diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11b957f..54d4952 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -249,6 +249,20 @@ Automatically confirm the generated commit message without prompting the user.
 aicommit config set auto-confirm=true
 ```
 
+#### prepend-reference
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Prepends issue reference from branch name to commit message.
+
+branch name: `feature/abc-123-branch-name`
+
+commit message: `ABC-123: <generated commit message>`
+
+```sh
+aicommit config set prepend-reference=true
+```
+
 ## How it works
 
 This CLI tool runs `git diff` to grab all your latest code changes, sends them to OpenAI's GPT-3, then returns the AI
diff --git a/src/commands/aicommit.ts b/src/commands/aicommit.ts
index 0f35f07..267a877 100644
--- a/src/commands/aicommit.ts
+++ b/src/commands/aicommit.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,19 @@ export default async (
         message = selected as string;
     }
 
+    if (config['prepend-reference']) {
+        // Get the current branch name
+        const { stdout} = await execa('git', ['branch', '--show-current']);
+
+        // Get reference from branch name
+        const taskNumber = stdout.match(/([a-zA-Z])+-([0-9]+)/)?.[0];
+
+        if (taskNumber?.length) {
+            // Prepend reference to commit message
+            message = `${taskNumber?.toUpperCase()}: ${message}`;
+        }
+    }
+
     await execa('git', ['commit', '-m', message, ...rawArgv]);
 
     outro(`${green('✔')} Successfully committed!`);
diff --git a/src/utils/config.ts b/src/utils/config.ts
index 5820489..b906824 100644
--- a/src/utils/config.ts
+++ b/src/utils/config.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,18 @@ const configParsers = {
         parseAssert('auto-confirm', /^(?:true|false)$/.test(autoConfirm), 'Must be a boolean');
         return autoConfirm === 'true';
     },
+    'prepend-reference'(prependReference?: string | boolean) {
+        if (!prependReference) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (typeof prependReference === 'boolean') {
+            return prependReference;
+        }
+
+        parseAssert('prepend-reference', /^(?:true|false)$/.test(prependReference), 'Must be a boolean');
+        return prependReference === 'true';
+    },
 } as const;
 
 type ConfigKeys = keyof typeof configParsers;
diff --git a/tests/specs/cli/commits.ts b/tests/specs/cli/commits.ts
index 07d2e39..498eb2c 100644
--- a/tests/specs/cli/commits.ts
+++ b/tests/specs/cli/commits.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,68 @@ export default testSuite(({ describe }) => {
             await fixture.rm();
         });
 
+        test('Generates commit message with prepended reference from branch name', async () => {
+
+            const { fixture, aicommit } = await createFixture(files);
+            const git = await createGit(fixture.path);
+
+            await git('checkout', ['-b', 'feature/abc-123-some-feature']);
+            await git('add', ['data.json']);
+
+            const autoConfirm = 'prepend-reference=true'
+            await aicommit(['config', 'set', autoConfirm])
+
+            const committing = aicommit();
+            committing.stdout!.on('data', (buffer: Buffer) => {
+                const stdout = buffer.toString();
+                if (stdout.match('└')) {
+                    committing.stdin!.write('y');
+                    committing.stdin!.end();
+                }
+            });
+
+            await committing;
+
+            const { stdout: commitMessage } = await git('log', ['--pretty=format:%s']);
+            console.log({
+                commitMessage,
+                length: commitMessage.length,
+            });
+            expect(commitMessage.startsWith('ABC-123: ')).toBe(true);
+            await fixture.rm();
+        });
+
+        test('Generates commit message will no prepend if no valid reference', async () => {
+
+            const { fixture, aicommit } = await createFixture(files);
+            const git = await createGit(fixture.path);
+
+            await git('checkout', ['-b', 'feature/some-feature']);
+            await git('add', ['data.json']);
+
+            const autoConfirm = 'prepend-reference=true'
+            await aicommit(['config', 'set', autoConfirm])
+
+            const committing = aicommit();
+            committing.stdout!.on('data', (buffer: Buffer) => {
+                const stdout = buffer.toString();
+                if (stdout.match('└')) {
+                    committing.stdin!.write('y');
+                    committing.stdin!.end();
+                }
+            });
+
+            await committing;
+
+            const { stdout: commitMessage } = await git('log', ['--pretty=format:%s']);
+            console.log({
+                commitMessage,
+                length: commitMessage.length,
+            });
+            expect(commitMessage.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(50);
+            await fixture.rm();
+        });
+
         test('Generated commit message must be under 50 characters', async () => {
             const { fixture, aicommit } = await createFixture({
                 ...files,
diff --git a/tests/specs/config.ts b/tests/specs/config.ts
index 170fc2e..822afe4 100644
--- a/tests/specs/config.ts
+++ b/tests/specs/config.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,30 @@ export default testSuite(({ describe }) => {
       })
     })
 
+    await describe('prepend-reference', ({ test }) => {
+      test('must be a boolean', async () => {
+          const { stderr } = await aicommit(['config', 'set', 'prepend-reference=abc'], {
+              reject: false
+          })
+
+          expect(stderr).toMatch('Must be a boolean')
+      })
+
+      test('updates config', async () => {
+          const defaultConfig = await aicommit(['config', 'get', 'prepend-reference'])
+          expect(defaultConfig.stdout).toBe('prepend-reference=false')
+
+          const autoConfirm = 'prepend-reference=true'
+          await aicommit(['config', 'set', autoConfirm])
+
+          const configFile = await fs.readFile(configPath, 'utf8')
+          expect(configFile).toMatch(autoConfirm)
+
+          const get = await aicommit(['config', 'get', 'prepend-reference'])
+          expect(get.stdout).toBe(autoConfirm)
+      })
+    })
+
     await test('set config file', async () => {
       await aicommit(['config', 'set', openAiToken])