diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommandTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommandTest.java
index 99e05d4d5..742295192 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommandTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommandTest.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.submodule.SubmoduleStatus;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.submodule.SubmoduleStatusType;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.submodule.SubmoduleWalk;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RefSpec;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RemoteConfig;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.SystemReader;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testCloneRepository() throws IOException,
-			JGitInternalException, GitAPIException {
+			JGitInternalException, GitAPIException, URISyntaxException {
 		File directory = createTempDirectory("testCloneRepository");
 		CloneCommand command = Git.cloneRepository();
 		command.setDirectory(directory);
@@ -130,6 +133,28 @@ public void testCloneRepository() throws IOException,
 								"test", ConfigConstants.CONFIG_KEY_MERGE));
 		assertEquals(2, git2.branchList().setListMode(ListMode.REMOTE).call()
 				.size());
+		assertEquals(new RefSpec("+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*"),
+				fetchRefSpec(git2.getRepository()));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testBareCloneRepository() throws IOException,
+			JGitInternalException, GitAPIException, URISyntaxException {
+		File directory = createTempDirectory("testCloneRepository_bare");
+		CloneCommand command = Git.cloneRepository();
+		command.setBare(true);
+		command.setDirectory(directory);
+		command.setURI("file://" + git.getRepository().getWorkTree().getPath());
+		Git git2 = command.call();
+		addRepoToClose(git2.getRepository());
+		assertEquals(new RefSpec("+refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*"),
+				fetchRefSpec(git2.getRepository()));
+	}
+
+	public static RefSpec fetchRefSpec(Repository r) throws URISyntaxException {
+		RemoteConfig remoteConfig =
+				new RemoteConfig(r.getConfig(), Constants.DEFAULT_REMOTE_NAME);
+		return remoteConfig.getFetchRefSpecs().get(0);
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
index 22bda612f..35bf75dcc 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
@@ -154,12 +154,13 @@ private FetchResult fetch(Repository clonedRepo, URIish u)
 		RemoteConfig config = new RemoteConfig(clonedRepo.getConfig(), remote);
 		config.addURI(u);
 
-		final String dst = bare ? Constants.R_HEADS : Constants.R_REMOTES
-				+ config.getName();
+		final String dst = (bare ? Constants.R_HEADS : Constants.R_REMOTES
+				+ config.getName() + "/") + "*";
 		RefSpec refSpec = new RefSpec();
 		refSpec = refSpec.setForceUpdate(true);
 		refSpec = refSpec.setSourceDestination(
-				Constants.R_HEADS + "*", dst + "/*"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+				Constants.R_HEADS + "*", dst); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+
 
 		config.addFetchRefSpec(refSpec);
 		config.update(clonedRepo.getConfig());
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ private FetchResult fetch(Repository clonedRepo, URIish u)
 	private List<RefSpec> calculateRefSpecs(final String dst) {
 		RefSpec wcrs = new RefSpec();
 		wcrs = wcrs.setForceUpdate(true);
-		wcrs = wcrs.setSourceDestination(Constants.R_HEADS + "*", dst + "/*"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+		wcrs = wcrs.setSourceDestination(Constants.R_HEADS + "*", dst); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 		List<RefSpec> specs = new ArrayList<RefSpec>();
 		if (cloneAllBranches)
 			specs.add(wcrs);