diff --git a/‎lib/checkout.js‎
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diff --git a/‎test/tests/checkout.js‎
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@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 var NodeGit = require("../");
+var normalizeOptions = require("./util/normalize_options");
 
 var Checkout = NodeGit.Checkout;
+var head = Checkout.head;
+
+/**
+* Patch head checkout to automatically coerce objects.
+*
+* @param repo
+* @param options
+*/
+Checkout.head = function(url, options) {
+  options = normalizeOptions(options, NodeGit.CheckoutOptions);
+
+  return head.call(this, url, options);
+};
+
 
 module.exports = Checkout;
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe("Checkout", function() {
   it("can checkout the head", function() {
     var repo = this.repo;
 
-    Checkout.head(repo)
+    return Checkout.head(repo)
     .then(function() {
       return repo.getBlob(packageJsonOid);
     })