diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 90e3246..d84f74b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ set(GIT2CPP_SRC
     ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/branch_subcommand.hpp
     ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/checkout_subcommand.cpp
     ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/checkout_subcommand.hpp
+    ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/clone_subcommand.cpp
+    ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/clone_subcommand.hpp
     ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/init_subcommand.cpp
     ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/init_subcommand.hpp
     ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/status_subcommand.cpp
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 2d7d57e..ca92d6d 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "subcommand/add_subcommand.hpp"
 #include "subcommand/branch_subcommand.hpp"
 #include "subcommand/checkout_subcommand.hpp"
+#include "subcommand/clone_subcommand.hpp"
 #include "subcommand/init_subcommand.hpp"
 #include "subcommand/status_subcommand.hpp"
 
@@ -25,8 +26,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         init_subcommand init(lg2_obj, app);
         status_subcommand status(lg2_obj, app);
         add_subcommand add(lg2_obj, app);
-        branch_subcommand(lg2_obj, app);
-        checkout_subcommand(lg2_obj, app);
+        branch_subcommand branch(lg2_obj, app);
+        checkout_subcommand checkout(lg2_obj, app);
+        clone_subcommand clone(lg2_obj, app);
+
+        app.require_subcommand(/* min */ 0, /* max */ 1);
 
         CLI11_PARSE(app, argc, argv);
 
diff --git a/src/subcommand/clone_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/clone_subcommand.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93b5f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/subcommand/clone_subcommand.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "../subcommand/clone_subcommand.hpp"
+#include "../wrapper/repository_wrapper.hpp"
+
+clone_subcommand::clone_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
+{
+    auto* sub = app.add_subcommand("clone", "Clone a directory into a new repository");
+
+    sub->add_option("<repository>", m_repository, "The (possibly remote) repository to clone from.")->required();
+    sub->add_option("<directory>", m_directory, "The name of a new directory to clone into.");
+
+    sub->callback([this]() { this->run(); });
+}
+
+void clone_subcommand::run()
+{
+    git_clone_options opts = GIT_CLONE_OPTIONS_INIT;
+    std::string short_name = m_directory;
+    if (m_directory.empty())
+    {
+        auto size = m_repository.size();
+        auto begin = m_repository.find_last_of('/') + 1;
+        auto end = m_repository.ends_with(".git") ? size - 4 : size;
+        auto count = end - begin;
+        short_name = m_repository.substr(begin, count);
+        m_directory = get_current_git_path() + '/' + short_name;
+    }
+    std::cout << "Cloning into '" + short_name + "'..." << std::endl;
+    repository_wrapper::clone(m_repository, m_directory, opts);
+}
diff --git a/src/subcommand/clone_subcommand.hpp b/src/subcommand/clone_subcommand.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf2a0d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/subcommand/clone_subcommand.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <CLI/CLI.hpp>
+
+#include "../utils/common.hpp"
+
+class clone_subcommand
+{
+public:
+
+    explicit clone_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app);
+    void run();
+
+private:
+
+    std::string m_repository = {};
+    std::string m_directory = {};
+};
diff --git a/src/wrapper/repository_wrapper.cpp b/src/wrapper/repository_wrapper.cpp
index 8029d05..6be951d 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/repository_wrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/wrapper/repository_wrapper.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ repository_wrapper repository_wrapper::init(std::string_view directory, bool bar
     return rw;
 }
 
+repository_wrapper repository_wrapper::clone(std::string_view url, std::string_view path, const git_clone_options& opts)
+{
+    repository_wrapper rw;
+    throw_if_error(git_clone(&(rw.p_resource), url.data(), path.data(), &opts));
+    return rw;
+}
+
 git_repository_state_t repository_wrapper::state() const
 {
     return git_repository_state_t(git_repository_state(*this));
diff --git a/src/wrapper/repository_wrapper.hpp b/src/wrapper/repository_wrapper.hpp
index e2b9c60..8d44aed 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/repository_wrapper.hpp
+++ b/src/wrapper/repository_wrapper.hpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class repository_wrapper : public wrapper_base<git_repository>
 
     static repository_wrapper init(std::string_view directory, bool bare);
     static repository_wrapper open(std::string_view directory);
+    static repository_wrapper clone(std::string_view url, std::string_view path, const git_clone_options& opts);
 
     git_repository_state_t state() const;
 
diff --git a/test/test_clone.py b/test/test_clone.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21aec78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_clone.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+import pytest
+
+def test_clone(git2cpp_path):
+    url = 'https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xtl.git'
+    working_dir = 'test/data'
+
+    clone_cmd = [git2cpp_path, 'clone', url]
+    subprocess.run(clone_cmd, capture_output=True, cwd = working_dir, text=True)
+
+    assert os.path.exists(working_dir + '/xtl')
+    assert os.path.exists(working_dir + '/xtl/include')
+
+    cleanup_cmd = ['rm', '-rf', 'xtl']
+    subprocess.run(cleanup_cmd, capture_output=True, cwd = working_dir, text=True)
+