diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 1837509566..ff68e48406 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -195,6 +195,13 @@ respectively, and they must begin with `refs/` when applied to `--glob`
 or `--all`. If a trailing '/{asterisk}' is intended, it must be given
 explicitly.
 
+--exclude-hidden=[receive|uploadpack]::
+	Do not include refs that would be hidden by `git-receive-pack` or
+	`git-upload-pack` by consulting the appropriate `receive.hideRefs` or
+	`uploadpack.hideRefs` configuration along with `transfer.hideRefs` (see
+	linkgit:git-config[1]). This option affects the next pseudo-ref option
+	`--all` or `--glob` and is cleared after processing them.
+
 --reflog::
 	Pretend as if all objects mentioned by reflogs are listed on the
 	command line as `<commit>`.
diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index 3acd93f71e..d42db0b0cc 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ static const char rev_list_usage[] =
 "    --tags\n"
 "    --remotes\n"
 "    --stdin\n"
+"    --exclude-hidden=[receive|uploadpack]\n"
 "    --quiet\n"
 "  ordering output:\n"
 "    --topo-order\n"
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index fe3ec98f46..bc32fb819a 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "config.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "blob.h"
@@ -1519,11 +1520,17 @@ static void add_rev_cmdline_list(struct rev_info *revs,
 
 int ref_excluded(const struct ref_exclusions *exclusions, const char *path)
 {
+	const char *stripped_path = strip_namespace(path);
 	struct string_list_item *item;
+
 	for_each_string_list_item(item, &exclusions->excluded_refs) {
 		if (!wildmatch(item->string, path, 0))
 			return 1;
 	}
+
+	if (ref_is_hidden(stripped_path, path, &exclusions->hidden_refs))
+		return 1;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1536,6 +1543,8 @@ void init_ref_exclusions(struct ref_exclusions *exclusions)
 void clear_ref_exclusions(struct ref_exclusions *exclusions)
 {
 	string_list_clear(&exclusions->excluded_refs, 0);
+	string_list_clear(&exclusions->hidden_refs, 0);
+	exclusions->hidden_refs_configured = 0;
 }
 
 void add_ref_exclusion(struct ref_exclusions *exclusions, const char *exclude)
@@ -1543,6 +1552,35 @@ void add_ref_exclusion(struct ref_exclusions *exclusions, const char *exclude)
 	string_list_append(&exclusions->excluded_refs, exclude);
 }
 
