diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
index c902512a9e..5852a5c973 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [-m] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--threads=<n>] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>] [--write-midx]
+'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [-m]
+	[--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--threads=<n>] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>]
+	[--write-midx] [--name-hash-version=<n>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -249,6 +251,11 @@ linkgit:git-multi-pack-index[1]).
 	Write a multi-pack index (see linkgit:git-multi-pack-index[1])
 	containing the non-redundant packs.
 
+--name-hash-version=<n>::
+	Provide this argument to the underlying `git pack-objects` process.
+	See linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for full details.
+
+
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 
diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index d6bb37e84a..5e7ff919c1 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ static int run_update_server_info = 1;
 static char *packdir, *packtmp_name, *packtmp;
 
 static const char *const git_repack_usage[] = {
-	N_("git repack [<options>]"),
+	N_("git repack [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [-m]\n"
+	   "[--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--threads=<n>] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>]\n"
+	   "[--write-midx] [--name-hash-version=<n>]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ struct pack_objects_args {
 	int no_reuse_object;
 	int quiet;
 	int local;
+	int name_hash_version;
 	struct list_objects_filter_options filter_options;
 };
 
@@ -306,6 +309,8 @@ static void prepare_pack_objects(struct child_process *cmd,
 		strvec_pushf(&cmd->args, "--no-reuse-delta");
 	if (args->no_reuse_object)
 		strvec_pushf(&cmd->args, "--no-reuse-object");
+	if (args->name_hash_version)
+		strvec_pushf(&cmd->args, "--name-hash-version=%d", args->name_hash_version);
 	if (args->local)
 		strvec_push(&cmd->args,  "--local");
 	if (args->quiet)
@@ -1203,6 +1208,8 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
 				N_("pass --no-reuse-delta to git-pack-objects")),
 		OPT_BOOL('F', NULL, &po_args.no_reuse_object,
 				N_("pass --no-reuse-object to git-pack-objects")),
+		OPT_INTEGER(0, "name-hash-version", &po_args.name_hash_version,
+				N_("specify the name hash version to use for grouping similar objects by path")),
 		OPT_NEGBIT('n', NULL, &run_update_server_info,
 				N_("do not run git-update-server-info"), 1),
 		OPT__QUIET(&po_args.quiet, N_("be quiet")),
diff --git a/t/t0450/txt-help-mismatches b/t/t0450/txt-help-mismatches
index 28003f18c9..c4a15fd0cb 100644
--- a/t/t0450/txt-help-mismatches
+++ b/t/t0450/txt-help-mismatches
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ rebase
 remote
 remote-ext
 remote-fd
-repack
 reset
 restore
 rev-parse
diff --git a/t/t7700-repack.sh b/t/t7700-repack.sh
index c4c3d1a15d..b9a5759e01 100755
--- a/t/t7700-repack.sh
+++ b/t/t7700-repack.sh
@@ -777,6 +777,12 @@ test_expect_success 'repack -ad cleans up old .tmp-* packs' '
 	test_must_be_empty tmpfiles
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--name-hash-version option passes through to pack-objects' '
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/hash-trace.txt" \
+		git repack -a --name-hash-version=2 &&
+	test_subcommand_flex git pack-objects --name-hash-version=2 <hash-trace.txt
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'setup for update-server-info' '
 	git init update-server-info &&
 	test_commit -C update-server-info message
diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 78e054ab50..af47247f25 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -1886,6 +1886,32 @@ test_subcommand () {
 	fi
 }
 
+# Check that the given subcommand was run with the given set of
+# arguments in order (but with possible extra arguments).
+#
+#	test_subcommand_flex [!] <command> <args>... < <trace>
+#
+# If the first parameter passed is !, this instead checks that
+# the given command was not called.
+#
+test_subcommand_flex () {
+	local negate=
+	if test "$1" = "!"
+	then
+		negate=t
+		shift
+	fi
+
+	local expr="$(printf '"%s".*' "$@")"
+
+	if test -n "$negate"
+	then
+		! grep "\[$expr\]"
+	else
+		grep "\[$expr\]"
+	fi
+}
+
 # Check that the given command was invoked as part of the
 # trace2-format trace on stdin.
 #