diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt
index 79813ff8df0..17a2603a600 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git mktag'
 
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+--strict::
+	By default mktag turns on the equivalent of
+	linkgit:git-fsck[1] `--strict` mode. Use `--no-strict` to
+	disable it.
+
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
diff --git a/builtin/mktag.c b/builtin/mktag.c
index 9b04b61c2bb..41a399a69e4 100644
--- a/builtin/mktag.c
+++ b/builtin/mktag.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ static char const * const builtin_mktag_usage[] = {
 	N_("git mktag"),
 	NULL
 };
+static int option_strict = 1;
 
 static struct fsck_options fsck_options = FSCK_OPTIONS_STRICT;
 
@@ -25,6 +26,12 @@ static int mktag_fsck_error_func(struct fsck_options *o,
 {
 	switch (msg_type) {
 	case FSCK_WARN:
+		if (!option_strict) {
+			fprintf_ln(stderr, _("warning: tag input does not pass fsck: %s"), message);
+			return 0;
+
+		}
+		/* fallthrough */
 	case FSCK_ERROR:
 		/*
 		 * We treat both warnings and errors as errors, things
@@ -67,6 +74,8 @@ static int verify_object_in_tag(struct object_id *tagged_oid, int *tagged_type)
 int cmd_mktag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	static struct option builtin_mktag_options[] = {
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "strict", &option_strict,
+			 N_("enable more strict checking")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
diff --git a/t/t3800-mktag.sh b/t/t3800-mktag.sh
index 0ddd0f01cc7..4d76ccbbc19 100755
--- a/t/t3800-mktag.sh
+++ b/t/t3800-mktag.sh
@@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ test_description='git mktag: tag object verify test'
 # given in the expect.pat file.
 
 check_verify_failure () {
-	expect="$2"
-	test_expect_success "$1" '
+	test_expect_success "$1" "
 		test_must_fail env GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON=false \
 			git mktag <tag.sig 2>message &&
-		grep "$expect" message
-	'
+		grep '$2' message &&
+		if test '$3' != '--no-strict'
+		then
+			test_must_fail env GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON=false \
+				git mktag --no-strict <tag.sig 2>message.no-strict &&
+			grep '$2' message.no-strict
+		fi
+	"
 }
 
 test_expect_mktag_success() {
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ too short for a tag
 EOF
 
 check_verify_failure 'Tag object length check' \
-	'^error:.* missingObject:'
+	'^error:.* missingObject:' 'strict'
 
 ############################################################
 #  2. object line label check
@@ -240,7 +245,7 @@ tagger . <> 0 +0000
 EOF
 
 check_verify_failure 'verify tag-name check' \
-	'^error:.* badTagName:'
+	'^error:.* badTagName:' '--no-strict'
 
 ############################################################
 # 11. tagger line label check #1
@@ -254,7 +259,7 @@ This is filler
 EOF
 
 check_verify_failure '"tagger" line label check #1' \
-	'^error:.* missingTaggerEntry:'
+	'^error:.* missingTaggerEntry:' '--no-strict'
 
 ############################################################
 # 12. tagger line label check #2
@@ -269,7 +274,7 @@ This is filler
 EOF
 
 check_verify_failure '"tagger" line label check #2' \
-	'^error:.* missingTaggerEntry:'
+	'^error:.* missingTaggerEntry:' '--no-strict'
 
 ############################################################
 # 13. allow missing tag author name like fsck
@@ -298,7 +303,7 @@ tagger T A Gger <
 EOF
 
 check_verify_failure 'disallow malformed tagger' \
-	'^error:.* badEmail:'
+	'^error:.* badEmail:' '--no-strict'
 
 ############################################################
 # 15. allow empty tag email
@@ -422,13 +427,21 @@ this line should not be here
 EOF
 
 check_verify_failure 'detect invalid header entry' \
-	'^error:.* extraHeaderEntry:'
+	'^error:.* extraHeaderEntry:' '--no-strict'
 
 test_expect_success 'invalid header entry config & fsck' '
 	test_must_fail git mktag <tag.sig &&
+	git mktag --no-strict <tag.sig &&
+
 	test_must_fail git -c fsck.extraHeaderEntry=error mktag <tag.sig &&
+	test_must_fail git -c fsck.extraHeaderEntry=error mktag --no-strict <tag.sig &&
+
 	test_must_fail git -c fsck.extraHeaderEntry=warn mktag <tag.sig &&
+	git -c fsck.extraHeaderEntry=warn mktag --no-strict <tag.sig &&
+
 	git -c fsck.extraHeaderEntry=ignore mktag <tag.sig &&
+	git -c fsck.extraHeaderEntry=ignore mktag --no-strict <tag.sig &&
+
 	git fsck &&
 	env GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON=false \
 		git -c fsck.extraHeaderEntry=warn fsck 2>err &&
