diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 18d718ac61..cccf76dfa4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
 +
 Note that commits which start empty are kept (unless --no-keep-empty
 is specified), and commits which are clean cherry-picks (as determined
-by `git log --cherry-mark ...`) are always dropped.
+by `git log --cherry-mark ...`) are detected and dropped as a
+preliminary step (unless --reapply-cherry-picks is passed).
 +
 See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
 
@@ -304,6 +305,24 @@ see the --empty flag.
 +
 See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
 
+--reapply-cherry-picks::
+--no-reapply-cherry-picks::
+	Reapply all clean cherry-picks of any upstream commit instead
+	of preemptively dropping them. (If these commits then become
+	empty after rebasing, because they contain a subset of already
+	upstream changes, the behavior towards them is controlled by
+	the `--empty` flag.)
++
+By default (or if `--no-reapply-cherry-picks` is given), these commits
+will be automatically dropped.  Because this necessitates reading all
+upstream commits, this can be expensive in repos with a large number
+of upstream commits that need to be read.
++
+`--reapply-cherry-picks` allows rebase to forgo reading all upstream
+commits, potentially improving performance.
++
+See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
+
 --allow-empty-message::
 	No-op.  Rebasing commits with an empty message used to fail
 	and this option would override that behavior, allowing commits
@@ -601,6 +620,7 @@ are incompatible with the following options:
  * --exec
  * --no-keep-empty
  * --empty=
+ * --reapply-cherry-picks
  * --edit-todo
  * --root when used in combination with --onto
 
@@ -1017,7 +1037,8 @@ Only works if the changes (patch IDs based on the diff contents) on
 'subsystem' did.
 
 In that case, the fix is easy because 'git rebase' knows to skip
-changes that are already present in the new upstream.  So if you say
+changes that are already present in the new upstream (unless
+`--reapply-cherry-picks` is given). So if you say
 (assuming you're on 'topic')
 ------------
     $ git rebase subsystem
diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index 0e223a96d4..75c2ebd4c3 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ struct rebase_options {
 	struct strbuf git_format_patch_opt;
 	int reschedule_failed_exec;
 	int use_legacy_rebase;
+	int reapply_cherry_picks;
 };
 
 #define REBASE_OPTIONS_INIT {			  	\
@@ -387,6 +388,7 @@ static int run_sequencer_rebase(struct rebase_options *opts,
 	flags |= opts->rebase_cousins > 0 ? TODO_LIST_REBASE_COUSINS : 0;
 	flags |= opts->root_with_onto ? TODO_LIST_ROOT_WITH_ONTO : 0;
 	flags |= command == ACTION_SHORTEN_OIDS ? TODO_LIST_SHORTEN_IDS : 0;
+	flags |= opts->reapply_cherry_picks ? TODO_LIST_REAPPLY_CHERRY_PICKS : 0;
 
 	switch (command) {
 	case ACTION_NONE: {
@@ -1585,6 +1587,8 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "reschedule-failed-exec",
 			 &reschedule_failed_exec,
 			 N_("automatically re-schedule any `exec` that fails")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "reapply-cherry-picks", &options.reapply_cherry_picks,
+			 N_("apply all changes, even those already present upstream")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 	int i;
@@ -1825,6 +1829,9 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (options.empty != EMPTY_UNSPECIFIED)
 		imply_merge(&options, "--empty");
 
+	if (options.reapply_cherry_picks)
+		imply_merge(&options, "--reapply-cherry-picks");
+
 	if (gpg_sign) {
 		free(options.gpg_sign_opt);
 		options.gpg_sign_opt = xstrfmt("-S%s", gpg_sign);
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index d973e19729..667648d6f9 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -4828,12 +4828,13 @@ int sequencer_make_script(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *out, int argc,
 	int keep_empty = flags & TODO_LIST_KEEP_EMPTY;
 	const char *insn = flags & TODO_LIST_ABBREVIATE_CMDS ? "p" : "pick";
 	int rebase_merges = flags & TODO_LIST_REBASE_MERGES;
+	int reapply_cherry_picks = flags & TODO_LIST_REAPPLY_CHERRY_PICKS;
 
