diff --git a/plugins/github/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/github/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index a288610ff676..f19b5d26e38a 100644
--- a/plugins/github/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/github/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@
     <GitHttpAuthDataProvider implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.github.extensions.GHHttpAuthDataProvider"/>
     <GitHttpAuthDataProvider implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.github.extensions.GHComHttpAuthDataProvider"/>
     <gitRepositoryHostingService implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.github.extensions.GHRepositoryHostingService"/>
+    <gitProtectedBranchProvider implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.github.util.GithubProtectedBranchProvider"/>
+    <gitFetchHandler implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.github.extensions.GHProtectedBranchRulesLoader"/>
   </extensions>
 
   <actions>
diff --git a/plugins/github/resources/graphql/query/getProtectionRules.graphql b/plugins/github/resources/graphql/query/getProtectionRules.graphql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f945710522fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/github/resources/graphql/query/getProtectionRules.graphql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+query($repoOwner: String!, $repoName: String!, $pageSize: Int = 100, $cursor: String) {
+    repository(owner: $repoOwner, name: $repoName) {
+        branchProtectionRules(first: $pageSize, after: $cursor) {
+           pageInfo {
+              ...pageInfo
+           }
+           nodes {
+              ...nodeInfo
+              pattern
+           }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/github/resources/messages/GithubBundle.properties b/plugins/github/resources/messages/GithubBundle.properties
index 3b1c041aec26..7213b0883735 100644
--- a/plugins/github/resources/messages/GithubBundle.properties
+++ b/plugins/github/resources/messages/GithubBundle.properties
@@ -391,3 +391,5 @@ pull.request.review.not.supported.non.linear=By-commit review is not supported f
 issue.state.open=Open
 issue.state.closed=Closed
 
+#protected branches
+progress.text.loading.protected.branches=Loading GitHub branch protection rules
diff --git a/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/GHGQLQueries.kt b/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/GHGQLQueries.kt
index 5e91bf174bbc..b6a2726efff2 100644
--- a/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/GHGQLQueries.kt
+++ b/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/GHGQLQueries.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api
 object GHGQLQueries {
   const val findOrganizationTeams = "findOrganizationTeams"
   const val findRepositoryPermission = "findRepositoryPermission"
+  const val getProtectionRules = "getProtectionRules"
   const val commentBody = "commentBody"
   const val updateIssueComment = "updateIssueComment"
   const val deleteIssueComment = "deleteIssueComment"
@@ -25,4 +26,4 @@ object GHGQLQueries {
   const val updateReviewComment = "updateReviewComment"
   const val resolveReviewThread = "resolveReviewThread"
   const val unresolveReviewThread = "unresolveReviewThread"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/GHGQLRequests.kt b/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/GHGQLRequests.kt
index ddb23f9392b4..4892884f7505 100644
--- a/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/GHGQLRequests.kt
+++ b/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/GHGQLRequests.kt
@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ object GHGQLRequests {
                                               GHRepositoryPermission::class.java,
                                               "repository")
     }
+
+    fun getProtectionRules(repository: GHRepositoryCoordinates,
+                           pagination: GHGQLRequestPagination? = null): GQLQuery<GHGQLPagedRequestResponse<GHBranchProtectionRule>> {
+      return GQLQuery.TraversedParsed(repository.serverPath.toGraphQLUrl(), GHGQLQueries.getProtectionRules,
+                                      mapOf("repoOwner" to repository.repositoryPath.owner,
+                                            "repoName" to repository.repositoryPath.repository,
+                                            "pageSize" to pagination?.pageSize,
+                                            "cursor" to pagination?.afterCursor),
+                                      ProtectedRulesConnection::class.java,
+                                      "repository", "branchProtectionRules")
+    }
+
+    private class ProtectedRulesConnection(pageInfo: GHGQLPageInfo, nodes: List<GHBranchProtectionRule>)
+      : GHConnection<GHBranchProtectionRule>(pageInfo, nodes)
   }
 
