diff --git a/midx.c b/midx.c
index 0a5da49ed6..55f4567fca 100644
--- a/midx.c
+++ b/midx.c
@@ -47,11 +47,22 @@ static uint8_t oid_version(void)
 	}
 }
 
+static const unsigned char *get_midx_checksum(struct multi_pack_index *m)
+{
+	return m->data + m->data_len - the_hash_algo->rawsz;
+}
+
 static char *get_midx_filename(const char *object_dir)
 {
 	return xstrfmt("%s/pack/multi-pack-index", object_dir);
 }
 
+char *get_midx_rev_filename(struct multi_pack_index *m)
+{
+	return xstrfmt("%s/pack/multi-pack-index-%s.rev",
+		       m->object_dir, hash_to_hex(get_midx_checksum(m)));
+}
+
 static int midx_read_oid_fanout(const unsigned char *chunk_start,
 				size_t chunk_size, void *data)
 {
diff --git a/midx.h b/midx.h
index 93bd68189e..0a8294d2ee 100644
--- a/midx.h
+++ b/midx.h
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ struct multi_pack_index {
 	const unsigned char *data;
 	size_t data_len;
 
+	const uint32_t *revindex_data;
+	const uint32_t *revindex_map;
+	size_t revindex_len;
+
 	uint32_t signature;
 	unsigned char version;
 	unsigned char hash_len;
@@ -37,6 +41,8 @@ struct multi_pack_index {
 
 #define MIDX_PROGRESS     (1 << 0)
 
+char *get_midx_rev_filename(struct multi_pack_index *m);
+
 struct multi_pack_index *load_multi_pack_index(const char *object_dir, int local);
 int prepare_midx_pack(struct repository *r, struct multi_pack_index *m, uint32_t pack_int_id);
 int bsearch_midx(const struct object_id *oid, struct multi_pack_index *m, uint32_t *result);
diff --git a/pack-revindex.c b/pack-revindex.c
index 83fe4de773..2e15ba3a8f 100644
--- a/pack-revindex.c
+++ b/pack-revindex.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "object-store.h"
 #include "packfile.h"
 #include "config.h"
+#include "midx.h"
 
 struct revindex_entry {
 	off_t offset;
@@ -292,6 +293,44 @@ int load_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+int load_midx_revindex(struct multi_pack_index *m)
+{
+	char *revindex_name;
+	int ret;
+	if (m->revindex_data)
+		return 0;
+
+	revindex_name = get_midx_rev_filename(m);
+
+	ret = load_revindex_from_disk(revindex_name,
+				      m->num_objects,
+				      &m->revindex_map,
+				      &m->revindex_len);
+	if (ret)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	m->revindex_data = (const uint32_t *)((const char *)m->revindex_map + RIDX_HEADER_SIZE);
+
+cleanup:
+	free(revindex_name);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int close_midx_revindex(struct multi_pack_index *m)
+{
+	if (!m)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (munmap((void*)m->revindex_map, m->revindex_len))
+		return -1;
+
+	m->revindex_map = NULL;
+	m->revindex_data = NULL;
+	m->revindex_len = 0;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int offset_to_pack_pos(struct packed_git *p, off_t ofs, uint32_t *pos)
 {
 	unsigned lo, hi;
@@ -346,3 +385,91 @@ off_t pack_pos_to_offset(struct packed_git *p, uint32_t pos)
 	else
 		return nth_packed_object_offset(p, pack_pos_to_index(p, pos));
 }
+
+uint32_t pack_pos_to_midx(struct multi_pack_index *m, uint32_t pos)
+{
+	if (!m->revindex_data)
+		BUG("pack_pos_to_midx: reverse index not yet loaded");
+	if (m->num_objects <= pos)
+		BUG("pack_pos_to_midx: out-of-bounds object at %"PRIu32, pos);
+	return get_be32((const char *)m->revindex_data + (pos * sizeof(uint32_t)));
+}
+
+struct midx_pack_key {
+	uint32_t pack;
+	off_t offset;
+
+	uint32_t preferred_pack;
+	struct multi_pack_index *midx;
+};
+
+static int midx_pack_order_cmp(const void *va, const void *vb)
+{
+	const struct midx_pack_key *key = va;
+	struct multi_pack_index *midx = key->midx;
+
+	uint32_t versus = pack_pos_to_midx(midx, (uint32_t*)vb - (const uint32_t *)midx->revindex_data);
+	uint32_t versus_pack = nth_midxed_pack_int_id(midx, versus);
+	off_t versus_offset;
+
+	uint32_t key_preferred = key->pack == key->preferred_pack;
+	uint32_t versus_preferred = versus_pack == key->preferred_pack;
+
+	/*
+	 * First, compare the preferred-ness, noting that the preferred pack
+	 * comes first.
+	 */
+	if (key_preferred && !versus_preferred)
+		return -1;
+	else if (!key_preferred && versus_preferred)
+		return 1;
+
+	/* Then, break ties first by comparing the pack IDs. */
+	if (key->pack < versus_pack)
+		return -1;
+	else if (key->pack > versus_pack)
+		return 1;
+
+	/* Finally, break ties by comparing offsets within a pack. */
+	versus_offset = nth_midxed_offset(midx, versus);
+	if (key->offset < versus_offset)
+		return -1;
+	else if (key->offset > versus_offset)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int midx_to_pack_pos(struct multi_pack_index *m, uint32_t at, uint32_t *pos)
+{
+	struct midx_pack_key key;
+	uint32_t *found;
+
+	if (!m->revindex_data)
+		BUG("midx_to_pack_pos: reverse index not yet loaded");
+	if (m->num_objects <= at)
+		BUG("midx_to_pack_pos: out-of-bounds object at %"PRIu32, at);
+
+	key.pack = nth_midxed_pack_int_id(m, at);
+	key.offset = nth_midxed_offset(m, at);
+	key.midx = m;
+	/*
+	 * The preferred pack sorts first, so determine its identifier by
+	 * looking at the first object in pseudo-pack order.
+	 *
+	 * Note that if no --preferred-pack is explicitly given when writing a
+	 * multi-pack index, then whichever pack has the lowest identifier
+	 * implicitly is preferred (and includes all its objects, since ties are
+	 * broken first by pack identifier).
+	 */
+	key.preferred_pack = nth_midxed_pack_int_id(m, pack_pos_to_midx(m, 0));
+
+	found = bsearch(&key, m->revindex_data, m->num_objects,
+			sizeof(uint32_t), midx_pack_order_cmp);
+
+	if (!found)
+		return error("bad offset for revindex");
+
+	*pos = found - m->revindex_data;
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/pack-revindex.h b/pack-revindex.h
index ba7c82c125..479b8f2f9c 100644
--- a/pack-revindex.h
+++ b/pack-revindex.h
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@
  *
  * - offset: the byte offset within the .pack file at which the object contents
  *   can be found
+ *
+ * The revindex can also be used with a multi-pack index (MIDX). In this
+ * setting:
+ *
+ *   - index position refers to an object's numeric position within the MIDX
+ *
+ *   - pack position refers to an object's position within a non-existent pack
+ *     described by the MIDX. The pack structure is described in
+ *     Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt.
+ *
+ *     It is effectively a concatanation of all packs in the MIDX (ordered by
+ *     their numeric ID within the MIDX) in their original order within each
+ *     pack), removing duplicates, and placing the preferred pack (if any)
+ *     first.
  */
 
