diff --git a/bin/get_formulas.py b/bin/get_formulas.py
index dba2e4b..3b795e0 100755
--- a/bin/get_formulas.py
+++ b/bin/get_formulas.py
@@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ def push(REMOTES, DEST):
             fetch_remote(repo.remotes[remote], formula)
 
 
+def checkout_remote_and_branch(REMOTE_BRANCH, DEST):
+    for formula in FORMULAS.keys():
+        FULL_PATH = '%s/%s-formula' % (DEST, formula)
+        branch = REMOTE_BRANCH.split('/')[1]
+        git(['checkout', '-qB', branch, REMOTE_BRANCH], cwd=FULL_PATH)
+
+
 with open('FORMULAS.yaml', 'r') as f:
     FORMULAS = yaml.load(f)
 
@@ -179,6 +186,7 @@ Examples:
          -r mycompany_forks no_prefixes git@gitlab.mycompany.com: saltstack-formulas''')
 parser.add_argument('-u', '--update', nargs='*', help='Switch to origin/master and git pull. Optionally it can accept a list of remotes as arguments, that will be fetched.')
 parser.add_argument('-p', '--push', nargs='+', help='Pushes (with --force) to the given list of remotes from origin/master to their master and production branch, and then fetches them.')
+parser.add_argument('--checkout', nargs=1, help='Checkout to the specified remote/branch.')
 parser.add_argument('--use-pygit2', action='store_true', help='Use pygit2 instead of invoking git whenever possible.')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -193,7 +201,7 @@ if args.remove_symlinks:
     remove_symlinks()
 
 # Every option below requires the --destination argument to be set
-if args.clone or args.symlink or args.clone_from or args.clone_branch or args.add_remote or args.update or args.push:
+if args.clone or args.symlink or args.clone_from or args.clone_branch or args.add_remote or args.update or args.push or args.checkout:
     will_run = True
 
     if (args.clone_from or args.clone_branch) and not args.clone:
@@ -231,6 +239,9 @@ if args.clone or args.symlink or args.clone_from or args.clone_branch or args.ad
     if args.push:
         push(args.push, args.destination[0])
 
+    if args.checkout:
+        checkout_remote_and_branch(args.checkout[0], args.destination[0])
+
 if not will_run:
     parser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)