
++                warnings.warn('Unable to determine if this is a fork or not. Proceeding, but you should double check.',
++                              UserWarning)
+             else:
+                 self.distrobranch = True
+                 self.signame = 'centos'
+diff --git a/tests/test_distgit.py b/tests/test_distgit.py
+index 5519a78..257aa13 100644
+--- a/tests/test_distgit.py
++++ b/tests/test_distgit.py
+@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ class TestDistGitNothing(unittest.TestCase):
+         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+             d = DistGitDirectory()
+ 
+-class TestDistGitInvalid(unittest.TestCase):
++class TestDistGitInvalid(unittest.TestCase, CatchWarningsMixin):
+     def test_invalid_branchstring_raises(self):
+         self.branchstring = 'nope-not-a-branch'
+ 
+-        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
++        with self.assertWarns(UserWarning):
+             self.d = DistGitDirectory(self.branchstring)
+ 
+ class TestDistgitOnlySig(unittest.TestCase):
+@@ -244,4 +244,4 @@ class TestIsFork(unittest.TestCase):
+     @unittest.mock.patch.object(centpkg_git.repo.Repo, '__init__', new=lambda s, p: None)
+     def test_upstream_url(self):
+         d = DistGitDirectory(self.branchstring, 'binutils')
+-        self.assertFalse(d.is_fork())
+\ No newline at end of file
++        self.assertFalse(d.is_fork())
+-- 
+2.39.3
+
diff --git a/centpkg.spec b/centpkg.spec
index 4d04b5f..0aee870 100644
--- a/centpkg.spec
+++ b/centpkg.spec
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
 
 Name:           centpkg
 Version:        0.8.3
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        CentOS utility for working with dist-git
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL:            https://git.centos.org/centos/centpkg
 Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}/centpkg-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:      noarch
+# https://git.centos.org/centos/centpkg/issue/93
+Patch1:         centpkg-warn-on-possible-fork.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
@@ -78,6 +80,9 @@ PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib} %{python3} -m unittest discover --verb
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 23 2024 Troy Dawson <tdawson@redhat.com> - 0.8.3-2
+- Warn (not Fail) on possible fork when pushing (Issue: 93)
+
 * Fri Mar 15 2024 Troy Dawson <tdawson@redhat.com> - 0.8.3-1
 - Update branch detection for c10s