diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ef0768b91a..78883c6e63 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ include::config/column.txt[]
 
 include::config/commit.txt[]
 
+include::config/commitgraph.txt[]
+
 include::config/credential.txt[]
 
 include::config/completion.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt b/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cff0797b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+commitGraph.readChangedPaths::
+	If true, then git will use the changed-path Bloom filters in the
+	commit-graph file (if it exists, and they are present). Defaults to
+	true. See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1] for more information.
diff --git a/commit-graph.c b/commit-graph.c
index 0c1030641c..a516e93d71 100644
--- a/commit-graph.c
+++ b/commit-graph.c
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ struct commit_graph *parse_commit_graph(struct repository *r,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	prepare_repo_settings(r);
+
 	graph = alloc_commit_graph();
 
 	graph->hash_len = the_hash_algo->rawsz;
@@ -396,14 +398,14 @@ struct commit_graph *parse_commit_graph(struct repository *r,
 		case GRAPH_CHUNKID_BLOOMINDEXES:
 			if (graph->chunk_bloom_indexes)
 				chunk_repeated = 1;
-			else
+			else if (r->settings.commit_graph_read_changed_paths)
 				graph->chunk_bloom_indexes = data + chunk_offset;
 			break;
 
 		case GRAPH_CHUNKID_BLOOMDATA:
 			if (graph->chunk_bloom_data)
 				chunk_repeated = 1;
-			else {
+			else if (r->settings.commit_graph_read_changed_paths) {
 				uint32_t hash_version;
 				graph->chunk_bloom_data = data + chunk_offset;
 				hash_version = get_be32(data + chunk_offset);
diff --git a/repo-settings.c b/repo-settings.c
index 0918408b34..9e551bc03d 100644
--- a/repo-settings.c
+++ b/repo-settings.c
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ void prepare_repo_settings(struct repository *r)
 
 	if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "core.commitgraph", &value))
 		r->settings.core_commit_graph = value;
+	if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "commitgraph.readchangedpaths", &value))
+		r->settings.commit_graph_read_changed_paths = value;
 	if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "gc.writecommitgraph", &value))
 		r->settings.gc_write_commit_graph = value;
 	UPDATE_DEFAULT_BOOL(r->settings.core_commit_graph, 1);
+	UPDATE_DEFAULT_BOOL(r->settings.commit_graph_read_changed_paths, 1);
 	UPDATE_DEFAULT_BOOL(r->settings.gc_write_commit_graph, 1);
 
 	if (!repo_config_get_int(r, "index.version", &value))
diff --git a/repository.h b/repository.h
index 3c1f7d54bd..81759b7d27 100644
--- a/repository.h
+++ b/repository.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct repo_settings {
 	int initialized;
 
 	int core_commit_graph;
+	int commit_graph_read_changed_paths;
 	int gc_write_commit_graph;
 	int fetch_write_commit_graph;
 
diff --git a/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh b/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
index fe19f6a60c..b3d1f596f8 100755
--- a/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
+++ b/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ do
 		      "--ancestry-path side..master"
 	do
 		test_expect_success "git log option: $option for path: $path" '
-			test_bloom_filters_used "$option -- $path"
+			test_bloom_filters_used "$option -- $path" &&
+			test_config commitgraph.readChangedPaths false &&
+			test_bloom_filters_not_used "$option -- $path"
 		'
 	done
 done