diff --git a/app/src/lib/progress/fetch.ts b/app/src/lib/progress/fetch.ts
index e90e543c0a6..fcc7c2d14c6 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/progress/fetch.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/progress/fetch.ts
@@ -20,3 +20,26 @@ export class FetchProgressParser extends GitProgressParser {
     super(steps)
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Progress steps for a single-branch fetch operation. Unlike a full fetch,
+ * Highly approximate (some would say outright inaccurate) division
+ * of the individual progress reporting steps in a fetch operation
+ */
+const singleBranchFetchSteps = [
+  { title: 'remote: Enumerating objects', weight: 0.1 },
+  { title: 'remote: Counting objects', weight: 0.2 },
+  { title: 'remote: Compressing objects', weight: 0.3 },
+  { title: 'remote', weight: 0.4 },
+]
+
+/**
+ * A utility class for interpreting the output from
+ * `git fetch --progress <remote> <branch>` and turning that into a percentage
+ * value estimating the overall progress of a single branch fetch.
+ */
+export class SingleBranchFetchProgressParser extends GitProgressParser {
+  public constructor() {
+    super(singleBranchFetchSteps)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/lib/stores/app-store.ts b/app/src/lib/stores/app-store.ts
index aeefcde6c22..48389574244 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/stores/app-store.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/stores/app-store.ts
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ import {
   listWorktrees,
   unstageAll,
   git,
+  IGitStringExecutionOptions,
+  IGitStringResult,
 } from '../git'
 import {
   installGlobalLFSFilters,
@@ -450,6 +452,11 @@ import {
   gatherCommitContext,
 } from '../copilot-conflict-context'
 import { resolveWithin } from '../path'
+import {
+  executionOptionsWithProgress,
+  SingleBranchFetchProgressParser,
+} from '../progress'
+import { envForRemoteOperation } from '../git/environment'
 
 const LastSelectedRepositoryIDKey = 'last-selected-repository-id'
 
@@ -6074,6 +6081,171 @@ export class AppStore extends TypedBaseStore<IAppState> {
     })
   }
 