   object Comment {
@@ -274,4 +288,4 @@ object GHGQLRequests {
                                  "unresolveReviewThread", "thread")
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/data/GHBranchProtectionRule.kt b/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/data/GHBranchProtectionRule.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc1b1023298d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/data/GHBranchProtectionRule.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.data
+
+class GHBranchProtectionRule(id: String,
+                             val pattern: String): GHNode(id)
diff --git a/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/extensions/GHProtectedBranchRulesLoader.kt b/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/extensions/GHProtectedBranchRulesLoader.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a8eb33bd0c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/extensions/GHProtectedBranchRulesLoader.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package org.jetbrains.plugins.github.extensions
+
+import com.intellij.concurrency.SensitiveProgressWrapper
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.runInEdt
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.service
+import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.logger
+import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProcessCanceledException
+import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressIndicator
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import com.intellij.util.PatternUtil
+import git4idea.config.GitSharedSettings
+import git4idea.fetch.GitFetchHandler
+import git4idea.repo.GitRemote
+import git4idea.repo.GitRepository
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.GHGQLRequests
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.GithubApiRequestExecutorManager
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.util.SimpleGHGQLPagesLoader
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.authentication.GithubAuthenticationManager
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.i18n.GithubBundle
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.util.GHProjectRepositoriesManager
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.util.GithubSharedProjectSettings
+
+private val LOG = logger<GHProtectedBranchRulesLoader>()
+
+internal class GHProtectedBranchRulesLoader : GitFetchHandler {
+
+  override fun doAfterSuccessfulFetch(project: Project, fetches: Map<GitRepository, List<GitRemote>>, indicator: ProgressIndicator) {
+    try {
+      loadProtectionRules(indicator, fetches, project)
+    }
+    catch (e: Exception) {
+      if (e is ProcessCanceledException) {
+        throw e
+      }
+      LOG.info("Error occurred while trying to load branch protection rules", e)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun loadProtectionRules(indicator: ProgressIndicator,
+                                  fetches: Map<GitRepository, List<GitRemote>>,
+                                  project: Project) {
+    val githubAuthenticationManager = GithubAuthenticationManager.getInstance()
+    if (!GitSharedSettings.getInstance(project).isSynchronizeBranchProtectionRules || !githubAuthenticationManager.hasAccounts()) {
+      runInEdt {
+        GithubSharedProjectSettings.getInstance(project).branchProtectionPatterns = arrayListOf()
+      }
+      return
+    }
+
+    indicator.text = GithubBundle.message("progress.text.loading.protected.branches")
+
+    val branchProtectionPatterns = mutableSetOf<String>()
+    for ((repository, remotes) in fetches) {
+      indicator.checkCanceled()
+
+      for (remote in remotes) {
+        indicator.checkCanceled()
+
+        val account =
+          githubAuthenticationManager.getAccounts().find { it.server.matches(remote.firstUrl.orEmpty()) } ?: continue
+
+        val requestExecutor = GithubApiRequestExecutorManager.getInstance().getExecutor(account)
+
+        val githubRepositoryMapping =
+          project.service<GHProjectRepositoriesManager>().findKnownRepositories(repository).find { it.gitRemote.remote == remote }
+          ?: continue
+
+        val repositoryCoordinates = githubRepositoryMapping.repository
+
+        SimpleGHGQLPagesLoader(requestExecutor, { GHGQLRequests.Repo.getProtectionRules(repositoryCoordinates) })
+          .loadAll(SensitiveProgressWrapper((indicator)))
+          .forEach { rule -> branchProtectionPatterns.add(PatternUtil.convertToRegex(rule.pattern)) }
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    runInEdt {
+      GithubSharedProjectSettings.getInstance(project).branchProtectionPatterns = branchProtectionPatterns.toMutableList()
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/util/GithubSharedProjectSettings.kt b/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/util/GithubSharedProjectSettings.kt
index a7f06a6934d0..a47970e8f4cb 100644
--- a/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/util/GithubSharedProjectSettings.kt
+++ b/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/util/GithubSharedProjectSettings.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package org.jetbrains.plugins.github.util
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.*
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import git4idea.config.GitProtectedBranchProvider
+import java.util.*
 
 @State(name = "GithubSharedProjectSettings", storages = [Storage("vcs.xml")])
 class GithubSharedProjectSettings : PersistentStateComponentWithModificationTracker<GithubSharedProjectSettings.SettingsState> {
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ class GithubSharedProjectSettings : PersistentStateComponentWithModificationTrac
 
   class SettingsState : BaseState() {
     var pullRequestMergeForbidden by property(false)
+    var branchProtectionPatterns by list<String>()
   }
 
   var pullRequestMergeForbidden: Boolean
@@ -18,9 +21,15 @@ class GithubSharedProjectSettings : PersistentStateComponentWithModificationTrac
       state.pullRequestMergeForbidden = value
     }
 
+  var branchProtectionPatterns: MutableList<String>
+    get() = Collections.unmodifiableList(state.branchProtectionPatterns)
+    set(value) {
+      state.branchProtectionPatterns = value
+    }
+
   override fun getStateModificationCount() = state.modificationCount
   override fun getState() = state
-  override fun loadState(state: GithubSharedProjectSettings.SettingsState) {
+  override fun loadState(state: SettingsState) {
     this.state = state
   }
 
@@ -29,3 +38,10 @@ class GithubSharedProjectSettings : PersistentStateComponentWithModificationTrac
     fun getInstance(project: Project) = project.service<GithubSharedProjectSettings>()
   }
 }
+
+internal class GithubProtectedBranchProvider : GitProtectedBranchProvider {
+
+  override fun doGetProtectedBranchPatterns(project: Project): List<String> {
+    return GithubSharedProjectSettings.getInstance(project).branchProtectionPatterns
+  }
+}