diff --git a/src/GitTabExpansion.ps1 b/src/GitTabExpansion.ps1
index afa2bc028..40cb9a441 100644
--- a/src/GitTabExpansion.ps1
+++ b/src/GitTabExpansion.ps1
@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ function script:gitCommands($filter, $includeAliases) {
     $cmdList | Sort-Object
 }
 
+function script:lastCheckouts($filter){
+    # for performance reasons we limit the number of returned entries from reflog to avoid scanning
+    # all reflog entries which can be huge in some cases. Number 10 is chose as "good enough" for most cases.
+    git log --walk-reflogs --max-count=10 '--grep-reflog="checkout: moving from "' --fixed-strings --format=%gs |
+    Where-Object { $_ -match 'checkout: moving from (.*) to (.*)' } |
+    ForEach-Object { $Matches[1] } |
+    Where-Object { $_ -like "$filter*" }
+}
+
 function script:gitRemotes($filter) {
     git remote |
         Where-Object { $_ -like "$filter*" } |
@@ -387,6 +396,7 @@ function GitTabExpansionInternal($lastBlock, $GitStatus = $null) {
         # Handles git checkout <ref>
         "^(?:checkout).* (?<ref>\S*)$" {
             & {
+                lastCheckouts $matches['ref']
                 gitBranches $matches['ref'] $true
                 gitRemoteUniqueBranches $matches['ref']
                 gitTags $matches['ref']
diff --git a/test/TabExpansion.Tests.ps1 b/test/TabExpansion.Tests.ps1
index 99ce4656c..d718cd10b 100644
--- a/test/TabExpansion.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/TabExpansion.Tests.ps1
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ Describe 'TabExpansion Tests' {
     Context 'Add/Reset/Checkout TabExpansion Tests' {
         BeforeEach {
             [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseDeclaredVarsMoreThanAssigments', '')]
-            $repoPath = NewGitTempRepo
+            $repoPath = NewGitTempRepo -MakeInitialCommit
         }
         AfterEach {
             RemoveGitTempRepo $repoPath
@@ -203,6 +203,17 @@ Describe 'TabExpansion Tests' {
             $result = & $module GitTabExpansionInternal 'git add ' $gitStatus
             $result | Should BeExactly $fileName
         }
+        It 'Tab completes last checkouts first' {
+            &$gitbin checkout -q -b 'test-branch-b' 2>$null
+            &$gitbin checkout -q -b 'test-branch-c' 2>$null
+            &$gitbin checkout -q -b 'test-branch-a' 2>$null
+            &$gitbin checkout -q 'master' 2>$null
+
+            $result = & $module GitTabExpansionInternal 'git checkout '
+            $firstThreeResults = $result[0..2]
+
+            $firstThreeResults | Should -BeExactly @('test-branch-a', 'test-branch-c', 'test-branch-b')
+        }
     }
 
     Context 'Alias TabExpansion Tests' {