diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 47ccafc..98bd1f4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This is a bit like hashicorp/go-getter, but much simpler, and with less supporte
 
 ## Features
 
-- **Git repositories**: Clone from git://, git+ssh://, or git+https:// URLs with optional ref and depth parameters
+- **Git repositories**: Clone from git://, git+ssh://, or git+https:// URLs with optional ref, commit and depth parameters
 - **TAR archives**: Fetch and extract .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz, and other compressed tarballs
 - **ZIP archives**: Download and unzip .zip files
 - **GitHub shortcuts**: Map shorthand URLs like `user/repo` or `github.com/user/repo` to full git URLs
diff --git a/git.go b/git.go
index 694e690..e4107e4 100644
--- a/git.go
+++ b/git.go
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ import (
 // All forms support the following query parameters that control cloning behaviour:
 //
 //	ref=<ref>
+//	commit=<commit>
 //	depth=<depth>
+//
+// A commit is checked out detached and cannot be combined with ref. It needs
+// git 2.49 or later, and a server that allows fetching a commit by hash, such
+// as any server speaking git protocol v2.
 type Git struct{}
 
 var _ Resolver = (*Git)(nil)
@@ -40,6 +45,9 @@ func (g *Git) Fetch(ctx context.Context, source Source, dest string) error {
 	if ref := source.URL.Query().Get("ref"); ref != "" {
 		args = append(args, "--branch", ref)
 	}
+	if commit := source.URL.Query().Get("commit"); commit != "" {
+		args = append(args, "--revision", commit)
+	}
 
 	repoURL := convertGitURL(source.URL)
 	args = append(args, repoURL, dest)
diff --git a/git_test.go b/git_test.go
index 865a317..425d372 100644
--- a/git_test.go
+++ b/git_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -189,6 +190,61 @@ func TestGitFetchWithDepth(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "1\n", string(output))
 }
 
+func TestGitFetchWithCommit(t *testing.T) {
+	repoDir, runGit := createTestRepo(t)
+	gitOutput := func(dir string, args ...string) string {
+		t.Helper()
+		cmd := exec.Command("git", args...)
+		cmd.Dir = dir
+		output, err := cmd.Output()
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		return strings.TrimSpace(string(output))
+	}
+
+	for _, content := range []string{"second", "third"} {
+		assert.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(repoDir, "file.txt"), []byte(content+"\n"), 0o644))
+		runGit("add", ".")
+		runGit("commit", "-m", content)
+	}
+	commit := gitOutput(repoDir, "rev-parse", "HEAD~1")
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		query   string
+		commits string
+	}{
+		{name: "FullHistory", query: "?commit=" + commit, commits: "2"},
+		{name: "Shallow", query: "?commit=" + commit + "&depth=1", commits: "1"},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			u, err := url.Parse("git+file://" + repoDir + tt.query)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+			dest := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "dest")
+			err = NewGit().Fetch(context.Background(), Source{URL: u}, dest)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+			content, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dest, "file.txt"))
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, "second\n", string(content))
+			assert.Equal(t, commit, gitOutput(dest, "rev-parse", "HEAD"))
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.commits, gitOutput(dest, "rev-list", "--count", "HEAD"))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGitFetchWithCommitAndRef(t *testing.T) {
+	repoDir, _ := createTestRepo(t)
+
+	u, err := url.Parse("git+file://" + repoDir + "?commit=" + strings.Repeat("a", 40) + "&ref=master")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = NewGit().Fetch(context.Background(), Source{URL: u}, t.TempDir())
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "cannot be used together")
+}
+
 func TestGitFetchCancelledContext(t *testing.T) {
 	repoDir, _ := createTestRepo(t)