diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c3565fc0f8..f6653bcd5e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-oidmap.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-online-cpus.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-parse-options.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-parse-pathspec-file.o
+TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-partial-clone.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-path-utils.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-pcre2-config.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-pkt-line.o
diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
index f233b440b2..ebf273e9e7 100644
--- a/object-file.c
+++ b/object-file.c
@@ -1570,15 +1570,12 @@ static int do_oid_object_info_extended(struct repository *r,
 		}
 
 		/* Check if it is a missing object */
-		if (fetch_if_missing && has_promisor_remote() &&
-		    !already_retried && r == the_repository &&
+		if (fetch_if_missing && repo_has_promisor_remote(r) &&
+		    !already_retried &&
 		    !(flags & OBJECT_INFO_SKIP_FETCH_OBJECT)) {
 			/*
 			 * TODO Investigate checking promisor_remote_get_direct()
 			 * TODO return value and stopping on error here.
-			 * TODO Pass a repository struct through
-			 * promisor_remote_get_direct(), such that arbitrary
-			 * repositories work.
 			 */
 			promisor_remote_get_direct(r, real, 1);
 			already_retried = 1;
diff --git a/promisor-remote.c b/promisor-remote.c
index 1e00e16b0f..c088dcbff3 100644
--- a/promisor-remote.c
+++ b/promisor-remote.c
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ struct promisor_remote_config {
 	struct promisor_remote **promisors_tail;
 };
 
-static int fetch_objects(const char *remote_name,
+static int fetch_objects(struct repository *repo,
+			 const char *remote_name,
 			 const struct object_id *oids,
 			 int oid_nr)
 {
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ static int fetch_objects(const char *remote_name,
 
 	child.git_cmd = 1;
 	child.in = -1;
+	if (repo != the_repository)
+		prepare_other_repo_env(&child.env_array, repo->gitdir);
 	strvec_pushl(&child.args, "-c", "fetch.negotiationAlgorithm=noop",
 		     "fetch", remote_name, "--no-tags",
 		     "--no-write-fetch-head", "--recurse-submodules=no",
@@ -240,10 +243,8 @@ int promisor_remote_get_direct(struct repository *repo,
 
 	promisor_remote_init(repo);
 
-	if (repo != the_repository)
-		BUG("only the_repository is supported for now");
 	for (r = repo->promisor_remote_config->promisors; r; r = r->next) {
-		if (fetch_objects(r->name, remaining_oids, remaining_nr) < 0) {
+		if (fetch_objects(repo, r->name, remaining_oids, remaining_nr) < 0) {
 			if (remaining_nr == 1)
 				continue;
 			remaining_nr = remove_fetched_oids(repo, &remaining_oids,
diff --git a/t/helper/test-partial-clone.c b/t/helper/test-partial-clone.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f102cfddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/helper/test-partial-clone.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "test-tool.h"
+#include "repository.h"
+#include "object-store.h"
+
+/*
+ * Prints the size of the object corresponding to the given hash in a specific
+ * gitdir. This is similar to "git -C gitdir cat-file -s", except that this
+ * exercises the code that accesses the object of an arbitrary repository that
+ * is not the_repository. ("git -C gitdir" makes it so that the_repository is
+ * the one in gitdir.)
+ */
+static void object_info(const char *gitdir, const char *oid_hex)
+{
+	struct repository r;
+	struct object_id oid;
+	unsigned long size;
+	struct object_info oi = {.sizep = &size};
+	const char *p;
+
+	if (repo_init(&r, gitdir, NULL))
+		die("could not init repo");
+	if (parse_oid_hex(oid_hex, &oid, &p))
+		die("could not parse oid");
+	if (oid_object_info_extended(&r, &oid, &oi, 0))
+		die("could not obtain object info");
+	printf("%d\n", (int) size);
+}
+
+int cmd__partial_clone(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	setup_git_directory();
+
+	if (argc < 4)
+		die("too few arguments");
+
+	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "object-info"))
+		object_info(argv[2], argv[3]);
+	else
+		die("invalid argument '%s'", argv[1]);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.c b/t/helper/test-tool.c
index c5bd0c6d4c..b21e8f1519 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static struct test_cmd cmds[] = {
 	{ "online-cpus", cmd__online_cpus },
 	{ "parse-options", cmd__parse_options },
 	{ "parse-pathspec-file", cmd__parse_pathspec_file },
+	{ "partial-clone", cmd__partial_clone },
 	{ "path-utils", cmd__path_utils },
 	{ "pcre2-config", cmd__pcre2_config },
 	{ "pkt-line", cmd__pkt_line },
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.h b/t/helper/test-tool.h
index e8069a3b22..f845ced4b3 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.h
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ int cmd__oidmap(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__online_cpus(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__parse_options(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__parse_pathspec_file(int argc, const char** argv);
+int cmd__partial_clone(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__path_utils(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__pcre2_config(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__pkt_line(int argc, const char **argv);
diff --git a/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh b/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
index 584a039b85..a211a66c67 100755
--- a/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
@@ -604,6 +604,29 @@ test_expect_success 'do not fetch when checking existence of tree we construct o
 	git -C repo cherry-pick side1
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'lazy-fetch when accessing object not in the_repository' '
+	rm -rf full partial.git &&
+	test_create_repo full &&
+	test_commit -C full create-a-file file.txt &&
+
+	test_config -C full uploadpack.allowfilter 1 &&
+	test_config -C full uploadpack.allowanysha1inwant 1 &&
+	git clone --filter=blob:none --bare "file://$(pwd)/full" partial.git &&
+	FILE_HASH=$(git -C full rev-parse HEAD:file.txt) &&
+
+	# Sanity check that the file is missing
+	git -C partial.git rev-list --objects --missing=print HEAD >out &&
+	grep "[?]$FILE_HASH" out &&
+
+	git -C full cat-file -s "$FILE_HASH" >expect &&
+	test-tool partial-clone object-info partial.git "$FILE_HASH" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	# Sanity check that the file is now present
+	git -C partial.git rev-list --objects --missing=print HEAD >out &&
+	! grep "[?]$FILE_HASH" out
+'
+
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
 start_httpd