diff --git a/bin/git-fetch-branch b/bin/git-fetch-branch
index 668c298..9e33d24 100755
--- a/bin/git-fetch-branch
+++ b/bin/git-fetch-branch
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ case "$#" in
     *) usage ;;
 esac
 
-exec git fetch "${remote}" "${branch}"
+exec git fetch "${remote}" "${branch}:${branch}"