diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc b/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc
index 785c0786e0..14d82fdfbf 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc
@@ -361,6 +361,29 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[]
 --progress=<header>::
 	Show progress reports on stderr as objects are considered. The
 	`<header>` text will be printed with each progress update.
+
+-z::
+	Instead of being newline-delimited, each outputted object and its
+	accompanying metadata is delimited using NUL bytes. In this mode, when
+	the `--stdin` option is provided, revision and pathspec arguments on
+	stdin are also delimited using a NUL byte. Output is printed in the
+	following form:
++
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+<OID> NUL [<token>=<value> NUL]...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
++
+Additional object metadata, such as object paths, is printed using the
+`<token>=<value>` form. Token values are printed as-is without any
+encoding/truncation. An OID entry never contains a '=' character and thus
+is used to signal the start of a new object record. Examples:
++
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+<OID> NUL
+<OID> NUL path=<path> NUL
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
++
+This mode is only compatible with the `--objects` output option.
 endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 History Simplification
diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index 04d9c893b5..f048500679 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static const char rev_list_usage[] =
 "    --abbrev-commit\n"
 "    --left-right\n"
 "    --count\n"
+"    -z\n"
 "  special purpose:\n"
 "    --bisect\n"
 "    --bisect-vars\n"
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ static int arg_show_object_names = 1;
 
 #define DEFAULT_OIDSET_SIZE     (16*1024)
 
+static char line_term = '\n';
+static char info_term = ' ';
+
 static int show_disk_usage;
 static off_t total_disk_usage;
 static int human_readable;
@@ -264,7 +268,7 @@ static void show_commit(struct commit *commit, void *data)
 	if (revs->commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
 		putchar(' ');
 	else if (revs->include_header)
-		putchar('\n');
+		putchar(line_term);
 
 	if (revs->verbose_header) {
 		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -361,12 +365,16 @@ static void show_object(struct object *obj, const char *name, void *cb_data)
 	printf("%s", oid_to_hex(&obj->oid));
 
 	if (arg_show_object_names) {
-		putchar(' ');
-		for (const char *p = name; *p && *p != '\n'; p++)
-			putchar(*p);
+		if (line_term) {
+			putchar(info_term);
+			for (const char *p = name; *p && *p != '\n'; p++)
+				putchar(*p);
+		} else if (*name) {
+			printf("%cpath=%s", info_term, name);
+		}
 	}
 
-	putchar('\n');
+	putchar(line_term);
 }
 
 static void show_edge(struct commit *commit)
@@ -642,6 +650,10 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc,
 			revs.exclude_promisor_objects = 1;
 		} else if (skip_prefix(arg, "--missing=", &arg)) {
 			parse_missing_action_value(arg);
+		} else if (!strcmp(arg, "-z")) {
+			s_r_opt.nul_delim_stdin = 1;
+			line_term = '\0';
+			info_term = '\0';
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -757,6 +769,20 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc,
 		usage(rev_list_usage);
 
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Reject options currently incompatible with -z. For some options, this
+	 * is not an inherent limitation and support may be implemented in the
+	 * future.
+	 */
+	if (!line_term) {
+		if (revs.graph || revs.verbose_header || show_disk_usage ||
+		    info.show_timestamp || info.header_prefix || bisect_list ||
+		    use_bitmap_index || revs.edge_hint || revs.left_right ||
+		    revs.cherry_mark || arg_missing_action || revs.boundary)
+			die(_("-z option used with unsupported option"));
+	}
+
 	if (revs.commit_format != CMIT_FMT_USERFORMAT)
 		revs.include_header = 1;
 	if (revs.commit_format != CMIT_FMT_UNSPECIFIED) {
diff --git a/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh b/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh
index 6289a2e8b0..dfbbc0aee6 100755
--- a/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh
+++ b/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh
@@ -182,4 +182,39 @@ test_expect_success 'rev-list --unpacked' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'rev-list -z' '
+	test_when_finished rm -rf repo &&
+
+	git init repo &&
+	test_commit -C repo 1 &&
+	test_commit -C repo 2 &&
+
+	oid1=$(git -C repo rev-parse HEAD) &&
+	oid2=$(git -C repo rev-parse HEAD~) &&
+
+	printf "%s\0%s\0" "$oid1" "$oid2" >expect &&
+	git -C repo rev-list -z HEAD >actual &&
+
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rev-list -z --objects' '
+	test_when_finished rm -rf repo &&
+
+	git init repo &&
+	test_commit -C repo 1 &&
+	test_commit -C repo 2 &&
+
+	oid1=$(git -C repo rev-parse HEAD:1.t) &&
+	oid2=$(git -C repo rev-parse HEAD:2.t) &&
+	path1=1.t &&
+	path2=2.t &&
+
+	printf "%s\0path=%s\0%s\0path=%s\0" "$oid1" "$path1" "$oid2" "$path2" \
+		>expect &&
+	git -C repo rev-list -z --objects HEAD:1.t HEAD:2.t >actual &&
+
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t6017-rev-list-stdin.sh b/t/t6017-rev-list-stdin.sh
index 4821b90e74..362a8b126a 100755
--- a/t/t6017-rev-list-stdin.sh
+++ b/t/t6017-rev-list-stdin.sh
@@ -148,4 +148,13 @@ test_expect_success '--not via stdin does not influence revisions from command l
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'NUL-delimited stdin' '
+	printf "%s\0%s\0%s\0" "HEAD" "--" "file-1" > input &&
+
+	git rev-list -z --objects HEAD -- file-1 >expect &&
+	git rev-list -z --objects --stdin <input >actual &&
+
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
