diff --git a/scripts/apply-pr.sh b/scripts/apply-pr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..65805b848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/apply-pr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "usage: $0 <pull-request-number>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+BASE="https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/pull/"
+PR_NUM="$(echo $1 | grep -o -E '[0-9]+')"
+
+curl -L $BASE/$PR_NUM.patch | git apply