diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_git/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_git/tasks/main.yml
index 46f6e078ee1..49f5f53bfb8 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_git/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_git/tasks/main.yml
@@ -386,3 +386,29 @@
 - name: assert presence of new file in repo (i.e. working copy updated)
   assert:
     that: "repo_content.stat.exists"
+
+# Test that checkout by branch works when the branch is not in our current repo but the sha is
+
+- name: clear checkout_dir
+  file: state=absent path={{ checkout_dir }}
+
+- name: Clone example git repo that we're going to modify
+  git:
+    repo: '{{ repo_update_url_1 }}'
+    dest: '{{ checkout_dir }}/repo'
+
+- name: Clone the repo again - this is what we test
+  git:
+    repo: '{{ checkout_dir }}/repo'
+    dest: '{{ checkout_dir }}/checkout'
+
+- name: Add a branch to the repo
+  command: git branch new-branch
+  args:
+    chdir: '{{ checkout_dir }}/repo'
+
+- name: Checkout the new branch in the checkout
+  git:
+    repo: '{{ checkout_dir}}/repo'
+    version: 'new-branch'
+    dest: '{{ checkout_dir }}/checkout'