diff --git a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch.md b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch.md
index 3637e8dc..0b9c7824 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch.md
+++ b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch.md
@@ -117,3 +117,11 @@ z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi/5
 $ rad comment d4ef85f57a849bd845915d7a66a2192cd23811f6 --message 'I cannot wait to get back to the 90s!' --reply-to z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi/5
 z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi/6
 ```
+
+Now, let's checkout the patch that we just created:
+
+```
+$ rad patch checkout d4ef85f57a849bd845915d7a66a2192cd23811f6
+ok Performing patch checkout...
+ok Switched to branch patch/d4ef85f57a8
+```
diff --git a/radicle-cli/src/commands/patch.rs b/radicle-cli/src/commands/patch.rs
index b48bfdb2..478cbc2e 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/src/commands/patch.rs
+++ b/radicle-cli/src/commands/patch.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#[path = "patch/checkout.rs"]
+mod checkout;
 #[path = "patch/common.rs"]
 mod common;
 #[path = "patch/create.rs"]
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ Usage
     rad patch show <id>
     rad patch open [<option>...]
     rad patch update <id> [<option>...]
+    rad patch checkout <id>
 
 Create/Update options
 
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ pub enum OperationName {
     Open,
     Show,
     Update,
+    Checkout,
     #[default]
     List,
 }
@@ -68,6 +72,9 @@ pub enum Operation {
         patch_id: Option<PatchId>,
         message: Message,
     },
+    Checkout {
+        patch_id: PatchId,
+    },
     List,
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +147,7 @@ impl Args for Options {
                     "o" | "open" => op = Some(OperationName::Open),
                     "s" | "show" => op = Some(OperationName::Show),
                     "u" | "update" => op = Some(OperationName::Update),
-
+                    "c" | "checkout" => op = Some(OperationName::Checkout),
                     unknown => anyhow::bail!("unknown operation '{}'", unknown),
                 },
                 Value(val) if op == Some(OperationName::Show) && patch_id.is_none() => {
@@ -149,6 +156,9 @@ impl Args for Options {
                 Value(val) if op == Some(OperationName::Update) && patch_id.is_none() => {
                     patch_id = Some(term::cob::parse_patch_id(val)?);
                 }
+                Value(val) if op == Some(OperationName::Checkout) && patch_id.is_none() => {
+                    patch_id = Some(term::cob::parse_patch_id(val)?);
+                }
                 _ => return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(arg.unexpected())),
             }
         }
@@ -160,6 +170,9 @@ impl Args for Options {
                 patch_id: patch_id.ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("a patch id must be provided"))?,
             },
             OperationName::Update => Operation::Update { patch_id, message },
+            OperationName::Checkout => Operation::Checkout {
+                patch_id: patch_id.ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("a patch id must be provided"))?,
+            },
         };
 
         Ok((
@@ -205,6 +218,9 @@ pub fn run(options: Options, ctx: impl term::Context) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 &options,
             )?;
         }
+        Operation::Checkout { ref patch_id } => {
+            checkout::run(&storage, &profile, &workdir, patch_id)?;
+        }
     }
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/radicle-cli/src/commands/patch/checkout.rs b/radicle-cli/src/commands/patch/checkout.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..688b299f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/radicle-cli/src/commands/patch/checkout.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+use crate::terminal as term;
+use anyhow::anyhow;
+use radicle::cob::patch::{self, PatchId};
+use radicle::git::{self, RefString};
+use radicle::profile::Profile;
+use radicle::storage::git::Repository;
+
+pub fn run(
+    storage: &Repository,
+    profile: &Profile,
+    git_workdir: &git::raw::Repository,
+    patch_id: &PatchId,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let patches = patch::Patches::open(profile.public_key, storage)?;
+    let patch = patches
+        .get(patch_id)?
+        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Patch `{patch_id}` not found"))?;
+
+    let spinner = term::spinner("Performing patch checkout...");
+
+    // Getting the patch obj!
+    let patch_head = *patch.head();
+    let commit = git_workdir.find_commit(patch_head.into())?;
+
+    let name = RefString::try_from(format!("patch/{}", term::format::cob(patch_id)))?;
+    let branch = git::refs::workdir::branch(&name);
+    // checkout the patch in a new branch!
+    git_workdir.branch(branch.as_str(), &commit, false)?;
+    // and then point the current `HEAD` inside the new branch.
+    git_workdir.set_head(branch.as_str())?;
+    spinner.finish();
+
+    // 3. Write to the UI Terminal
+    term::success!(
+        "Switched to branch {}",
+        term::format::highlight(name.as_str())
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}