diff --git a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
index cd65d236b43..244f44d460f 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
@@ -96,3 +96,11 @@ fetch.writeCommitGraph::
 	merge and the write may take longer. Having an updated commit-graph
 	file helps performance of many Git commands, including `git merge-base`,
 	`git push -f`, and `git log --graph`. Defaults to false.
+
+fetch.bundleURI::
+	This value stores a URI for downloading Git object data from a bundle
+	URI before performing an incremental fetch from the origin Git server.
+	This is similar to how the `--bundle-uri` option behaves in
+	linkgit:git-clone[1]. `git clone --bundle-uri` will set the
+	`fetch.bundleURI` value if the supplied bundle URI contains a bundle
+	list that is organized for incremental fetches.
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index 5453ba5277f..5370617664d 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -1248,12 +1248,16 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 * data from the --bundle-uri option.
 	 */
 	if (bundle_uri) {
+		int has_heuristic = 0;
+
 		/* At this point, we need the_repository to match the cloned repo. */
 		if (repo_init(the_repository, git_dir, work_tree))
 			warning(_("failed to initialize the repo, skipping bundle URI"));
-		else if (fetch_bundle_uri(the_repository, bundle_uri))
+		else if (fetch_bundle_uri(the_repository, bundle_uri, &has_heuristic))
 			warning(_("failed to fetch objects from bundle URI '%s'"),
 				bundle_uri);
+		else if (has_heuristic)
+			git_config_set_gently("fetch.bundleuri", bundle_uri);
 	}
 
 	strvec_push(&transport_ls_refs_options.ref_prefixes, "HEAD");
diff --git a/bundle-uri.c b/bundle-uri.c
index 39acd856fb9..162a9276f31 100644
--- a/bundle-uri.c
+++ b/bundle-uri.c
@@ -742,7 +742,8 @@ static int unlink_bundle(struct remote_bundle_info *info, void *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int fetch_bundle_uri(struct repository *r, const char *uri)
+int fetch_bundle_uri(struct repository *r, const char *uri,
+		     int *has_heuristic)
 {
 	int result;
 	struct bundle_list list;
@@ -762,6 +763,8 @@ int fetch_bundle_uri(struct repository *r, const char *uri)
 	result = unbundle_all_bundles(r, &list);
 
 cleanup:
+	if (has_heuristic)
+		*has_heuristic = (list.heuristic != BUNDLE_HEURISTIC_NONE);
 	for_all_bundles_in_list(&list, unlink_bundle, NULL);
 	clear_bundle_list(&list);
 	clear_remote_bundle_info(&bundle, NULL);
diff --git a/bundle-uri.h b/bundle-uri.h
index ef32840bfa6..6dbc780f661 100644
--- a/bundle-uri.h
+++ b/bundle-uri.h
@@ -124,8 +124,14 @@ int bundle_uri_parse_config_format(const char *uri,
  * based on that information.
  *
  * Returns non-zero if no bundle information is found at the given 'uri'.
+ *
+ * If the pointer 'has_heuristic' is non-NULL, then the value it points to
+ * will be set to be non-zero if and only if the fetched list has a
+ * heuristic value. Such a value indicates that the list was designed for
+ * incremental fetches.
  */
-int fetch_bundle_uri(struct repository *r, const char *uri);
+int fetch_bundle_uri(struct repository *r, const char *uri,
+		     int *has_heuristic);
 
 /**
  * Given a bundle list that was already advertised (likely by the
diff --git a/t/t5558-clone-bundle-uri.sh b/t/t5558-clone-bundle-uri.sh
index 6f9417a0afb..b2d15e141ca 100755
--- a/t/t5558-clone-bundle-uri.sh
+++ b/t/t5558-clone-bundle-uri.sh
@@ -432,6 +432,8 @@ test_expect_success 'clone incomplete bundle list (http, creationToken)' '
 		--single-branch --branch=base --no-tags \
 		"$HTTPD_URL/smart/fetch.git" clone-token-http &&
 
+	test_cmp_config -C clone-token-http "$HTTPD_URL/bundle-list" fetch.bundleuri &&
+
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	$HTTPD_URL/bundle-list
 	$HTTPD_URL/bundle-1.bundle
@@ -441,6 +443,43 @@ test_expect_success 'clone incomplete bundle list (http, creationToken)' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'http clone with bundle.heuristic creates fetch.bundleURI' '
+	test_when_finished rm -rf fetch-http-4 trace*.txt &&
+
+	cat >"$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/bundle-list" <<-EOF &&
+	[bundle]
+		version = 1
+		mode = all
+		heuristic = creationToken
+
+	[bundle "bundle-1"]
+		uri = bundle-1.bundle
+		creationToken = 1
+	EOF
+
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace-clone.txt" \
+	git clone --single-branch --branch=base \
+		--bundle-uri="$HTTPD_URL/bundle-list" \
+		"$HTTPD_URL/smart/fetch.git" fetch-http-4 &&
+
+	test_cmp_config -C fetch-http-4 "$HTTPD_URL/bundle-list" fetch.bundleuri &&
+
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	$HTTPD_URL/bundle-list
+	$HTTPD_URL/bundle-1.bundle
+	EOF
+
+	test_remote_https_urls <trace-clone.txt >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	# only received base ref from bundle-1
+	git -C fetch-http-4 for-each-ref --format="%(refname)" "refs/bundles/*" >refs &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	refs/bundles/base
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect refs
+'
+
 # Do not add tests here unless they use the HTTP server, as they will
 # not run unless the HTTP dependencies exist.
 
