diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/TestRepository.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/TestRepository.java
index d1358ee2a..5d21e3d85 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/TestRepository.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/TestRepository.java
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ private static void prunePacked(ObjectDirectory odb) throws IOException {
 	}
 
 	private static File nameFor(ObjectDirectory odb, ObjectId name, String t) {
-		File packdir = new File(odb.getDirectory(), "pack");
+		File packdir = odb.getPackDirectory();
 		return new File(packdir, "pack-" + name.name() + t);
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/AbbreviationTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/AbbreviationTest.java
index 343120ef5..a9edf73b8 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/AbbreviationTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/AbbreviationTest.java
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public void testAbbreviateIsActuallyUnique() throws Exception {
 		}
 
 		String packName = "pack-" + id.name();
-		File packDir = new File(db.getObjectDatabase().getDirectory(), "pack");
+		File packDir = db.getObjectDatabase().getPackDirectory();
 		File idxFile = new File(packDir, packName + ".idx");
 		File packFile = new File(packDir, packName + ".pack");
 		FileUtils.mkdir(packDir, true);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ConcurrentRepackTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ConcurrentRepackTest.java
index 09438e964..4813d2801 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ConcurrentRepackTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ConcurrentRepackTest.java
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ private static void touch(final long begin, final File dir) {
 	}
 
 	private File fullPackFileName(final ObjectId name, final String suffix) {
-		final File packdir = new File(db.getObjectDatabase().getDirectory(), "pack");
+		final File packdir = db.getObjectDatabase().getPackDirectory();
 		return new File(packdir, "pack-" + name.name() + suffix);
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GcOrphanFilesTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GcOrphanFilesTest.java
index 539398778..79d72c56d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GcOrphanFilesTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GcOrphanFilesTest.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class GcOrphanFilesTest extends GcTestCase {
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() throws Exception {
 		super.setUp();
-		packDir = new File(repo.getObjectsDirectory(), PACK);
+		packDir = repo.getObjectDatabase().getPackDirectory();
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectoryTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectoryTest.java
index f1cbb99d5..cbb73bb08 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectoryTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectoryTest.java
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ public void testScanningForPackfiles() throws Exception {
 			assertTrue(receivingDB.getObjectDatabase().hasPackedObject(id));
 
 			// preparations
-			File packsFolder = new File(receivingDB.getObjectsDirectory(),
-					"pack");
+			File packsFolder = receivingDB.getObjectDatabase()
+					.getPackDirectory();
 			// prepare creation of a temporary file in the pack folder. This
 			// simulates that a native git gc is happening starting to write
 			// temporary files but has not yet finished
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackWriterTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackWriterTest.java
index 9b97eb4ff..379432ddb 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackWriterTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackWriterTest.java
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ public void testWritePack2DeltasReuseOffsets() throws IOException {
 	 */
 	@Test
 	public void testWritePack2DeltasCRC32Copy() throws IOException {
-		final File packDir = new File(db.getObjectDatabase().getDirectory(), "pack");
+		final File packDir = db.getObjectDatabase().getPackDirectory();
 		final File crc32Pack = new File(packDir,
 				"pack-34be9032ac282b11fa9babdc2b2a93ca996c9c2f.pack");
 		final File crc32Idx = new File(packDir,
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ private static PackIndex writePack(FileRepository repo, RevWalk walk,
 
 			pw.preparePack(NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE, ow, want, have, NONE);
 			String id = pw.computeName().getName();
-			File packdir = new File(repo.getObjectsDirectory(), "pack");
+			File packdir = repo.getObjectDatabase().getPackDirectory();
 			File packFile = new File(packdir, "pack-" + id + ".pack");
 			FileOutputStream packOS = new FileOutputStream(packFile);
 			pw.writePack(NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE,
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/test/resources/SampleDataRepositoryTestCase.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/test/resources/SampleDataRepositoryTestCase.java
index a57ef40b6..85a8aa7b8 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/test/resources/SampleDataRepositoryTestCase.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/test/resources/SampleDataRepositoryTestCase.java
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ public static void copyCGitTestPacks(FileRepository repo) throws IOException {
 				"pack-e6d07037cbcf13376308a0a995d1fa48f8f76aaa",
 				"pack-3280af9c07ee18a87705ef50b0cc4cd20266cf12"
 		};
-		final File packDir = new File(repo.getObjectDatabase().getDirectory(),
-				"pack");
+		final File packDir = repo.getObjectDatabase().getPackDirectory();
 		for (String n : packs) {
 			JGitTestUtil.copyTestResource(n + ".pack", new File(packDir, n + ".pack"));
 			JGitTestUtil.copyTestResource(n + ".idx", new File(packDir, n + ".idx"));
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java
index 3ac643d6b..13d97528c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.text.ParseException;
@@ -925,8 +924,7 @@ private static boolean isTag(Ref ref) {
 	 * </p>
 	 */
 	private void deleteOrphans() {
-		Path packDir = Paths.get(repo.getObjectsDirectory().getAbsolutePath(),
-				"pack"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		Path packDir = repo.getObjectDatabase().getPackDirectory().toPath();
 		List<String> fileNames = null;
 		try (Stream<Path> files = Files.list(packDir)) {
 			fileNames = files.map(path -> path.getFileName().toString())
@@ -1114,7 +1112,7 @@ public int compare(PackExt o1, PackExt o2) {
 
 			// create temporary files
 			String id = pw.computeName().getName();
-			File packdir = new File(repo.getObjectsDirectory(), "pack"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			File packdir = repo.getObjectDatabase().getPackDirectory();
 			tmpPack = File.createTempFile("gc_", ".pack_tmp", packdir); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 			final String tmpBase = tmpPack.getName()
 					.substring(0, tmpPack.getName().lastIndexOf('.'));
@@ -1214,7 +1212,7 @@ public int compare(PackExt o1, PackExt o2) {
 	}
 
 	private File nameFor(String name, String ext) {
-		File packdir = new File(repo.getObjectsDirectory(), "pack"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		File packdir = repo.getObjectDatabase().getPackDirectory();
 		return new File(packdir, "pack-" + name + ext); //$NON-NLS-1$
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LocalCachedPack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LocalCachedPack.java
index fd9dcdafa..74453ee4b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LocalCachedPack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LocalCachedPack.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ private PackFile getPackFile(String packName) throws FileNotFoundException {
 	}
 
 	private String getPackFilePath(String packName) {
-		final File packDir = new File(odb.getDirectory(), "pack"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		final File packDir = odb.getPackDirectory();
 		return new File(packDir, "pack-" + packName + ".pack").getPath(); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 	}
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java
index 1f1d92eb3..068db6115 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java
@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@ public final File getDirectory() {
 		return objects;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return the location of the <code>pack</code> directory.
+	 * @since 4.10
+	 */
+	public final File getPackDirectory() {
+		return packDirectory;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @return the location of the <code>preserved</code> directory.
 	 */
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackInserter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackInserter.java
index dd83e251f..8c3bb0874 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackInserter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackInserter.java
@@ -262,8 +262,7 @@ public void flush() throws IOException {
 		File tmpIdx = idxFor(tmpPack);
 		writePackIndex(tmpIdx, packHash, objectList);
 
-		File realPack = new File(
-				new File(db.getDirectory(), "pack"), //$NON-NLS-1$
+		File realPack = new File(db.getPackDirectory(),
 				"pack-" + computeName(objectList).name() + ".pack"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 		db.closeAllPackHandles(realPack);
 		tmpPack.setReadOnly();