diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 671267a8ac..e6b20c021f 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ lint-docs-meson:
 	awk "/^manpages = {$$/ {flag=1 ; next } /^}$$/ { flag=0 } flag { gsub(/^  \047/, \"\"); gsub(/\047 : [157],\$$/, \"\"); print }" meson.build | \
 		grep -v -e '#' -e '^$$' | \
 		sort >tmp-meson-diff/meson.adoc && \
-	ls git*.adoc scalar.adoc | grep -v -e git-bisect-lk2009.adoc -e git-tools.adoc >tmp-meson-diff/actual.adoc && \
+	ls git*.adoc scalar.adoc | grep -v -e git-bisect-lk2009.adoc -e git-pack-redundant.adoc -e git-tools.adoc >tmp-meson-diff/actual.adoc && \
 	if ! cmp tmp-meson-diff/meson.adoc tmp-meson-diff/actual.adoc; then \
 		echo "Meson man pages differ from actual man pages:"; \
 		diff -u tmp-meson-diff/meson.adoc tmp-meson-diff/actual.adoc; \
diff --git a/Documentation/meson.build b/Documentation/meson.build
index b7cdc68bc8..5e556ce360 100644
--- a/Documentation/meson.build
+++ b/Documentation/meson.build
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ manpages = {
   'git-notes.adoc' : 1,
   'git-p4.adoc' : 1,
   'git-pack-objects.adoc' : 1,
-  'git-pack-redundant.adoc' : 1,
   'git-pack-refs.adoc' : 1,
   'git-patch-id.adoc' : 1,
   'git-prune-packed.adoc' : 1,
@@ -206,6 +205,14 @@ manpages = {
   'gitworkflows.adoc' : 7,
 }
 
+manpages_breaking_changes = {
+  'git-pack-redundant.adoc' : 1,
+}
+
+if not get_option('breaking_changes')
+  manpages += manpages_breaking_changes
+endif
+
 docs_backend = get_option('docs_backend')
 if docs_backend == 'auto'
   if find_program('asciidoc', dirs: program_path, required: false).found()
@@ -480,7 +487,9 @@ endif
 # Sanity check that we are not missing any tests present in 't/'. This check
 # only runs once at configure time and is thus best-effort, only. Furthermore,
 # it only verifies man pages for the sake of simplicity.
-configured_manpages = manpages.keys() + [ 'git-bisect-lk2009.adoc', 'git-tools.adoc' ]
+configured_manpages = manpages.keys()
+configured_manpages += manpages_breaking_changes.keys()
+configured_manpages += [ 'git-bisect-lk2009.adoc', 'git-tools.adoc' ]
 actual_manpages = run_command(shell, '-c', 'ls git*.adoc scalar.adoc',
   check: true,
   env: script_environment,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 223384b130..0902e12189 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -582,7 +582,6 @@ builtin_sources = [
   'builtin/name-rev.c',
   'builtin/notes.c',
   'builtin/pack-objects.c',
-  'builtin/pack-redundant.c',
   'builtin/pack-refs.c',
   'builtin/patch-id.c',
   'builtin/prune-packed.c',
@@ -633,6 +632,10 @@ builtin_sources = [
   'builtin/write-tree.c',
 ]
 
+if not get_option('breaking_changes')
+  builtin_sources += 'builtin/pack-redundant.c'
+endif
+
 builtin_sources += custom_target(
   output: 'config-list.h',
   command: [
@@ -673,12 +676,6 @@ build_options_config.set_quoted('GIT_TEST_UTF8_LOCALE', get_option('test_utf8_lo
 build_options_config.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR', fs.as_posix(get_option('prefix') / get_option('localedir')))
 build_options_config.set('GITWEBDIR', fs.as_posix(get_option('prefix') / get_option('datadir') / 'gitweb'))
 
-if get_option('breaking_changes')
-  build_options_config.set('WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES', 'YesPlease')
-else
-  build_options_config.set('WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES', '')
-endif
-
 if get_option('sane_tool_path').length() != 0
   sane_tool_path = (host_machine.system() == 'windows' ? ';' : ':').join(get_option('sane_tool_path'))
   build_options_config.set_quoted('BROKEN_PATH_FIX', 's|^\# @BROKEN_PATH_FIX@$|git_broken_path_fix "' + sane_tool_path + '"|')
@@ -740,6 +737,13 @@ if get_option('warning_level') in ['2','3', 'everything'] and compiler.get_argum
   endforeach
 endif
 
+if get_option('breaking_changes')
+  build_options_config.set('WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES', 'YesPlease')
+  libgit_c_args += '-DWITH_BREAKING_CHANGES'
+else
+  build_options_config.set('WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES', '')
+endif
+
 if get_option('b_sanitize').contains('address')
   build_options_config.set('SANITIZE_ADDRESS', 'YesCompiledWithIt')
 else