diff --git a/Documentation/config/clone.txt b/Documentation/config/clone.txt
index 47de36a5fedf..29b779b8a825 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/clone.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ clone.defaultRemoteName::
 	The name of the remote to create when cloning a repository.  Defaults to
 	`origin`, and can be overridden by passing the `--origin` command-line
 	option to linkgit:git-clone[1].
+
+clone.rejectshallow::
+	Reject to clone a repository if it is a shallow one.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 876aedcd472a..94bc76702757 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	  [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>]
 	  [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] [--no-tags]
 	  [--recurse-submodules[=<pathspec>]] [--[no-]shallow-submodules]
-	  [--[no-]remote-submodules] [--jobs <n>] [--sparse]
+	  [--[no-]remote-submodules] [--jobs <n>] [--sparse] [--no-shallow]
 	  [--filter=<filter>] [--] <repository>
 	  [<directory>]
 
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 --no-checkout::
 	No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
 
+--no-shallow::
+	Don't clone a shallow source repository. In some scenariors, clients
+	want the cloned repository information to be complete. Otherwise,
+	the cloning process should end immediately without creating any files,
+	which can save some disk space.
+
 --bare::
 	Make a 'bare' Git repository.  That is, instead of
 	creating `<directory>` and placing the administrative
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e335734b4cfd..b07d867e6641
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static int option_no_checkout, option_bare, option_mirror, option_single_branch
 static int option_local = -1, option_no_hardlinks, option_shared;
 static int option_no_tags;
 static int option_shallow_submodules;
+static int option_no_shallow;
 static int deepen;
 static char *option_template, *option_depth, *option_since;
 static char *option_origin = NULL;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ static struct option builtin_clone_options[] = {
 	OPT__VERBOSITY(&option_verbosity),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &option_progress,
 		 N_("force progress reporting")),
+	OPT_BOOL(0, "no-shallow", &option_no_shallow, N_("don't clone shallow repository")),
 	OPT_BOOL('n', "no-checkout", &option_no_checkout,
 		 N_("don't create a checkout")),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "bare", &option_bare, N_("create a bare repository")),
@@ -858,6 +860,9 @@ static int git_clone_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 		free(remote_name);
 		remote_name = xstrdup(v);
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(k, "clone.rejectshallow")) {
+		option_no_shallow = 1;
+	}
 	return git_default_config(k, v, cb);
 }
 
@@ -963,6 +968,7 @@ static int path_exists(const char *path)
 int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int is_bundle = 0, is_local;
+	int is_shallow = 0;
 	const char *repo_name, *repo, *work_tree, *git_dir;
 	char *path, *dir, *display_repo = NULL;
 	int dest_exists, real_dest_exists = 0;
@@ -1215,6 +1221,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (filter_options.choice)
 			warning(_("--filter is ignored in local clones; use file:// instead."));
 		if (!access(mkpath("%s/shallow", path), F_OK)) {
+			is_shallow = 1;
 			if (option_local > 0)
 				warning(_("source repository is shallow, ignoring --local"));
 			is_local = 0;
@@ -1222,6 +1229,12 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 	if (option_local > 0 && !is_local)
 		warning(_("--local is ignored"));
+
+	if (is_shallow) {
+		if (option_no_shallow)
+			die(_("source repository is shallow, reject to clone."));
+	}
+
 	transport->cloning = 1;
 
 	transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_KEEP, "yes");
diff --git a/t/t5606-clone-options.sh b/t/t5606-clone-options.sh
index 7f082fb23b6a..9d310dbb158a 100755
--- a/t/t5606-clone-options.sh
+++ b/t/t5606-clone-options.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ test_expect_success 'disallows --bare with --separate-git-dir' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'reject clone shallow repository' '
+	git clone --depth=1 --no-local parent shallow-repo &&
+	test_must_fail git clone --no-shallow shallow-repo out 2>err &&
+	test_i18ngrep -e "source repository is shallow, reject to clone." err
+
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'uses "origin" for default remote name' '
 
 	git clone parent clone-default-origin &&
diff --git a/t/t5611-clone-config.sh b/t/t5611-clone-config.sh
index 8e0fd398236b..3aab86ad4def 100755
--- a/t/t5611-clone-config.sh
+++ b/t/t5611-clone-config.sh
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ test_expect_success 'clone -c remote.<remote>.fetch=<refspec> --origin=<name>' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone -c clone.rejectshallow' '
+	rm -rf child &&
+	git clone --depth=1 --no-local . child &&
+	test_must_fail git clone -c clone.rejectshallow child out 2>err &&
+	test_i18ngrep -e "source repository is shallow, reject to clone." err
+'
+
 test_expect_success MINGW 'clone -c core.hideDotFiles' '
 	test_commit attributes .gitattributes "" &&
 	rm -rf child &&
