diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index 5c1bd3b0813a95ee0c1831a2e10f5512a9330793..eed0a94c6e4d6f520923a2ee86f1fcfbee228185 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ base-name::
 	as if all refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs` are specified to be
 	included.
 
+--include-tag::
+	Include unasked-for annotated tags if the object they
+	reference was included in the resulting packfile.  This
+	can be useful to send new tags to native git clients.
+
 --window=[N], --depth=[N]::
 	These two options affect how the objects contained in
 	the pack are stored using delta compression.  The
diff --git a/builtin-pack-objects.c b/builtin-pack-objects.c
index 2799e6833849eea9a4cb35213c1115c44bf702ed..f504cff7566159332c89f830a871da0ea05868fe 100644
--- a/builtin-pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-pack-objects.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "list-objects.h"
 #include "progress.h"
+#include "refs.h"
 
 #ifdef THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH
 #include "thread-utils.h"
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ git-pack-objects [{ -q | --progress | --all-progress }] \n\
 	[--window=N] [--window-memory=N] [--depth=N] \n\
 	[--no-reuse-delta] [--no-reuse-object] [--delta-base-offset] \n\
 	[--threads=N] [--non-empty] [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--reflog] \n\
-	[--stdout | base-name] [--keep-unreachable] [<ref-list | <object-list]";
+	[--stdout | base-name] [--include-tag] [--keep-unreachable] \n\
+	[<ref-list | <object-list]";
 
 struct object_entry {
 	struct pack_idx_entry idx;
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ static struct pack_idx_entry **written_list;
 static uint32_t nr_objects, nr_alloc, nr_result, nr_written;
 
 static int non_empty;
-static int no_reuse_delta, no_reuse_object, keep_unreachable;
+static int no_reuse_delta, no_reuse_object, keep_unreachable, include_tag;
 static int local;
 static int incremental;
 static int allow_ofs_delta;
@@ -1630,6 +1632,18 @@ static void ll_find_deltas(struct object_entry **list, unsigned list_size,
 #define ll_find_deltas(l, s, w, d, p)	find_deltas(l, &s, w, d, p)
 #endif
 
+static int add_ref_tag(const char *path, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, void *cb_data)
+{
+	unsigned char peeled[20];
+
+	if (!prefixcmp(path, "refs/tags/") && /* is a tag? */
+	    !peel_ref(path, peeled)        && /* peelable? */
+	    !is_null_sha1(peeled)          && /* annotated tag? */
+	    locate_object_entry(peeled))      /* object packed? */
+		add_object_entry(sha1, OBJ_TAG, NULL, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void prepare_pack(int window, int depth)
 {
 	struct object_entry **delta_list;
@@ -2033,6 +2047,10 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			keep_unreachable = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!strcmp("--include-tag", arg)) {
+			include_tag = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (!strcmp("--unpacked", arg) ||
 		    !prefixcmp(arg, "--unpacked=") ||
 		    !strcmp("--reflog", arg) ||
@@ -2109,6 +2127,8 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		rp_av[rp_ac] = NULL;
 		get_object_list(rp_ac, rp_av);
 	}
+	if (include_tag && nr_result)
+		for_each_ref(add_ref_tag, NULL);
 	stop_progress(&progress_state);
 
 	if (non_empty && !nr_result)
diff --git a/t/t5305-include-tag.sh b/t/t5305-include-tag.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0db27547ac9aa49c4b06ec371f6e04f5b9a7f16c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t5305-include-tag.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git-pack-object --include-tag'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+TRASH=`pwd`
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+	echo c >d &&
+	git update-index --add d &&
+	tree=`git write-tree` &&
+	commit=`git commit-tree $tree </dev/null` &&
+	echo "object $commit" >sig &&
+	echo "type commit" >>sig &&
+	echo "tag mytag" >>sig &&
+	echo "tagger $(git var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT)" >>sig &&
+	echo >>sig &&
+	echo "our test tag" >>sig &&
+	tag=`git mktag <sig` &&
+	rm d sig &&
+	git update-ref refs/tags/mytag $tag && {
+		echo $tree &&
+		echo $commit &&
+		git ls-tree $tree | sed -e "s/.* \\([0-9a-f]*\\)	.*/\\1/"
+	} >obj-list
+'
+
+rm -rf clone.git
+test_expect_success 'pack without --include-tag' '
+	packname_1=$(git pack-objects \
+		--window=0 \
+		test-1 <obj-list)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'unpack objects' '
+	(
+		GIT_DIR=clone.git &&
+		export GIT_DIR &&
+		git init &&
+		git unpack-objects -n <test-1-${packname_1}.pack &&
+		git unpack-objects <test-1-${packname_1}.pack
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'check unpacked result (have commit, no tag)' '
+	git rev-list --objects $commit >list.expect &&
+	(
+		GIT_DIR=clone.git &&
+		export GIT_DIR &&
+		test_must_fail git cat-file -e $tag &&
+		git rev-list --objects $commit
+	) >list.actual &&
+	git diff list.expect list.actual
+'
+
+rm -rf clone.git
+test_expect_success 'pack with --include-tag' '
+	packname_1=$(git pack-objects \
+		--window=0 \
+		--include-tag \
+		test-2 <obj-list)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'unpack objects' '
+	(
+		GIT_DIR=clone.git &&
+		export GIT_DIR &&
+		git init &&
+		git unpack-objects -n <test-2-${packname_1}.pack &&
+		git unpack-objects <test-2-${packname_1}.pack
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'check unpacked result (have commit, have tag)' '
+	git rev-list --objects mytag >list.expect &&
+	(
+		GIT_DIR=clone.git &&
+		export GIT_DIR &&
+		git rev-list --objects $tag
+	) >list.actual &&
+	git diff list.expect list.actual
+'
+
+test_done