diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index ad4b31e892..26a5447fbf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>]
 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [-b <new_branch>] [<start_point>]
 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
+'git checkout' --patch [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ use the --track or --no-track options, which will be passed to `git
 branch`.  As a convenience, --track without `-b` implies branch
 creation; see the description of --track below.
 
-When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch
+When <paths> or --patch are given, this command does *not* switch
 branches.  It updates the named paths in the working tree from
 the index file, or from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit).  In
 this case, the `-b` and `--track` options are meaningless and giving
@@ -113,6 +114,16 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths.
 	"merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by
 	"merge" style, shows the original contents).
 
+-p::
+--patch::
+	Interactively select hunks in the difference between the
+	<tree-ish> (or the index, if unspecified) and the working
+	tree.  The chosen hunks are then applied in reverse to the
+	working tree (and if a <tree-ish> was specified, the index).
++
+This means that you can use `git checkout -p` to selectively discard
+edits from your current working tree.
+
 <branch>::
 	Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that,
 	when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index 8a9a474218..8b942bafeb 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -572,6 +572,13 @@ static int git_checkout_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 	return git_xmerge_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
+static int interactive_checkout(const char *revision, const char **pathspec,
+				struct checkout_opts *opts)
+{
+	return run_add_interactive(revision, "--patch=checkout", pathspec);
+}
+
+
 int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct checkout_opts opts;
@@ -580,6 +587,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct branch_info new;
 	struct tree *source_tree = NULL;
 	char *conflict_style = NULL;
+	int patch_mode = 0;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet),
 		OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, "new branch", "branch"),
@@ -594,6 +602,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "merge", &opts.merge, "merge"),
 		OPT_STRING(0, "conflict", &conflict_style, "style",
 			   "conflict style (merge or diff3)"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "patch", &patch_mode, "select hunks interactively"),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 	int has_dash_dash;
@@ -608,6 +617,10 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, checkout_usage,
 			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
 
+	if (patch_mode && (opts.track > 0 || opts.new_branch
+			   || opts.new_branch_log || opts.merge || opts.force))
+		die ("--patch is incompatible with all other options");
+
 	/* --track without -b should DWIM */
 	if (0 < opts.track && !opts.new_branch) {
 		const char *argv0 = argv[0];
@@ -714,6 +727,9 @@ no_reference:
 		if (!pathspec)
 			die("invalid path specification");
 
+		if (patch_mode)
+			return interactive_checkout(new.name, pathspec, &opts);
+
 		/* Checkout paths */
 		if (opts.new_branch) {
 			if (argc == 1) {
@@ -729,6 +745,9 @@ no_reference:
 		return checkout_paths(source_tree, pathspec, &opts);
 	}
 
+	if (patch_mode)
+		return interactive_checkout(new.name, NULL, &opts);
+
 	if (opts.new_branch) {
 		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 		if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&buf, opts.new_branch))
diff --git a/git-add--interactive.perl b/git-add--interactive.perl
index d14f48c837..21746d5f28 100755
--- a/git-add--interactive.perl
+++ b/git-add--interactive.perl
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ my $patch_mode;
 my $patch_mode_revision;
 
 sub apply_patch;
+sub apply_patch_for_checkout_commit;
 
 my %patch_modes = (
 	'stage' => {
@@ -104,6 +105,33 @@ my %patch_modes = (
 		PARTICIPLE => 'applying',
 		FILTER => 'index-only',
 	},
+	'checkout_index' => {
+		DIFF => 'diff-files -p',
+		APPLY => sub { apply_patch 'apply -R', @_; },
+		APPLY_CHECK => 'apply -R',
+		VERB => 'Discard',
+		TARGET => ' from worktree',
+		PARTICIPLE => 'discarding',
+		FILTER => 'file-only',
+	},
+	'checkout_head' => {
+		DIFF => 'diff-index -p',
+		APPLY => sub { apply_patch_for_checkout_commit '-R', @_ },
+		APPLY_CHECK => 'apply -R',
+		VERB => 'Discard',
+		TARGET => ' from index and worktree',
+		PARTICIPLE => 'discarding',
+		FILTER => undef,
+	},
+	'checkout_nothead' => {
+		DIFF => 'diff-index -R -p',
+		APPLY => sub { apply_patch_for_checkout_commit '', @_ },
+		APPLY_CHECK => 'apply',
+		VERB => 'Apply',
+		TARGET => ' to index and worktree',
+		PARTICIPLE => 'applying',
+		FILTER => undef,
+	},
 );
 
 my %patch_mode_flavour = %{$patch_modes{stage}};
@@ -1069,6 +1097,29 @@ sub apply_patch {
 	return $ret;
 }
 