+  public async _fetchSingleBranch(
+    repository: Repository,
+    branch: Branch
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const state = this.repositoryStateCache.get(repository)
+    // Don't allow concurrent network operations.
+    if (state.isPushPullFetchInProgress) {
+      this._showPopup({
+        type: PopupType.Error,
+        error: new Error(
+          'Another push/pull/fetch request is in progress.\nTry again after the ongoing request is finished'
+        ),
+      })
+      return
+    }
+
+    return this.withRefreshedGitHubRepository(repository, repo => {
+      return this.performFetchSingleBranch(repo, branch)
+    })
+  }
+
+  /** This shouldn't be called directly. See `Dispatcher`. */
+  private async performFetchSingleBranch(
+    repository: Repository,
+    branch: Branch
+  ) {
+    const isRemote = branch.type === BranchType.Remote
+
+    const remoteName = isRemote ? branch.remoteName : branch.upstreamRemoteName
+    const remoteBranchName = isRemote
+      ? branch.nameWithoutRemote
+      : branch.upstreamWithoutRemote
+
+    if (!remoteName) {
+      throw new Error('Remote name not found')
+    }
+    if (!remoteBranchName) {
+      throw new Error('Remote branch not found')
+    }
+
+    const isBackgroundTask = false
+    const gitStore = this.gitStoreCache.get(repository)
+
+    // repository.url
+    const remote = { name: remoteName, url: 'file://' }
+
+    const progressCb = (progress: IFetchProgress) => {
+      this.updatePushPullFetchProgress(repository, progress)
+    }
+    const progressTitle = isRemote
+      ? `Fetching ${branch.name}`
+      : `Fetching ${remoteBranchName}`
+    const kind = 'fetch'
+
+    const fetchFn = async (isRemote: boolean): Promise<IGitStringResult> => {
+      let opts: IGitStringExecutionOptions = {
+        successExitCodes: new Set([0]),
+      }
+      if (remote.url) {
+        opts = {
+          ...opts,
+          env: await envForRemoteOperation(remote.url),
+        }
+      }
+      opts = await executionOptionsWithProgress(
+        { ...opts, trackLFSProgress: true, isBackgroundTask },
+        new SingleBranchFetchProgressParser(),
+        progress => {
+          if (progress.kind === 'context') {
+            const text = progress.text
+            if (
+              !text.startsWith('remote: Counting objects') &&
+              !text.startsWith('remote: Compressing objects')
+            ) {
+              return
+            }
+          }
+
+          const description =
+            progress.kind === 'progress' ? progress.details.text : progress.text
+          const value = progress.percent
+
+          progressCb({
+            kind,
+            title: progressTitle,
+            description,
+            value,
+            remote: remote.name,
+          })
+        }
+      )
+      const flags = isRemote
+        ? ['fetch', '--progress', '--recurse-submodules=on-demand', remoteName]
+        : [
+            'fetch',
+            '--progress',
+            '--show-forced-updates',
+            // '--no-write-fetch-head',
+            '--recurse-submodules=on-demand',
+            remoteName,
+          ]
+
+      const branchTarget = isRemote
+        ? remoteBranchName
+        : `${remoteBranchName}:${remoteBranchName}`
+      const actionName = isRemote ? 'fetchRemoteBranch' : 'fetchLocalBranch'
+
+      const executionOpts = isRemote
+        ? opts
+        : {
+            ...opts,
+            successExitCodes: new Set([0, 1]),
+          }
+
+      return await git(
+        [...flags, branchTarget],
+        repository.path,
+        actionName,
+        executionOpts
+      )
+    }
+
+    const execFetchFn = async () => {
+      // Initial progress
+      progressCb({
+        kind,
+        title: progressTitle,
+        value: 0,
+        remote: remote.name,
+      })
+
+      await gitStore.performFailableOperation(
+        async () => {
+          const result = await fetchFn(isRemote)
+          if (
+            !isRemote &&
+            result &&
+            (result.stderr?.includes('rejected') ||
+              result.stderr?.includes('non-fast-forward'))
+          ) {
+            this.emitError(
+              new ErrorWithMetadata(new Error(result.stderr), { repository })
+            )
+          }
+
+          await this._refreshRepository(repository)
+        },
+        {
+          backgroundTask: isBackgroundTask,
+        }
+      )
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await this.withPushPullFetch(repository, execFetchFn)
+    } catch (error) {
+      const errorWithMetadata = new ErrorWithMetadata(error, {
+        repository,
+      })
+      this.emitError(errorWithMetadata)
+    } finally {
+      this.updatePushPullFetchProgress(repository, null)
+    }
+  }
+
   public async _resetHardToUpstream(repository: Repository): Promise<void> {
     const { branchesState } = this.repositoryStateCache.get(repository)
     const { tip } = branchesState
diff --git a/app/src/ui/branches/branch-list-item-context-menu.tsx b/app/src/ui/branches/branch-list-item-context-menu.tsx
index bb409b17d8f..d9ef012cded 100644
--- a/app/src/ui/branches/branch-list-item-context-menu.tsx
+++ b/app/src/ui/branches/branch-list-item-context-menu.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ interface IBranchContextMenuConfig {
   name: string
   nameWithoutRemote: string
   isLocal: boolean
+  isCurrentBranch: boolean
   repoType: RepoType | undefined
   isInUseByOtherWorktree: boolean
   onRenameBranch?: (branchName: string) => void
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ interface IBranchContextMenuConfig {
   onViewPullRequestOnGitHub?: () => void
   onSetAsDefaultBranch?: (branchName: string) => void
   onDeleteBranch?: (branchName: string) => void
+  onFetchSingleBranch?: (branchName: string) => void
 }
 
 export function generateBranchContextMenuItems(
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ export function generateBranchContextMenuItems(
     name,
     nameWithoutRemote,
     isLocal,
+    isCurrentBranch,
     repoType,
     isInUseByOtherWorktree,
     onRenameBranch,
@@ -30,9 +33,9 @@ export function generateBranchContextMenuItems(
     onViewPullRequestOnGitHub,
     onSetAsDefaultBranch,
     onDeleteBranch,
+    onFetchSingleBranch,
   } = config
   const items = new Array<IMenuItem>()
-
   if (onRenameBranch !== undefined) {
     items.push({
       label: 'Rename…',
@@ -67,6 +70,16 @@ export function generateBranchContextMenuItems(
     })
   }
 
+  // This should be the selected branch.
+  if (!isCurrentBranch && onFetchSingleBranch !== undefined) {
+    items.push({ type: 'separator' })
+    items.push({
+      label: getSingleFetchBranchLabel(),
+      action: () => onFetchSingleBranch(name),
+      enabled: true,
+    })
+  }
+
   if (onDeleteBranch !== undefined && !isInUseByOtherWorktree) {
     items.push({ type: 'separator' })
     items.push({
@@ -104,3 +117,7 @@ function getViewPullRequestLabel(repoType: RepoType): string {
       return assertNever(repoType, `Unknown repo type: ${repoType}`)
   }
 }
+
+function getSingleFetchBranchLabel(): string {
+  return __DARWIN__ ? 'Fetch Branch' : 'Fetch branch'
+}
diff --git a/app/src/ui/branches/branch-list.tsx b/app/src/ui/branches/branch-list.tsx
index 91eac3bab23..ba7b8ad1e09 100644
--- a/app/src/ui/branches/branch-list.tsx
+++ b/app/src/ui/branches/branch-list.tsx
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ interface IBranchListProps {
 
   /** Optional: Callback for if delete context menu should exist */
   readonly onDeleteBranch?: (branchName: string) => void
+
+  /** Optional: Callback if pull option for remote branch context menu should exist */
+  readonly onFetchSingleBranch?: (branchName: string) => void
 }
 
