diff --git a/git-codereview/branch_test.go b/git-codereview/branch_test.go
index 10949fe..2358b94 100644
--- a/git-codereview/branch_test.go
+++ b/git-codereview/branch_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	checkCurrentBranch(t, "master", "origin/master", false, false, "", "")
 
 	t.Logf("on newbranch")
-	trun(t, gt.client, "git", "checkout", "-b", "newbranch")
+	trun(t, gt.client, "git", "checkout", "-t", "-b", "newbranch", "origin/master")
 	checkCurrentBranch(t, "newbranch", "origin/master", true, false, "", "")
 
 	t.Logf("making change")