diff --git a/evaluate_model.py b/evaluate_model.py
index e08a5d7..71927c3 100644
--- a/evaluate_model.py
+++ b/evaluate_model.py
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
     "evaluate_single_checkpoint",
     "",
     "If set, defines the checkpoint file prefix to evaluate "
-    'and then exit, e.g. "model.ckpt-97231".',
+    'and then exit, e.g. "model.ckpt-97231". Use "latest" to evaluate '
+    "the latest checkpoint.",
 )
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
@@ -146,7 +147,14 @@ def evaluate(hps, result_dir, tuner=None, trial_name=None):
             )
 
             if FLAGS.evaluate_single_checkpoint:
-                meta_file = FLAGS.evaluate_single_checkpoint + ".meta"
+                if FLAGS.evaluate_single_checkpoint == "latest":
+                    latest_ckpt = tf.train.latest_checkpoint(result_dir)
+                    if not latest_ckpt:
+                        logging.warning("No checkpoints in %s", result_dir)
+                        return
+                    meta_file = os.path.basename(latest_ckpt) + ".meta"
+                else:
+                    meta_file = FLAGS.evaluate_single_checkpoint + ".meta"
             else:
 
                 potential_files = tf.gfile.ListDirectory(result_dir)