diff --git a/Documentation/config/http.adoc b/Documentation/config/http.adoc
index 792a71b413..b54f627969 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/http.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/http.adoc
@@ -196,6 +196,20 @@ http.sslVerify::
 	over HTTPS. Defaults to true. Can be overridden by the
 	`GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY` environment variable.
 
+http.sslVerifyStatus::
+	Whether to check the revocation status of the server
+	certificate using the stapled OCSP response supplied during
+	the TLS handshake ("OCSP stapling"). Defaults to false, which
+	allows connections to servers without validating if the
+	certificate has been revoked by the certificate authority.
+	Enabling this option will prevent connections to servers that
+	have a certificate status other than "good" per RFC 6960.
+	Connections to servers that do not return a stapled response
+	will also be refused.
++
+Set it per remote, e.g.
+`http.https://example.com/.sslVerifyStatus`, rather than globally.
+
 http.sslCert::
 	File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
 	over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CERT` environment
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 510204e45f..240e7620d8 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ static CURL *curl_default;
 char curl_errorstr[CURL_ERROR_SIZE];
 
 static int curl_ssl_verify = -1;
+static int curl_ssl_verify_status;
 static int curl_ssl_try;
 static char *curl_http_version;
 static char *ssl_cert;
@@ -400,6 +401,10 @@ static int http_options(const char *var, const char *value,
 		curl_ssl_verify = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp("http.sslverifystatus", var)) {
+		curl_ssl_verify_status = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	if (!strcmp("http.sslcipherlist", var))
 		return git_config_string(&ssl_cipherlist, var, value);
 	if (!strcmp("http.sslversion", var))
@@ -1133,6 +1138,15 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2L);
 	}
 
+	if (curl_ssl_verify_status) {
+		CURLcode ret = curl_easy_setopt(result,
+						CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYSTATUS, 1L);
+		if (ret != CURLE_OK)
+			die(_("http.sslVerifyStatus is set, but could not "
+			      "enable OCSP status verification: %s"),
+			    curl_easy_strerror(ret));
+	}
+
     if (curl_http_version) {
 		long opt;
 		if (!get_curl_http_version_opt(curl_http_version, &opt)) {
diff --git a/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh b/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
index 805bec025c..75ab07f031 100755
--- a/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
+++ b/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
@@ -680,6 +680,35 @@ test_expect_success 'passing hostname resolution information works' '
 	git -c "http.curloptResolve=$BOGUS_HOST:$LIB_HTTPD_PORT:127.0.0.1" ls-remote "$BOGUS_HTTPD_URL/smart/repo.git" >/dev/null
 '
 
+test_lazy_prereq SSL_VERIFYSTATUS '
+	test "$HTTPD_PROTO" = "https" &&
+	test_might_fail git -c http.sslVerifyStatus=true \
+		ls-remote "$HTTPD_URL/smart/repo.git" 2>err &&
+	! grep "http.sslVerifyStatus is set" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success SSL_VERIFYSTATUS 'http.sslVerifyStatus=true fails without a staple' '
+	test_must_fail git -c http.sslVerifyStatus=true \
+		ls-remote "$HTTPD_URL/smart/repo.git"
+'
+
+test_expect_success SSL_VERIFYSTATUS 'http.sslVerifyStatus=false is a no-op' '
+	git -c http.sslVerifyStatus=false \
+		ls-remote "$HTTPD_URL/smart/repo.git" >actual &&
+	test_line_count -gt 0 actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success SSL_VERIFYSTATUS 'per-URL sslVerifyStatus applies to a matching URL' '
+	test_must_fail git -c "http.$HTTPD_URL/.sslVerifyStatus=true" \
+		ls-remote "$HTTPD_URL/smart/repo.git"
+'
+
+test_expect_success SSL_VERIFYSTATUS 'per-URL sslVerifyStatus is not applied to other URLs' '
+	git -c "http.https://example.com/.sslVerifyStatus=true" \
+		ls-remote "$HTTPD_URL/smart/repo.git" >actual &&
+	test_line_count -gt 0 actual
+'
+
 # here user%40host is the URL-encoded version of user@host,
 # which is our intentionally-odd username to catch parsing errors
 url_user=$HTTPD_URL_USER/auth/smart/repo.git