diff --git a/timm/models/helpers.py b/timm/models/helpers.py
index d68c7e65..c771e825 100644
--- a/timm/models/helpers.py
+++ b/timm/models/helpers.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def load_state_dict(checkpoint_path, use_ema=True):
         raise FileNotFoundError()
 
 
-def load_checkpoint(model, checkpoint_path, use_ema=True, strict=True):
+def load_checkpoint(model, checkpoint_path, use_ema=True, strict=True, remap=False):
     if os.path.splitext(checkpoint_path)[-1].lower() in ('.npz', '.npy'):
         # numpy checkpoint, try to load via model specific load_pretrained fn
         if hasattr(model, 'load_pretrained'):
@@ -72,10 +72,28 @@ def load_checkpoint(model, checkpoint_path, use_ema=True, strict=True):
             raise NotImplementedError('Model cannot load numpy checkpoint')
         return
     state_dict = load_state_dict(checkpoint_path, use_ema)
+    if remap:
+        state_dict = remap_checkpoint(model, state_dict)
     incompatible_keys = model.load_state_dict(state_dict, strict=strict)
     return incompatible_keys
 
 
+def remap_checkpoint(model, state_dict, allow_reshape=True):
+    """ remap checkpoint by iterating over state dicts in order (ignoring original keys).
+    This assumes models (and originating state dict) were created with params registered in same order.
+    """
+    out_dict = {}
+    for (ka, va), (kb, vb) in zip(model.state_dict().items(), state_dict.items()):
+        assert va.numel == vb.numel, f'Tensor size mismatch {ka}: {va.shape} vs {kb}: {vb.shape}. Remap failed.'
+        if va.shape != vb.shape:
+            if allow_reshape:
+                vb = vb.reshape(va.shape)
+            else:
+                assert False,  f'Tensor shape mismatch {ka}: {va.shape} vs {kb}: {vb.shape}. Remap failed.'
+        out_dict[ka] = vb
+    return out_dict
+
+
 def resume_checkpoint(model, checkpoint_path, optimizer=None, loss_scaler=None, log_info=True):
     resume_epoch = None
     if os.path.isfile(checkpoint_path):