diff --git a/Documentation/config/sideband.txt b/Documentation/config/sideband.txt
index 2bf0426284..32088bbf2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/sideband.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/sideband.txt
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ sideband.allowControlCharacters::
 	`true`::
 		Allow all control characters to be sent to the terminal.
 --
+
+sideband.<url>.*::
+	Apply the `sideband.*` option selectively to specific URLs. The
+	same URL matching logic applies as for `http.<url>.*` settings.
diff --git a/sideband.c b/sideband.c
index a8568b8b64..a8cd142cd7 100644
--- a/sideband.c
+++ b/sideband.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "help.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "write-or-die.h"
+#include "urlmatch.h"
 
 struct keyword_entry {
 	/*
@@ -26,13 +27,14 @@ static struct keyword_entry keywords[] = {
 };
 
 static enum {
-	ALLOW_NO_CONTROL_CHARACTERS  = 0,
-	ALLOW_ANSI_COLOR_SEQUENCES   = 1<<0,
-	ALLOW_ANSI_CURSOR_MOVEMENTS  = 1<<1,
-	ALLOW_ANSI_ERASE             = 1<<2,
-	ALLOW_DEFAULT_ANSI_SEQUENCES = ALLOW_ANSI_COLOR_SEQUENCES,
-	ALLOW_ALL_CONTROL_CHARACTERS = 1<<3,
-} allow_control_characters = ALLOW_DEFAULT_ANSI_SEQUENCES;
+	ALLOW_CONTROL_SEQUENCES_UNSET = -1,
+	ALLOW_NO_CONTROL_CHARACTERS   = 0,
+	ALLOW_ANSI_COLOR_SEQUENCES    = 1<<0,
+	ALLOW_ANSI_CURSOR_MOVEMENTS   = 1<<1,
+	ALLOW_ANSI_ERASE              = 1<<2,
+	ALLOW_DEFAULT_ANSI_SEQUENCES  = ALLOW_ANSI_COLOR_SEQUENCES,
+	ALLOW_ALL_CONTROL_CHARACTERS  = 1<<3,
+} allow_control_characters = ALLOW_CONTROL_SEQUENCES_UNSET;
 
 static inline int skip_prefix_in_csv(const char *value, const char *prefix,
 				     const char **out)
@@ -44,8 +46,19 @@ static inline int skip_prefix_in_csv(const char *value, const char *prefix,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static void parse_allow_control_characters(const char *value)
+int sideband_allow_control_characters_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 {
+	switch (git_parse_maybe_bool(value)) {
+	case 0:
+		allow_control_characters = ALLOW_NO_CONTROL_CHARACTERS;
+		return 0;
+	case 1:
+		allow_control_characters = ALLOW_ALL_CONTROL_CHARACTERS;
+		return 0;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
 	allow_control_characters = ALLOW_NO_CONTROL_CHARACTERS;
 	while (*value) {
 		if (skip_prefix_in_csv(value, "default", &value))
@@ -61,9 +74,37 @@ static void parse_allow_control_characters(const char *value)
 		else if (skip_prefix_in_csv(value, "false", &value))
 			allow_control_characters = ALLOW_NO_CONTROL_CHARACTERS;
 		else
-			warning(_("unrecognized value for `sideband."
-				  "allowControlCharacters`: '%s'"), value);
+			warning(_("unrecognized value for '%s': '%s'"), var, value);
 	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int sideband_config_callback(const char *var, const char *value,
+				    const struct config_context *ctx UNUSED,
+				    void *data UNUSED)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(var, "sideband.allowcontrolcharacters"))
+		return sideband_allow_control_characters_config(var, value);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void sideband_apply_url_config(const char *url)
+{
+	struct urlmatch_config config = URLMATCH_CONFIG_INIT;
+	char *normalized_url;
+
+	if (!url)
+		BUG("must not call sideband_apply_url_config(NULL)");
+
+	config.section = "sideband";
+	config.collect_fn = sideband_config_callback;
+
+	normalized_url = url_normalize(url, &config.url);
+	git_config(urlmatch_config_entry, &config);
+	free(normalized_url);
+	string_list_clear(&config.vars, 1);
+	urlmatch_config_release(&config);
 }
 