 
@@ -24,6 +38,7 @@
 #define GIT_TEST_REV_INDEX_DIE_IN_MEMORY "GIT_TEST_REV_INDEX_DIE_IN_MEMORY"
 
 struct packed_git;
+struct multi_pack_index;
 
 /*
  * load_pack_revindex populates the revindex's internal data-structures for the
@@ -34,6 +49,22 @@ struct packed_git;
  */
 int load_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p);
 
+/*
+ * load_midx_revindex loads the '.rev' file corresponding to the given
+ * multi-pack index by mmap-ing it and assigning pointers in the
+ * multi_pack_index to point at it.
+ *
+ * A negative number is returned on error.
+ */
+int load_midx_revindex(struct multi_pack_index *m);
+
+/*
+ * Frees resources associated with a multi-pack reverse index.
+ *
+ * A negative number is returned on error.
+ */
+int close_midx_revindex(struct multi_pack_index *m);
+
 /*
  * offset_to_pack_pos converts an object offset to a pack position. This
  * function returns zero on success, and a negative number otherwise. The
@@ -71,4 +102,26 @@ uint32_t pack_pos_to_index(struct packed_git *p, uint32_t pos);
  */
 off_t pack_pos_to_offset(struct packed_git *p, uint32_t pos);
 
+/*
+ * pack_pos_to_midx converts the object at position "pos" within the MIDX
+ * pseudo-pack into a MIDX position.
+ *
+ * If the reverse index has not yet been loaded, or the position is out of
+ * bounds, this function aborts.
+ *
+ * This function runs in time O(log N) with the number of objects in the MIDX.
+ */
+uint32_t pack_pos_to_midx(struct multi_pack_index *m, uint32_t pos);
+
+/*
+ * midx_to_pack_pos converts from the MIDX-relative position at "at" to the
+ * corresponding pack position.
+ *
+ * If the reverse index has not yet been loaded, or the position is out of
+ * bounds, this function aborts.
+ *
+ * This function runs in constant time.
+ */
+int midx_to_pack_pos(struct multi_pack_index *midx, uint32_t at, uint32_t *pos);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
index 1fec12ac5f..82623e0cb4 100644
--- a/packfile.c
+++ b/packfile.c
@@ -862,6 +862,9 @@ static void prepare_pack(const char *full_name, size_t full_name_len,
 
 	if (!strcmp(file_name, "multi-pack-index"))
 		return;
+	if (starts_with(file_name, "multi-pack-index") &&
+	    ends_with(file_name, ".rev"))
+		return;
 	if (ends_with(file_name, ".idx") ||
 	    ends_with(file_name, ".rev") ||
 	    ends_with(file_name, ".pack") ||
