diff --git a/bin/git-fetch-branch b/bin/git-fetch-branch
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..668c298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/git-fetch-branch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export USAGE='<branch>
+or: <remote> <branch>
+'
+
+# This is the recommended pattern from `man git-sh-setup`.
+#
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
+. "$(git --exec-path)/git-sh-setup"
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+case "$#" in
+    1)
+        remote='origin'
+        branch="$1"
+        ;;
+    2)
+        remote="$1"
+        branch="$2"
+        ;;
+    *) usage ;;
+esac
+
+exec git fetch "${remote}" "${branch}"
diff --git a/git/config b/git/config
index 8675016..d2219a6 100644
--- a/git/config
+++ b/git/config
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dc = diff --cached
 d = diff
 dn = diff --name-only --relative
 dw = diff --word-diff
-fb = "!fb() { git fetch \"$1\" \"$2\":\"$2\"; }; fb"
+fb = fetch-branch
 f = fetch
 fp = fetch --prune
 fixup = commit --amend --no-edit