 /* Returns a color setting (GIT_COLOR_NEVER, etc). */
@@ -79,20 +120,12 @@ static int use_sideband_colors(void)
 	if (use_sideband_colors_cached >= 0)
 		return use_sideband_colors_cached;
 
-	switch (git_config_get_maybe_bool("sideband.allowcontrolcharacters", &i)) {
-	case 0: /* Boolean value */
-		allow_control_characters = i ? ALLOW_ALL_CONTROL_CHARACTERS :
-			ALLOW_NO_CONTROL_CHARACTERS;
-		break;
-	case -1: /* non-Boolean value */
-		if (git_config_get_string_tmp("sideband.allowcontrolcharacters",
-					      &value))
-			; /* huh? `get_maybe_bool()` returned -1 */
-		else
-			parse_allow_control_characters(value);
-		break;
-	default:
-		break; /* not configured */
+	if (allow_control_characters == ALLOW_CONTROL_SEQUENCES_UNSET) {
+		if (!git_config_get_value("sideband.allowcontrolcharacters", &value))
+			sideband_allow_control_characters_config("sideband.allowcontrolcharacters", value);
+
+		if (allow_control_characters == ALLOW_CONTROL_SEQUENCES_UNSET)
+			allow_control_characters = ALLOW_DEFAULT_ANSI_SEQUENCES;
 	}
 
 	if (!git_config_get_string_tmp(key, &value))
diff --git a/sideband.h b/sideband.h
index 5a25331be5..d15fa4015f 100644
--- a/sideband.h
+++ b/sideband.h
@@ -30,4 +30,18 @@ int demultiplex_sideband(const char *me, int status,
 
 void send_sideband(int fd, int band, const char *data, ssize_t sz, int packet_max);
 
+/*
+ * Apply sideband configuration for the given URL. This should be called
+ * when a transport is created to allow URL-specific configuration of
+ * sideband behavior (e.g., sideband.<url>.allowControlCharacters).
+ */
+void sideband_apply_url_config(const char *url);
+
+/*
+ * Parse and set the sideband allow control characters configuration.
+ * The var parameter should be the key name (without section prefix).
+ * Returns 0 if the variable was recognized and handled, non-zero otherwise.
+ */
+int sideband_allow_control_characters_config(const char *var, const char *value);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/t/t5409-colorize-remote-messages.sh b/t/t5409-colorize-remote-messages.sh
index c3e4e14362..1d039cbdaf 100755
--- a/t/t5409-colorize-remote-messages.sh
+++ b/t/t5409-colorize-remote-messages.sh
@@ -167,4 +167,28 @@ test_expect_success 'control sequences in sideband allowed by default' '
 	test_grep ! "\\^\\[\\[G" decoded
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'allow all control sequences for a specific URL' '
+	write_script .git/eraser <<-\EOF &&
+	printf "error: Ohai!\\r\\033[K" >&2
+	exec "$@"
+	EOF
+	test_config_global uploadPack.packObjectsHook ./eraser &&
+	test_commit one-more-please &&
+
+	rm -rf throw-away &&
+	git clone --no-local . throw-away 2>stderr &&
+	test_decode_color <stderr >color-decoded &&
+	test_decode_csi <color-decoded >decoded &&
+	test_grep ! "CSI \\[K" decoded &&
+	test_grep "\\^\\[\\[K" decoded &&
+
+	rm -rf throw-away &&
+	git -c "sideband.file://.allowControlCharacters=true" \
+		clone --no-local "file://$PWD" throw-away 2>stderr &&
+	test_decode_color <stderr >color-decoded &&
+	test_decode_csi <color-decoded >decoded &&
+	test_grep "CSI \\[K" decoded &&
+	test_grep ! "\\^\\[\\[K" decoded
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 1098bbd60e..e19536c9c6 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "bundle-uri.h"
+#include "sideband.h"
 
 static int transport_use_color = -1;
 static char transport_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
@@ -1210,6 +1211,8 @@ struct transport *transport_get(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
 
 	ret->hash_algo = &hash_algos[GIT_HASH_SHA1];
 
+	sideband_apply_url_config(ret->url);
+
 	return ret;
 }