diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index 0d80b135c9..cf8f348865 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "packfile.h"
 #include "list-objects-filter-options.h"
 #include "hook.h"
+#include "bundle.h"
 
 /*
  * Overall FIXMEs:
@@ -1138,6 +1139,18 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		warning(_("--local is ignored"));
 	transport->cloning = 1;
 
+	if (is_bundle) {
+		struct bundle_header header = BUNDLE_HEADER_INIT;
+		int fd = read_bundle_header(path, &header);
+		int has_filter = header.filter.choice != LOFC_DISABLED;
+
+		if (fd > 0)
+			close(fd);
+		bundle_header_release(&header);
+		if (has_filter)
+			die(_("cannot clone from filtered bundle"));
+	}
+
 	transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_KEEP, "yes");
 
 	if (reject_shallow)
diff --git a/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh b/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh
index 7c6db67022..ed95d19542 100755
--- a/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh
+++ b/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh
@@ -537,4 +537,16 @@ do
 	'
 done
 
+# NEEDSWORK: 'git clone --bare' should be able to clone from a filtered
+# bundle, but that requires a change to promisor/filter config options.
+# For now, we fail gracefully with a helpful error. This behavior can be
+# changed in the future to succeed as much as possible.
+test_expect_success 'cloning from filtered bundle has useful error' '
+	git bundle create partial.bdl \
+		--all \
+		--filter=blob:none &&
+	test_must_fail git clone --bare partial.bdl partial 2>err &&
+	grep "cannot clone from filtered bundle" err
+'
+
 test_done