diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-pull-local.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-pull-local.c
index f0c10df8..1f760db3 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-pull-local.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-pull-local.c
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+static char *opt_remote;
+
 static GOptionEntry options[] = {
+  { "remote", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &opt_remote, "Add REMOTE to refspec", "REMOTE" },
   { NULL }
 };
 
@@ -310,8 +313,9 @@ ostree_builtin_pull_local (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **err
     {
       const char *name = key;
       const char *checksum = value;
-
-      if (!ostree_repo_write_ref (data->dest_repo, NULL, name, checksum, error))
+        
+      if (!ostree_repo_write_ref (data->dest_repo, opt_remote, name, checksum,
+                                  error))
         goto out;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/t0000-basic.sh b/tests/t0000-basic.sh
index a55c748c..4943a916 100755
--- a/tests/t0000-basic.sh
+++ b/tests/t0000-basic.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-echo "1..30"
+echo "1..31"
 
 . $(dirname $0)/libtest.sh
 
@@ -218,3 +218,11 @@ echo "ok subdir enoent"
 cd ${test_tmpdir}
 $OSTREE checkout test2 --allow-noent --subpath /enoent 2>/dev/null
 echo "ok subdir noent"
+
+cd ${test_tmpdir}
+mkdir repo3
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo3 init
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo3 pull-local --remote=aremote repo test2
+ostree --repo=repo3 rev-parse aremote/test2
+echo "ok pull-local with --remote arg"
+