diff --git a/osc/commandline.py b/osc/commandline.py
index 87f8a4fd..9c2c188a 100644
--- a/osc/commandline.py
+++ b/osc/commandline.py
@@ -4280,6 +4280,8 @@ Please submit there instead, or use --nodevelproject to force direct submission.
     @cmdln.option('-e', '--expand-link', action='store_true',
                         help='if a package is a link, check out the expanded '
                              'sources (no-op, since this became the default)')
+    @cmdln.option('-D', '--deleted', action='store_true',
+                        help='checkout an already deleted package. No meta information ')
     @cmdln.option('-u', '--unexpand-link', action='store_true',
                         help='if a package is a link, check out the _link file ' \
                              'instead of the expanded sources')
@@ -4364,6 +4366,12 @@ Please submit there instead, or use --nodevelproject to force direct submission.
                 project_dir = os.curdir
                 package = args[0]
 
+        if opts.deleted and package:
+            if not opts.output_dir:
+                raise oscerr.WrongOptions('-o | --output-dir is needed to get deleted sources')
+        elif opts.deleted and not package:
+            raise oscerr.WrongOptions('-D | --deleted can only be used with a package')
+
         rev, dummy = parseRevisionOption(opts.revision)
         if rev == None:
             rev = "latest"
@@ -4379,14 +4387,17 @@ Please submit there instead, or use --nodevelproject to force direct submission.
             get_source_file(apiurl, project, package, filename, revision=rev, progress_obj=self.download_progress)
 
         elif package:
-            if opts.current_dir:
-                project_dir = None
-            checkout_package(apiurl, project, package, rev, expand_link=expand_link, \
-                             prj_dir=project_dir, service_files = opts.source_service_files, \
-                             server_service_files=opts.server_side_source_service_files, \
-                             progress_obj=self.download_progress, size_limit=opts.limit_size, \
-                             meta=opts.meta, outdir=opts.output_dir)
-            print_request_list(apiurl, project, package)
+            if opts.deleted:
+                checkout_deleted_package(apiurl, project, package, opts.output_dir)
+            else:
+                if opts.current_dir:
+                    project_dir = None
+                checkout_package(apiurl, project, package, rev, expand_link=expand_link, \
+                                 prj_dir=project_dir, service_files = opts.source_service_files, \
+                                 server_service_files=opts.server_side_source_service_files, \
+                                 progress_obj=self.download_progress, size_limit=opts.limit_size, \
+                                 meta=opts.meta, outdir=opts.output_dir)
+                print_request_list(apiurl, project, package)
 
         elif project:
             prj_dir = opts.output_dir if opts.output_dir else project
diff --git a/osc/core.py b/osc/core.py
index 34a625fa..8bb3ee9f 100644
--- a/osc/core.py
+++ b/osc/core.py
@@ -7763,4 +7763,24 @@ def get_rpmlint_log(apiurl, proj, pkg, repo, arch):
     f = http_GET(u)
     return f.read()
 
+def checkout_deleted_package(apiurl, proj, pkg, dst):
+    pl = meta_get_filelist(apiurl, proj, pkg, deleted=True)
+    query = {}
+    query['deleted'] = 1
+
+    if os.path.isdir(dst):
+        print('Restoring in existing directory %s' % dst)
+    else:
+        print('Creating %s' % dst)
+        os.makedirs(dst)
+
+    for filename in pl:
+        print('Restoring %s to %s' % (filename, dst))
+        full_file_path = os.path.join(dst, filename)
+        u = makeurl(apiurl, ['source', proj, pkg, filename], query=query)
+        with open(full_file_path, 'wb') as f:
+            for data in streamfile(u):
+                f.write(data)
+    print('done.')
+
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