diff --git a/builtin/push.c b/builtin/push.c
index 50bbfd62b1..7b1b66c36a 100644
--- a/builtin/push.c
+++ b/builtin/push.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ static const char * const push_usage[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-static int thin;
+static int thin = 1;
 static int deleterefs;
 static const char *receivepack;
 static int verbosity;
@@ -315,8 +315,7 @@ static int push_with_options(struct transport *transport, int flags)
 	if (receivepack)
 		transport_set_option(transport,
 				     TRANS_OPT_RECEIVEPACK, receivepack);
-	if (thin)
-		transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_THIN, "yes");
+	transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_THIN, thin ? "yes" : NULL);
 
 	if (!is_empty_cas(&cas)) {
 		if (!transport->smart_options)
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index 7434d9b4a2..b7e71a04f6 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static int quiet;
 static int prefer_ofs_delta = 1;
 static int auto_update_server_info;
 static int auto_gc = 1;
+static int fix_thin = 1;
 static const char *head_name;
 static void *head_name_to_free;
 static int sent_capabilities;
@@ -870,7 +871,8 @@ static const char *unpack(int err_fd)
 		keeper[i++] = "--stdin";
 		if (fsck_objects)
 			keeper[i++] = "--strict";
-		keeper[i++] = "--fix-thin";
+		if (fix_thin)
+			keeper[i++] = "--fix-thin";
 		keeper[i++] = hdr_arg;
 		keeper[i++] = keep_arg;
 		keeper[i++] = NULL;
@@ -976,6 +978,10 @@ int cmd_receive_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				stateless_rpc = 1;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--reject-thin-pack-for-testing")) {
+				fix_thin = 0;
+				continue;
+			}
 
 			usage(receive_pack_usage);
 		}
diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index 4691d51b8c..99c32d7539 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -1172,4 +1172,21 @@ test_expect_success 'push --follow-tag only pushes relevant tags' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push --no-thin must produce non-thin pack' '
+	cat >>path1 <<\EOF &&
+keep base version of path1 big enough, compared to the new changes
+later, in order to pass size heuristics in
+builtin/pack-objects.c:try_delta()
+EOF
+	git commit -am initial &&
+	git init no-thin &&
+	git --git-dir=no-thin/.git config receive.unpacklimit 0 &&
+	git push no-thin/.git refs/heads/master:refs/heads/foo &&
+	echo modified >> path1 &&
+	git commit -am modified &&
+	git repack -adf &&
+	rcvpck="git receive-pack --reject-thin-pack-for-testing" &&
+	git push --no-thin --receive-pack="$rcvpck" no-thin/.git refs/heads/master:refs/heads/foo
+'
+
 test_done