diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index 7d4c1a75562de8..2e4992970e84a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git pack-objects' [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty]
 	[--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] [--all-progress]
-	[--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name] < object-list
+	[--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name]
+	[--keep-true-parents] < object-list
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -197,6 +198,10 @@ base-name::
 	to force the version for the generated pack index, and to force
 	64-bit index entries on objects located above the given offset.
 
+--keep-true-parents::
+	With this option, parents that are hidden by grafts are packed
+	nevertheless.
+
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/builtin-pack-objects.c b/builtin-pack-objects.c
index 941cc2d73cf5ee..527638168bec1a 100644
--- a/builtin-pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-pack-objects.c
@@ -2259,6 +2259,10 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				die("bad %s", arg);
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "--keep-true-parents")) {
+			grafts_replace_parents = 0;
+			continue;
+		}
 		usage(pack_usage);
 	}
 
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index b8503ad91c3b13..e902008297007f 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -561,6 +561,8 @@ enum object_creation_mode {
 
 extern enum object_creation_mode object_creation_mode;
 
+extern int grafts_replace_parents;
+
 #define GIT_REPO_VERSION 0
 extern int repository_format_version;
 extern int check_repository_format(void);
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index aa3b35b6a86891..f69525a089de90 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -266,7 +266,11 @@ int parse_commit_buffer(struct commit *item, void *buffer, unsigned long size)
 		    bufptr[47] != '\n')
 			return error("bad parents in commit %s", sha1_to_hex(item->object.sha1));
 		bufptr += 48;
-		if (graft)
+		/*
+		 * The clone is shallow if nr_parent < 0, and we must
+		 * not traverse its real parents even when we unhide them.
+		 */
+		if (graft && (graft->nr_parent < 0 || grafts_replace_parents))
 			continue;
 		new_parent = lookup_commit(parent);
 		if (new_parent)
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 801a005ef1b23e..477d2e4da85235 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ enum push_default_type push_default = PUSH_DEFAULT_UNSPECIFIED;
 #define OBJECT_CREATION_MODE OBJECT_CREATION_USES_HARDLINKS
 #endif
 enum object_creation_mode object_creation_mode = OBJECT_CREATION_MODE;
+int grafts_replace_parents = 1;
 
 /* Parallel index stat data preload? */
 int core_preload_index = 0;
diff --git a/git-repack.sh b/git-repack.sh
index 0868734723b3c9..be0c8435dccabd 100755
--- a/git-repack.sh
+++ b/git-repack.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ case ",$all_into_one," in
 esac
 
 args="$args $local $quiet $no_reuse$extra"
-names=$(git pack-objects --honor-pack-keep --non-empty --all --reflog $args </dev/null "$PACKTMP") ||
+names=$(git pack-objects --keep-true-parents --honor-pack-keep --non-empty --all --reflog $args </dev/null "$PACKTMP") ||
 	exit 1
 if [ -z "$names" ]; then
 	if test -z "$quiet"; then
diff --git a/t/t7700-repack.sh b/t/t7700-repack.sh
index a4dddb728f1a58..f4aa0547501a19 100755
--- a/t/t7700-repack.sh
+++ b/t/t7700-repack.sh
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ test_expect_success 'local packed unreachable obs that exist in alternate ODB ar
 	test_must_fail git show $csha1
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'objects made unreachable by grafts only are kept' '
+test_expect_success 'objects made unreachable by grafts only are kept' '
 	test_tick &&
 	git commit --allow-empty -m "commit 4" &&
 	H0=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&