+struct exclude_hidden_refs_cb {
+	struct ref_exclusions *exclusions;
+	const char *section;
+};
+
+static int hide_refs_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb_data)
+{
+	struct exclude_hidden_refs_cb *cb = cb_data;
+	cb->exclusions->hidden_refs_configured = 1;
+	return parse_hide_refs_config(var, value, cb->section,
+				      &cb->exclusions->hidden_refs);
+}
+
+void exclude_hidden_refs(struct ref_exclusions *exclusions, const char *section)
+{
+	struct exclude_hidden_refs_cb cb;
+
+	if (strcmp(section, "receive") && strcmp(section, "uploadpack"))
+		die(_("unsupported section for hidden refs: %s"), section);
+
+	if (exclusions->hidden_refs_configured)
+		die(_("--exclude-hidden= passed more than once"));
+
+	cb.exclusions = exclusions;
+	cb.section = section;
+
+	git_config(hide_refs_config, &cb);
+}
+
 struct all_refs_cb {
 	int all_flags;
 	int warned_bad_reflog;
@@ -2221,7 +2259,7 @@ static int handle_revision_opt(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **arg
 	    !strcmp(arg, "--bisect") || starts_with(arg, "--glob=") ||
 	    !strcmp(arg, "--indexed-objects") ||
 	    !strcmp(arg, "--alternate-refs") ||
-	    starts_with(arg, "--exclude=") ||
+	    starts_with(arg, "--exclude=") || starts_with(arg, "--exclude-hidden=") ||
 	    starts_with(arg, "--branches=") || starts_with(arg, "--tags=") ||
 	    starts_with(arg, "--remotes=") || starts_with(arg, "--no-walk="))
 	{
@@ -2687,6 +2725,8 @@ static int handle_revision_pseudo_opt(struct rev_info *revs,
 		}
 		clear_ref_exclusions(&revs->ref_excludes);
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--branches")) {
+		if (revs->ref_excludes.hidden_refs_configured)
+			return error(_("--exclude-hidden cannot be used together with --branches"));
 		handle_refs(refs, revs, *flags, refs_for_each_branch_ref);
 		clear_ref_exclusions(&revs->ref_excludes);
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--bisect")) {
@@ -2696,9 +2736,13 @@ static int handle_revision_pseudo_opt(struct rev_info *revs,
 			    for_each_good_bisect_ref);
 		revs->bisect = 1;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--tags")) {
+		if (revs->ref_excludes.hidden_refs_configured)
+			return error(_("--exclude-hidden cannot be used together with --tags"));
 		handle_refs(refs, revs, *flags, refs_for_each_tag_ref);
 		clear_ref_exclusions(&revs->ref_excludes);
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--remotes")) {
+		if (revs->ref_excludes.hidden_refs_configured)
+			return error(_("--exclude-hidden cannot be used together with --remotes"));
 		handle_refs(refs, revs, *flags, refs_for_each_remote_ref);
 		clear_ref_exclusions(&revs->ref_excludes);
 	} else if ((argcount = parse_long_opt("glob", argv, &optarg))) {
@@ -2710,18 +2754,27 @@ static int handle_revision_pseudo_opt(struct rev_info *revs,
 	} else if ((argcount = parse_long_opt("exclude", argv, &optarg))) {
 		add_ref_exclusion(&revs->ref_excludes, optarg);
 		return argcount;
+	} else if ((argcount = parse_long_opt("exclude-hidden", argv, &optarg))) {
+		exclude_hidden_refs(&revs->ref_excludes, optarg);
+		return argcount;
 	} else if (skip_prefix(arg, "--branches=", &optarg)) {
 		struct all_refs_cb cb;
+		if (revs->ref_excludes.hidden_refs_configured)
+			return error(_("--exclude-hidden cannot be used together with --branches"));
 		init_all_refs_cb(&cb, revs, *flags);
 		for_each_glob_ref_in(handle_one_ref, optarg, "refs/heads/", &cb);
 		clear_ref_exclusions(&revs->ref_excludes);
 	} else if (skip_prefix(arg, "--tags=", &optarg)) {
 		struct all_refs_cb cb;
+		if (revs->ref_excludes.hidden_refs_configured)
+			return error(_("--exclude-hidden cannot be used together with --tags"));
 		init_all_refs_cb(&cb, revs, *flags);
 		for_each_glob_ref_in(handle_one_ref, optarg, "refs/tags/", &cb);
 		clear_ref_exclusions(&revs->ref_excludes);
 	} else if (skip_prefix(arg, "--remotes=", &optarg)) {
 		struct all_refs_cb cb;
+		if (revs->ref_excludes.hidden_refs_configured)
+			return error(_("--exclude-hidden cannot be used together with --remotes"));
 		init_all_refs_cb(&cb, revs, *flags);
 		for_each_glob_ref_in(handle_one_ref, optarg, "refs/remotes/", &cb);
 		clear_ref_exclusions(&revs->ref_excludes);
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index 5c8ab16047..adb810c2f8 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -87,6 +87,19 @@ struct ref_exclusions {
 	 * patterns matches, the reference will be excluded.
 	 */
 	struct string_list excluded_refs;
+
+	/*
+	 * Hidden refs is a list of patterns that is to be hidden via
+	 * `ref_is_hidden()`.
+	 */
+	struct string_list hidden_refs;
+
+	/*
+	 * Indicates whether hidden refs have been configured. This is to
+	 * distinguish between no hidden refs existing and hidden refs not
+	 * being parsed.
+	 */
+	char hidden_refs_configured;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -94,6 +107,7 @@ struct ref_exclusions {
  */
 #define REF_EXCLUSIONS_INIT { \
 	.excluded_refs = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, \
+	.hidden_refs = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, \
 }
 
 struct oidset;
@@ -456,10 +470,12 @@ void show_object_with_name(FILE *, struct object *, const char *);
 /**
  * Helpers to check if a reference should be excluded.
  */
+
 int ref_excluded(const struct ref_exclusions *exclusions, const char *path);
 void init_ref_exclusions(struct ref_exclusions *);
 void clear_ref_exclusions(struct ref_exclusions *);
 void add_ref_exclusion(struct ref_exclusions *, const char *exclude);
+void exclude_hidden_refs(struct ref_exclusions *, const char *section);
 
