diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index eb572ff..93ed1cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -180,6 +180,36 @@ jobs:
           echo "Is Shallow Repository: ${shallow_value}"
           test "${shallow_value}" = "true"
 
+  test-sparse-checkout:
+    name: Test Sparse Checkout Action
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Harden Runner
+        id: harden-runner
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+
+      - name: Run Sparse Checkout Action
+        uses: ./
+        id: test-sparse-checkout
+        with:
+          checkout: true
+          checkout-ref: main
+          checkout-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          checkout-sparse: '.github'
+
+      - name: Verify Sparse Checkout Outputs
+        run: |
+          echo "Checkout Ref: ${{ steps.test-sparse-checkout.outputs.checkout-ref }}"
+          echo "Checkout Commit: ${{ steps.test-sparse-checkout.outputs.checkout-commit }}"
+          sparse_list=$(git sparse-checkout list)
+          echo "sparse list: ${sparse_list}"
+          test "${sparse_list}" = ".github"
+
   test-setup-java:
     name: Test Setup Java Action
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a7beaf5..2c398f4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,15 +33,17 @@ Common steps for initializing a job for GitHub actions. This composite action co
 
 **Repository Checkout**
 
-| Input                | Description                                                                  | Required | Default | Options                    |
-|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------|----------------------------|
-| checkout             | Whether to checkout the repository                                           | No       | -       | `true`/`false`             |
-| checkout-ref         | The branch, tag or SHA to checkout                                           | No       | -       | any `branch`/`tag`/`SHA`   |
-| checkout-token       | Personal access token (PAT) used to fetch the repository                     | No       | -       | `Token` used for checkout  |
-| checkout-path        | Path to checkout the repository into (relative to `${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}`)     | No       | `.`     | any relative path          |
-| checkout-fetch-depth | Depth of commit history to fetch                                             | No       | 1       | `0` (full)/`1`/`2`/...     |
-| checkout-persist     | Whether to configure the token with the local git config                     | No       | true    | `true`/`false`             |
-| checkout-submodules  | Whether to fetch submodules                                                  | No       | false   | `true`/`false`/`recursive` |
+| Input                       | Description                                                              | Required | Default | Options                    |
+|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------|----------------------------|
+| checkout                    | Whether to checkout the repository                                       | No       | -       | `true`/`false`             |
+| checkout-ref                | The branch, tag or SHA to checkout                                       | No       | -       | any `branch`/`tag`/`SHA`   |
+| checkout-token              | Personal access token (PAT) used to fetch the repository                 | No       | -       | `Token` used for checkout  |
+| checkout-path               | Path to checkout the repository into (relative to `${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}`) | No       | `.`     | any relative path          |
+| checkout-fetch-depth        | Depth of commit history to fetch                                         | No       | 1       | `0` (full)/`1`/`2`/...     |
+| checkout-persist            | Whether to configure the token with the local git config                 | No       | true    | `true`/`false`             |
+| checkout-submodules         | Whether to fetch submodules                                              | No       | false   | `true`/`false`/`recursive` |
+| checkout-sparse             | Do a sparse checkout on given patterns                                   | No       | -       | path                       |
+| checkout-sparse-cone-mode   | Specifies whether to use cone-mode when doing a sparse checkout          | No       | true    |                            |
 
 **Java**
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 84ce4a5..89bf28d 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Whether to checkout submodules (true/false/recursive)'
     default: 'false'
     required: false
+  checkout-sparse:
+    description: >
+      Do a sparse checkout on given patterns.
+      Each pattern should be separated with new lines.
+    default: null
+    required: false
+  checkout-sparse-cone-mode:
+    description: >
+      Specifies whether to use cone-mode when doing a sparse checkout.
+    default: true
+    required: false
   setup-node:
     description: 'Whether to setup Node.js'
     required: false
@@ -259,6 +270,8 @@ runs:
         echo "Ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref }}"
         echo "Fetch Depth: ${{ inputs.checkout-fetch-depth }}"
         echo "Submodules: ${{ inputs.checkout-submodules }}"
+        echo "Sparse: ${{inputs.checkout-sparse }}"
+        echo "Sparse Cone Mode: ${{inputs.checkout-sparse-cone-mode }}"
         echo "::endgroup::"
 
     - name: Checkout Code
@@ -272,6 +285,8 @@ runs:
         token: ${{ inputs.checkout-token }}
         path: ${{ inputs.checkout-path }}
         persist-credentials: ${{ inputs.checkout-persist }}
+        sparse-checkout: ${{ inputs.checkout-sparse }}
+        sparse-checkout-cone-mode: ${{inputs.checkout-sparse-cone-mode }}
 
     - name: Set Up Java Parameters
       id: setup-java-params