diff --git a/README b/README
index d909b23..e6abb53 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ Implemented subcommands:
       or a tag or branch name)
     - if <source> is not given the HEAD of the current working-copy URL is used.
     - also switch to the new branch if -s is given
+ checkout [options] [url] [wc_path]
+  - if a URL is given that ends with /trunk and no working copy path is given,
+    then the last directory component before "/trunk" is used as the working
+    copy path
  clean [-x] {-n|-f} [path...]
   - remove (or list) unversioned items
   options:
diff --git a/jsvn b/jsvn
index eac41a2..8c660e2 100755
--- a/jsvn
+++ b/jsvn
@@ -1650,6 +1650,12 @@ def url_h(argv, svn, out, config):
     out.write(get_svn_url(svn, path) + '\n')
     return RET_OK
 
+def checkout_h(argv, svn, out, config):
+    if re.search(r'://.*/trunk$', argv[-1]):
+        argv += [argv[-1].split("/")[-2]]
+    Popen([svn] + argv, stdout=out).wait()
+    return RET_OK
+
 def clean_h(argv, svn, out, config):
     argv = argv[1:] # strip command
     opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, 'fnx',
@@ -1787,6 +1793,7 @@ def do_cmd(argv, realsvn, config, expand=True):
             'add': add_h,
             'bisect': bisect_h,
             'branch': branch_h,
+            'checkout': checkout_h,
             'clean': clean_h,
             'externals': externals_h,
             'switch': switch_h,