diff --git a/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh b/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh
index 8e54ac57462987567b11623d502ffc68fca3d9a0..ceee95b8a48455e15769168fe67af17deec7e179 100755
--- a/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh
+++ b/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh
@@ -120,63 +120,4 @@ EOF
 	git cat-file blob `echo 1|git hash-object --stdin` >/dev/null
 	)
 '
-
-if test -n "$NO_CURL" -o -z "$GIT_TEST_HTTPD"; then
-	say 'skipping remaining tests, git built without http support'
-	test_done
-fi
-
-. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
-start_httpd
-
-test_expect_success 'push to shallow repo via http' '
-	git clone --bare --no-local shallow "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
-	(
-	cd "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
-	git config http.receivepack true
-	) &&
-	(
-	cd full &&
-	commit 9 &&
-	git push $HTTPD_URL/smart/repo.git +master:refs/remotes/top/master
-	) &&
-	(
-	cd "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
-	git fsck &&
-	git log --format=%s top/master >actual &&
-	cat <<EOF >expect &&
-9
-4
-3
-EOF
-	test_cmp expect actual
-	)
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'push from shallow repo via http' '
-	mv "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" shallow-upstream.git &&
-	git clone --bare --no-local full "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
-	(
-	cd "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
-	git config http.receivepack true
-	) &&
-	commit 10 &&
-	git push $HTTPD_URL/smart/repo.git +master:refs/remotes/top/master &&
-	(
-	cd "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
-	git fsck &&
-	git log --format=%s top/master >actual &&
-	cat <<EOF >expect &&
-10
-1
-4
-3
-2
-1
-EOF
-	test_cmp expect actual
-	)
-'
-
-stop_httpd
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5542-push-http-shallow.sh b/t/t5542-push-http-shallow.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2a691e09ebe5f35e5a1aff6c710e6b4dc525f0d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t5542-push-http-shallow.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='push from/to a shallow clone over http'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+if test -n "$NO_CURL"; then
+	say 'skipping test, git built without http support'
+	test_done
+fi
+
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
+start_httpd
+
+commit() {
+	echo "$1" >tracked &&
+	git add tracked &&
+	git commit -m "$1"
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	git config --global transfer.fsckObjects true &&
+	commit 1 &&
+	commit 2 &&
+	commit 3 &&
+	commit 4 &&
+	git clone . full &&
+	(
+	git init full-abc &&
+	cd full-abc &&
+	commit a &&
+	commit b &&
+	commit c
+	) &&
+	git clone --no-local --depth=2 .git shallow &&
+	git --git-dir=shallow/.git log --format=%s >actual &&
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+4
+3
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	git clone --no-local --depth=2 full-abc/.git shallow2 &&
+	git --git-dir=shallow2/.git log --format=%s >actual &&
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+c
+b
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'push to shallow repo via http' '
+	git clone --bare --no-local shallow "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
+	(
+	cd "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
+	git config http.receivepack true
+	) &&
+	(
+	cd full &&
+	commit 9 &&
+	git push $HTTPD_URL/smart/repo.git +master:refs/remotes/top/master
+	) &&
+	(
+	cd "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
+	git fsck &&
+	git log --format=%s top/master >actual &&
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+9
+4
+3
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'push from shallow repo via http' '
+	mv "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" shallow-upstream.git &&
+	git clone --bare --no-local full "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
+	(
+	cd "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
+	git config http.receivepack true
+	) &&
+	commit 10 &&
+	git push $HTTPD_URL/smart/repo.git +master:refs/remotes/top/master &&
+	(
+	cd "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
+	git fsck &&
+	git log --format=%s top/master >actual &&
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+10
+4
+3
+2
+1
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
+stop_httpd
+test_done