 	repo_init_revisions(r, &revs, NULL);
 	revs.verbose_header = 1;
 	if (!rebase_merges)
 		revs.max_parents = 1;
-	revs.cherry_mark = 1;
+	revs.cherry_mark = !reapply_cherry_picks;
 	revs.limited = 1;
 	revs.reverse = 1;
 	revs.right_only = 1;
diff --git a/sequencer.h b/sequencer.h
index 7ebaa23734..25b396b917 100644
--- a/sequencer.h
+++ b/sequencer.h
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ int sequencer_remove_state(struct replay_opts *opts);
  * `--onto`, we do not want to re-generate the root commits.
  */
 #define TODO_LIST_ROOT_WITH_ONTO (1U << 6)
-
+#define TODO_LIST_REAPPLY_CHERRY_PICKS (1U << 7)
 
 int sequencer_make_script(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *out, int argc,
 			  const char **argv, unsigned flags);
diff --git a/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh b/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh
index a1ec501a87..6e032716a6 100755
--- a/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh
+++ b/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh
@@ -162,4 +162,81 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase --skip works with two conflicts in a row' '
 	git rebase --skip
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--reapply-cherry-picks' '
+	git init repo &&
+
+	# O(1-10) -- O(1-11) -- O(0-10) master
+	#        \
+	#         -- O(1-11) -- O(1-12) otherbranch
+
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 1 10) >repo/file.txt &&
+	git -C repo add file.txt &&
+	git -C repo commit -m "base commit" &&
+
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 1 11) >repo/file.txt &&
+	git -C repo commit -a -m "add 11" &&
+
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 0 10) >repo/file.txt &&
+	git -C repo commit -a -m "add 0 delete 11" &&
+
+	git -C repo checkout -b otherbranch HEAD^^ &&
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 1 11) >repo/file.txt &&
+	git -C repo commit -a -m "add 11 in another branch" &&
+
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 1 12) >repo/file.txt &&
+	git -C repo commit -a -m "add 12 in another branch" &&
+
+	# Regular rebase fails, because the 1-11 commit is deduplicated
+	test_must_fail git -C repo rebase --merge master 2> err &&
+	test_i18ngrep "error: could not apply.*add 12 in another branch" err &&
+	git -C repo rebase --abort &&
+
+	# With --reapply-cherry-picks, it works
+	git -C repo rebase --merge --reapply-cherry-picks master
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--reapply-cherry-picks refrains from reading unneeded blobs' '
+	git init server &&
+
+	# O(1-10) -- O(1-11) -- O(1-12) master
+	#        \
+	#         -- O(0-10) otherbranch
+
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 1 10) >server/file.txt &&
+	git -C server add file.txt &&
+	git -C server commit -m "merge base" &&
+
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 1 11) >server/file.txt &&
+	git -C server commit -a -m "add 11" &&
+
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 1 12) >server/file.txt &&
+	git -C server commit -a -m "add 12" &&
+
+	git -C server checkout -b otherbranch HEAD^^ &&
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 0 10) >server/file.txt &&
+	git -C server commit -a -m "add 0" &&
+
+	test_config -C server uploadpack.allowfilter 1 &&
+	test_config -C server uploadpack.allowanysha1inwant 1 &&
+
+	git clone --filter=blob:none "file://$(pwd)/server" client &&
+	git -C client checkout origin/master &&
+	git -C client checkout origin/otherbranch &&
+
+	# Sanity check to ensure that the blobs from the merge base and "add
+	# 11" are missing
+	git -C client rev-list --objects --all --missing=print >missing_list &&
+	MERGE_BASE_BLOB=$(git -C server rev-parse master^^:file.txt) &&
+	ADD_11_BLOB=$(git -C server rev-parse master^:file.txt) &&
+	grep "[?]$MERGE_BASE_BLOB" missing_list &&
+	grep "[?]$ADD_11_BLOB" missing_list &&
+
+	git -C client rebase --merge --reapply-cherry-picks origin/master &&
+
+	# The blob from the merge base had to be fetched, but not "add 11"
+	git -C client rev-list --objects --all --missing=print >missing_list &&
+	! grep "[?]$MERGE_BASE_BLOB" missing_list &&
+	grep "[?]$ADD_11_BLOB" missing_list
+'
+
 test_done