+sub apply_patch_for_checkout_commit {
+	my $reverse = shift;
+	my $applies_index = run_git_apply 'apply '.$reverse.' --cached --recount --check', @_;
+	my $applies_worktree = run_git_apply 'apply '.$reverse.' --recount --check', @_;
+
+	if ($applies_worktree && $applies_index) {
+		run_git_apply 'apply '.$reverse.' --cached --recount', @_;
+		run_git_apply 'apply '.$reverse.' --recount', @_;
+		return 1;
+	} elsif (!$applies_index) {
+		print colored $error_color, "The selected hunks do not apply to the index!\n";
+		if (prompt_yesno "Apply them to the worktree anyway? ") {
+			return run_git_apply 'apply '.$reverse.' --recount', @_;
+		} else {
+			print colored $error_color, "Nothing was applied.\n";
+			return 0;
+		}
+	} else {
+		print STDERR @_;
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
 sub patch_update_cmd {
 	my @all_mods = list_modified($patch_mode_flavour{FILTER});
 	my @mods = grep { !($_->{BINARY}) } @all_mods;
@@ -1432,6 +1483,16 @@ sub process_args {
 						       'reset_head' : 'reset_nothead');
 					$arg = shift @ARGV or die "missing --";
 				}
+			} elsif ($1 eq 'checkout') {
+				$arg = shift @ARGV or die "missing --";
+				if ($arg eq '--') {
+					$patch_mode = 'checkout_index';
+				} else {
+					$patch_mode_revision = $arg;
+					$patch_mode = ($arg eq 'HEAD' ?
+						       'checkout_head' : 'checkout_nothead');
+					$arg = shift @ARGV or die "missing --";
+				}
 			} elsif ($1 eq 'stage') {
 				$patch_mode = 'stage';
 				$arg = shift @ARGV or die "missing --";
diff --git a/t/t2015-checkout-patch.sh b/t/t2015-checkout-patch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4d1c2e9e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t2015-checkout-patch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git checkout --patch'
+
+. ./lib-patch-mode.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	mkdir dir &&
+	echo parent > dir/foo &&
+	echo dummy > bar &&
+	git add bar dir/foo &&
+	git commit -m initial &&
+	test_tick &&
+	test_commit second dir/foo head &&
+	set_and_save_state bar bar_work bar_index &&
+	save_head
+'
+
+# note: bar sorts before dir/foo, so the first 'n' is always to skip 'bar'
+
+test_expect_success 'saying "n" does nothing' '
+	set_and_save_state dir/foo work head &&
+	(echo n; echo n) | git checkout -p &&
+	verify_saved_state bar &&
+	verify_saved_state dir/foo
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git checkout -p' '
+	(echo n; echo y) | git checkout -p &&
+	verify_saved_state bar &&
+	verify_state dir/foo head head
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git checkout -p with staged changes' '
+	set_state dir/foo work index
+	(echo n; echo y) | git checkout -p &&
+	verify_saved_state bar &&
+	verify_state dir/foo index index
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git checkout -p HEAD with NO staged changes: abort' '
+	set_and_save_state dir/foo work head &&
+	(echo n; echo y; echo n) | git checkout -p HEAD &&
+	verify_saved_state bar &&
+	verify_saved_state dir/foo
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git checkout -p HEAD with NO staged changes: apply' '
+	(echo n; echo y; echo y) | git checkout -p HEAD &&
+	verify_saved_state bar &&
+	verify_state dir/foo head head
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git checkout -p HEAD with change already staged' '
+	set_state dir/foo index index
+	# the third n is to get out in case it mistakenly does not apply
+	(echo n; echo y; echo n) | git checkout -p HEAD &&
+	verify_saved_state bar &&
+	verify_state dir/foo head head
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git checkout -p HEAD^' '
+	# the third n is to get out in case it mistakenly does not apply
+	(echo n; echo y; echo n) | git checkout -p HEAD^ &&
+	verify_saved_state bar &&
+	verify_state dir/foo parent parent
+'
+
+# The idea in the rest is that bar sorts first, so we always say 'y'
+# first and if the path limiter fails it'll apply to bar instead of
+# dir/foo.  There's always an extra 'n' to reject edits to dir/foo in
+# the failure case (and thus get out of the loop).
+
+test_expect_success 'path limiting works: dir' '
+	set_state dir/foo work head &&
+	(echo y; echo n) | git checkout -p dir &&
+	verify_saved_state bar &&
+	verify_state dir/foo head head
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'path limiting works: -- dir' '
+	set_state dir/foo work head &&
+	(echo y; echo n) | git checkout -p -- dir &&
+	verify_saved_state bar &&
+	verify_state dir/foo head head
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'path limiting works: HEAD^ -- dir' '
+	# the third n is to get out in case it mistakenly does not apply
+	(echo y; echo n; echo n) | git checkout -p HEAD^ -- dir &&
+	verify_saved_state bar &&
+	verify_state dir/foo parent parent
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'path limiting works: foo inside dir' '
+	set_state dir/foo work head &&
+	# the third n is to get out in case it mistakenly does not apply
+	(echo y; echo n; echo n) | (cd dir && git checkout -p foo) &&
+	verify_saved_state bar &&
+	verify_state dir/foo head head
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'none of this moved HEAD' '
+	verify_saved_head
+'
+
+test_done