diff --git a/builtin/commit-graph.c b/builtin/commit-graph.c
index cacb5d04a80f70..59009837dc9f79 100644
--- a/builtin/commit-graph.c
+++ b/builtin/commit-graph.c
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ static int graph_write(int argc, const char **argv)
 		flags |= COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_SPLIT;
 	if (opts.progress)
 		flags |= COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_PROGRESS;
-	if (opts.enable_changed_paths)
+	if (opts.enable_changed_paths ||
+	    git_env_bool(GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_CHANGED_PATHS, 0))
 		flags |= COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_BLOOM_FILTERS;
 
 	read_replace_refs = 0;
diff --git a/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh b/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
index 4df54c4efea893..17e25aade96f46 100755
--- a/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
+++ b/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ linux-gcc)
 	export GIT_TEST_OE_SIZE=10
 	export GIT_TEST_OE_DELTA_SIZE=5
 	export GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH=1
+	export GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_CHANGED_PATHS=1
 	export GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX=1
 	export GIT_TEST_ADD_I_USE_BUILTIN=1
 	make test
diff --git a/commit-graph.h b/commit-graph.h
index 8e7a8e0e5b235b..8655d064c14496 100644
--- a/commit-graph.h
+++ b/commit-graph.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #define GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH "GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH"
 #define GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_DIE_ON_LOAD "GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_DIE_ON_LOAD"
+#define GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_CHANGED_PATHS "GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_CHANGED_PATHS"
 
 struct commit;
 struct bloom_filter_settings;
diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index da5b24feb00374..8ad9bc13d82315 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -378,6 +378,11 @@ GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH=<boolean>, when true, forces the commit-graph to
 be written after every 'git commit' command, and overrides the
 'core.commitGraph' setting to true.
 
+GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_CHANGED_PATHS=<boolean>, when true, forces
+commit-graph write to compute and write changed path Bloom filters for
+every 'git commit-graph write', as if the `--changed-paths` option was
+passed in.
+
 GIT_TEST_FSMONITOR=$PWD/t7519/fsmonitor-all exercises the fsmonitor
 code path for utilizing a file system monitor to speed up detecting
 new or changed files.
diff --git a/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh b/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh
index 9bf920ae1716dd..18304a65e4d909 100755
--- a/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh
+++ b/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 test_description='commit graph'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_CHANGED_PATHS=0
+
 test_expect_success 'setup full repo' '
 	mkdir full &&
 	cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/full" &&
diff --git a/t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh b/t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh
index 53b2e6b4555de7..d3f1f2c4a71bbf 100755
--- a/t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh
+++ b/t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ test_description='split commit graph'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH=0
+GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_CHANGED_PATHS=0
 
 test_expect_success 'setup repo' '
 	git init &&