 /** The Branches list component. */
@@ -234,7 +237,12 @@ export class BranchList extends React.Component<IBranchListProps> {
   ) => {
     event.preventDefault()
 
-    const { onRenameBranch, onDeleteBranch, onSetAsDefaultBranch } = this.props
+    const {
+      onRenameBranch,
+      onDeleteBranch,
+      onSetAsDefaultBranch,
+      onFetchSingleBranch,
+    } = this.props
 
     if (
       onRenameBranch === undefined &&
@@ -247,11 +255,11 @@ export class BranchList extends React.Component<IBranchListProps> {
     const { type, name, nameWithoutRemote } = item.branch
     const isLocal = type === BranchType.Local
     const isInUseByOtherWorktree = !!this.inUseByOtherWorktreeName(item)
-
     const items = generateBranchContextMenuItems({
       name,
       nameWithoutRemote,
       isLocal,
+      isCurrentBranch: item.branch.name === this.props.currentBranch?.name,
       repoType: this.props.repository.gitHubRepository?.type,
       isInUseByOtherWorktree,
       onRenameBranch,
@@ -260,6 +268,7 @@ export class BranchList extends React.Component<IBranchListProps> {
           ? undefined
           : onSetAsDefaultBranch,
       onDeleteBranch,
+      onFetchSingleBranch,
     })
 
     showContextualMenu(items)
diff --git a/app/src/ui/branches/branches-container.tsx b/app/src/ui/branches/branches-container.tsx
index 9bb9e46898e..c4546d3d9a4 100644
--- a/app/src/ui/branches/branches-container.tsx
+++ b/app/src/ui/branches/branches-container.tsx
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ interface IBranchesContainerProps {
   readonly onRenameBranch: (branchName: string) => void
   readonly onSetAsDefaultBranch: (branchName: string) => void
   readonly onDeleteBranch: (branchName: string) => void
+  readonly onFetchSingleBranch: (branchName: string) => void
 
   readonly branchSortOrder: BranchSortOrder
 
@@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ export class BranchesContainer extends React.Component<
             onRenameBranch={this.props.onRenameBranch}
             onSetAsDefaultBranch={this.props.onSetAsDefaultBranch}
             onDeleteBranch={this.props.onDeleteBranch}
+            onFetchSingleBranch={this.props.onFetchSingleBranch}
           />
         )
       case BranchesTab.PullRequests: {
diff --git a/app/src/ui/dispatcher/dispatcher.ts b/app/src/ui/dispatcher/dispatcher.ts
index 8a4e53bfee9..62c02f93072 100644
--- a/app/src/ui/dispatcher/dispatcher.ts
+++ b/app/src/ui/dispatcher/dispatcher.ts
@@ -821,6 +821,14 @@ export class Dispatcher {
     return this.appStore._pull(repository)
   }
 
+  /** Pull remote branch by name */
+  public fetchSingleBranch(
+    repository: Repository,
+    branch: Branch
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    return this.appStore._fetchSingleBranch(repository, branch)
+  }
+
   public async pullAllRepositories(): Promise<void> {
     try {
       await this.appStore._pullAllRepositories()
diff --git a/app/src/ui/toolbar/branch-dropdown.tsx b/app/src/ui/toolbar/branch-dropdown.tsx
index c91dd791222..a2ad71d6c6e 100644
--- a/app/src/ui/toolbar/branch-dropdown.tsx
+++ b/app/src/ui/toolbar/branch-dropdown.tsx
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ export class BranchDropdown extends React.Component<IBranchDropdownProps> {
         branchSortOrder={this.props.branchSortOrder}
         emoji={this.props.emoji}
         onDeleteBranch={this.onDeleteBranch}
+        onFetchSingleBranch={this.onFetchSingleBranch}
         onRenameBranch={this.onRenameBranch}
         onSetAsDefaultBranch={this.onSetAsDefaultBranch}
         underlineLinks={this.props.underlineLinks}
@@ -320,6 +321,7 @@ export class BranchDropdown extends React.Component<IBranchDropdownProps> {
       name,
       nameWithoutRemote,
       isLocal: type === BranchType.Local,
+      isCurrentBranch: true,
       repoType: this.props.repository.gitHubRepository?.type,
       isInUseByOtherWorktree: false,
       onRenameBranch: this.onRenameBranch,
@@ -443,6 +445,15 @@ export class BranchDropdown extends React.Component<IBranchDropdownProps> {
     })
   }
 
+  private onFetchSingleBranch = (branchName: string) => {
+    const branch = this.getBranchWithName(branchName)
+    if (!branch) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    this.props.dispatcher.fetchSingleBranch(this.props.repository, branch)
+  }
+
   private onBadgeClick = () => {
     // The badge can't be clicked while the CI status popover is shown, because
     // in that case the Popover component will recognize the "click outside"