diff --git a/builtin-rev-list.c b/builtin-rev-list.c
index 09774f9559..c0329dcecd 100644
--- a/builtin-rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin-rev-list.c
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ static void show_object(struct object_array_entry *p)
 	 * confuse downstream git-pack-objects very badly.
 	 */
 	const char *ep = strchr(p->name, '\n');
+
+	if (p->item->type == OBJ_BLOB && !has_sha1_file(p->item->sha1))
+		die("missing blob object '%s'", sha1_to_hex(p->item->sha1));
+
 	if (ep) {
 		printf("%s %.*s\n", sha1_to_hex(p->item->sha1),
 		       (int) (ep - p->name),
diff --git a/t/t5502-quickfetch.sh b/t/t5502-quickfetch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b4760f2dc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t5502-quickfetch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='test quickfetch from local'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+
+	test_tick &&
+	echo ichi >file &&
+	git add file &&
+	git commit -m initial &&
+
+	cnt=$( (
+		git count-objects | sed -e "s/ *objects,.*//"
+	) ) &&
+	test $cnt -eq 3
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'clone without alternate' '
+
+	(
+		mkdir cloned &&
+		cd cloned &&
+		git init-db &&
+		git remote add -f origin ..
+	) &&
+	cnt=$( (
+		cd cloned &&
+		git count-objects | sed -e "s/ *objects,.*//"
+	) ) &&
+	test $cnt -eq 3
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'further commits in the original' '
+
+	test_tick &&
+	echo ni >file &&
+	git commit -a -m second &&
+
+	cnt=$( (
+		git count-objects | sed -e "s/ *objects,.*//"
+	) ) &&
+	test $cnt -eq 6
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'copy commit and tree but not blob by hand' '
+
+	git rev-list --objects HEAD |
+	git pack-objects --stdout |
+	(
+		cd cloned &&
+		git unpack-objects
+	) &&
+
+	cnt=$( (
+		cd cloned &&
+		git count-objects | sed -e "s/ *objects,.*//"
+	) ) &&
+	test $cnt -eq 6
+
+	blob=$(git rev-parse HEAD:file | sed -e "s|..|&/|") &&
+	test -f "cloned/.git/objects/$blob" &&
+	rm -f "cloned/.git/objects/$blob" &&
+
+	cnt=$( (
+		cd cloned &&
+		git count-objects | sed -e "s/ *objects,.*//"
+	) ) &&
+	test $cnt -eq 5
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'quickfetch should not leave a corrupted repository' '
+
+	(
+		cd cloned &&
+		git fetch
+	) &&
+
+	cnt=$( (
+		cd cloned &&
+		git count-objects | sed -e "s/ *objects,.*//"
+	) ) &&
+	test $cnt -eq 6
+
+'
+
+test_done