diff --git a/SwiftGit2/Repository.swift b/SwiftGit2/Repository.swift
index db51aec..cff4de3 100644
--- a/SwiftGit2/Repository.swift
+++ b/SwiftGit2/Repository.swift
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ import Foundation
 import LlamaKit
 
 extension git_strarray {
+	func filter(f: (String) -> Bool) -> [String] {
+		return map { $0 }.filter(f)
+	}
+	
 	func map<T>(f: (String) -> T) -> [T] {
 		return Swift.map(0..<self.count) {
 			let string = String.fromCString(self.strings[Int($0)])!
@@ -268,8 +272,33 @@ final public class Repository {
 		return failure()
 	}
 	
+	/// Load and return a list of all local branches.
 	public func localBranches() -> Result<[Branch]> {
-		return failure()
+		let pointer = UnsafeMutablePointer<git_strarray>.alloc(1)
+		let repository = self.pointer
+		let result = git_reference_list(pointer, repository)
+		
+		if result != GIT_OK.value {
+			pointer.dealloc(1)
+			return failure()
+		}
+		
+		let strarray = pointer.memory
+		let branches = strarray
+			.filter {
+				$0.hasPrefix("refs/heads/")
+			}
+			.map {
+				self.referenceWithName($0).map { $0 as Branch }
+			}
+		git_strarray_free(pointer)
+		pointer.dealloc(1)
+		
+		let error = branches.reduce(nil) { $0 == nil ? $0 : $1.error() }
+		if let error = error {
+			return failure(error)
+		}
+		return success(branches.map { $0.value()! })
 	}
 	
 	public func remoteBranches() -> Result<[Branch]> {
diff --git a/SwiftGit2Tests/RepositorySpec.swift b/SwiftGit2Tests/RepositorySpec.swift
index 086b3bb..249a883 100644
--- a/SwiftGit2Tests/RepositorySpec.swift
+++ b/SwiftGit2Tests/RepositorySpec.swift
@@ -324,6 +324,18 @@ class RepositorySpec: QuickSpec {
 			}
 		}
 		
+		describe("-localBranches()") {
+			it("should return all the local branches") {
+				let repo = Fixtures.simpleRepository
+				let expected = [
+					repo.localBranchWithName("another-branch").value()!,
+					repo.localBranchWithName("master").value()!,
+					repo.localBranchWithName("yet-another-branch").value()!,
+				]
+				expect(repo.localBranches().value()).to(equal(expected))
+			}
+		}
+		
 		describe("-localBranchWithName()") {
 			it("should return the branch if it exists") {
 				let result = Fixtures.simpleRepository.localBranchWithName("master")