 /**
  * This function can be used if you want to add commit objects as revision
diff --git a/t/t6021-rev-list-exclude-hidden.sh b/t/t6021-rev-list-exclude-hidden.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..018796d41c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t6021-rev-list-exclude-hidden.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git rev-list --exclude-hidden test'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	test_commit_bulk --id=commit --ref=refs/heads/main 1 &&
+	COMMIT=$(git rev-parse refs/heads/main) &&
+	test_commit_bulk --id=tag --ref=refs/tags/lightweight 1 &&
+	TAG=$(git rev-parse refs/tags/lightweight) &&
+	test_commit_bulk --id=hidden --ref=refs/hidden/commit 1 &&
+	HIDDEN=$(git rev-parse refs/hidden/commit) &&
+	test_commit_bulk --id=namespace --ref=refs/namespaces/namespace/refs/namespaced/commit 1 &&
+	NAMESPACE=$(git rev-parse refs/namespaces/namespace/refs/namespaced/commit)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'invalid section' '
+	echo "fatal: unsupported section for hidden refs: unsupported" >expected &&
+	test_must_fail git rev-list --exclude-hidden=unsupported 2>err &&
+	test_cmp expected err
+'
+
+for section in receive uploadpack
+do
+	test_expect_success "$section: passed multiple times" '
+		echo "fatal: --exclude-hidden= passed more than once" >expected &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-list --exclude-hidden=$section --exclude-hidden=$section 2>err &&
+		test_cmp expected err
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$section: without hiddenRefs" '
+		git rev-list --exclude-hidden=$section --all >out &&
+		cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+		$NAMESPACE
+		$HIDDEN
+		$TAG
+		$COMMIT
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected out
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$section: hidden via transfer.hideRefs" '
+		git -c transfer.hideRefs=refs/hidden/ rev-list --exclude-hidden=$section --all >out &&
+		cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+		$NAMESPACE
+		$TAG
+		$COMMIT
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected out
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$section: hidden via $section.hideRefs" '
+		git -c $section.hideRefs=refs/hidden/ rev-list --exclude-hidden=$section --all >out &&
+		cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+		$NAMESPACE
+		$TAG
+		$COMMIT
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected out
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$section: respects both transfer.hideRefs and $section.hideRefs" '
+		git -c transfer.hideRefs=refs/tags/ -c $section.hideRefs=refs/hidden/ rev-list --exclude-hidden=$section --all >out &&
+		cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+		$NAMESPACE
+		$COMMIT
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected out
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$section: negation without hidden refs marks everything as uninteresting" '
+		git rev-list --all --exclude-hidden=$section --not --all >out &&
+		test_must_be_empty out
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$section: negation with hidden refs marks them as interesting" '
+		git -c transfer.hideRefs=refs/hidden/ rev-list --all --exclude-hidden=$section --not --all >out &&
+		cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+		$HIDDEN
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected out
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$section: hidden refs and excludes work together" '
+		git -c transfer.hideRefs=refs/hidden/ rev-list --exclude=refs/tags/* --exclude-hidden=$section --all >out &&
+		cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+		$NAMESPACE
+		$COMMIT
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected out
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$section: excluded hidden refs get reset" '
+		git -c transfer.hideRefs=refs/ rev-list --exclude-hidden=$section --all --all >out &&
+		cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+		$NAMESPACE
+		$HIDDEN
+		$TAG
+		$COMMIT
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected out
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$section: excluded hidden refs can be used with multiple pseudo-refs" '
+		git -c transfer.hideRefs=refs/ rev-list --exclude-hidden=$section --all --exclude-hidden=$section --all >out &&
+		test_must_be_empty out
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$section: works with --glob" '
+		git -c transfer.hideRefs=refs/hidden/ rev-list --exclude-hidden=$section --glob=refs/h* >out &&
+		cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+		$COMMIT
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected out
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$section: operates on stripped refs by default" '
+		GIT_NAMESPACE=namespace git -c transfer.hideRefs=refs/namespaced/ rev-list --exclude-hidden=$section --all >out &&
+		cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+		$HIDDEN
+		$TAG
+		$COMMIT
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected out
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$section: does not hide namespace by default" '
+		GIT_NAMESPACE=namespace git -c transfer.hideRefs=refs/namespaces/namespace/ rev-list --exclude-hidden=$section --all >out &&
+		cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+		$NAMESPACE
+		$HIDDEN
+		$TAG
+		$COMMIT
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected out
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$section: can operate on unstripped refs" '
+		GIT_NAMESPACE=namespace git -c transfer.hideRefs=^refs/namespaces/namespace/ rev-list --exclude-hidden=$section --all >out &&
+		cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+		$HIDDEN
+		$TAG
+		$COMMIT
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected out
+	'
+
+	for pseudoopt in remotes branches tags
+	do
+		test_expect_success "$section: fails with --$pseudoopt" '
+			test_must_fail git rev-list --exclude-hidden=$section --$pseudoopt 2>err &&
+			test_i18ngrep "error: --exclude-hidden cannot be used together with --$pseudoopt" err
+		'
+
+		test_expect_success "$section: fails with --$pseudoopt=pattern" '
+			test_must_fail git rev-list --exclude-hidden=$section --$pseudoopt=pattern 2>err &&
+			test_i18ngrep "error: --exclude-hidden cannot be used together with --$pseudoopt" err
+		'
+	done
+done
+
+test_done
