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 5afb3eac0..de7279358 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
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectIdSet;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectInserter;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Sets;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.DepthWalk;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.ObjectWalk;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevBlob;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevObject;
@@ -542,15 +545,74 @@ private static void assertContent(PackIndex pi, List<ObjectId> expected) {
 					expected.contains(pi.getObjectId(i)));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testShallowIsMinimal() throws Exception {
+		FileRepository repo = createBareRepository();
+		TestRepository<Repository> r = new TestRepository<Repository>(repo);
+		BranchBuilder bb = r.branch("refs/heads/master");
+		RevBlob contentA = r.blob("A");
+		RevBlob contentB = r.blob("B");
+		RevBlob contentC = r.blob("C");
+		RevBlob contentD = r.blob("D");
+		RevBlob contentE = r.blob("E");
+		RevCommit c1 = bb.commit().add("a", contentA).create();
+		RevCommit c2 = bb.commit().add("b", contentB).create();
+		RevCommit c3 = bb.commit().add("c", contentC).create();
+		RevCommit c4 = bb.commit().add("d", contentD).create();
+		RevCommit c5 = bb.commit().add("e", contentE).create();
+		r.getRevWalk().parseHeaders(c1);
+		r.getRevWalk().parseHeaders(c2);
+		r.getRevWalk().parseHeaders(c3);
+		r.getRevWalk().parseHeaders(c4);
+		r.getRevWalk().parseHeaders(c5);
+
+		PackIndex idx = writeShallowPack(repo, 1, wants(c2), NONE, NONE);
+		assertContent(idx,
+				Arrays.asList(c1.getId(), c2.getId(), c1.getTree().getId(),
+						c2.getTree().getId(), contentA.getId(),
+						contentB.getId()));
+
+		// Client already has blobs A and B, verify those are not packed.
+		idx = writeShallowPack(repo, 1, wants(c5), haves(c1, c2), shallows(c1));
+		assertContent(idx,
+				Arrays.asList(c4.getId(), c5.getId(), c4.getTree().getId(),
+						c5.getTree().getId(), contentC.getId(),
+						contentD.getId(), contentE.getId()));
+	}
+
 	private static PackIndex writePack(FileRepository repo,
 			Set<? extends ObjectId> want, Set<ObjectIdSet> excludeObjects)
-			throws IOException {
+					throws IOException {
+		RevWalk walk = new RevWalk(repo);
+		return writePack(repo, walk, 0, want, NONE, excludeObjects);
+	}
+
+	private static PackIndex writeShallowPack(FileRepository repo, int depth,
+			Set<? extends ObjectId> want, Set<? extends ObjectId> have,
+			Set<? extends ObjectId> shallow) throws IOException {
+		// During negotiation, UploadPack would have set up a DepthWalk and
+		// marked the client's "shallow" commits. Emulate that here.
+		DepthWalk.RevWalk walk = new DepthWalk.RevWalk(repo, depth);
+		walk.assumeShallow(shallow);
+		return writePack(repo, walk, depth, want, have, EMPTY_ID_SET);
+	}
+
+	private static PackIndex writePack(FileRepository repo, RevWalk walk,
+			int depth, Set<? extends ObjectId> want,
+			Set<? extends ObjectId> have, Set<ObjectIdSet> excludeObjects)
+					throws IOException {
 		try (PackWriter pw = new PackWriter(repo)) {
 			pw.setDeltaBaseAsOffset(true);
 			pw.setReuseDeltaCommits(false);
-			for (ObjectIdSet idx : excludeObjects)
+			for (ObjectIdSet idx : excludeObjects) {
 				pw.excludeObjects(idx);
-			pw.preparePack(NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE, want, NONE);
+			}
+			if (depth > 0) {
+				pw.setShallowPack(depth, null);
+			}
+			ObjectWalk ow = walk.toObjectWalkWithSameObjects();
+
+			pw.preparePack(NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE, ow, want, have);
 			String id = pw.computeName().getName();
 			File packdir = new File(repo.getObjectsDirectory(), "pack");
 			File packFile = new File(packdir, "pack-" + id + ".pack");
@@ -737,4 +799,8 @@ private static Set<ObjectId> haves(ObjectId... objects) {
 	private static Set<ObjectId> wants(ObjectId... objects) {
 		return Sets.of(objects);
 	}
+
+	private static Set<ObjectId> shallows(ObjectId... objects) {
+		return Sets.of(objects);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackWriter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackWriter.java
index 525f9aecc..4c0fc47f6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackWriter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackWriter.java
@@ -1653,6 +1653,8 @@ private void findObjectsToPack(@NonNull ProgressMonitor countingMonitor,
 		List<RevObject> haveObjs = new ArrayList<RevObject>(haveEst);
 		List<RevTag> wantTags = new ArrayList<RevTag>(want.size());
 
+		// Retrieve the RevWalk's versions of "want" and "have" objects to
+		// maintain any flags previously set in the RevWalk.
 		AsyncRevObjectQueue q = walker.parseAny(all, true);
 		try {
 			for (;;) {
@@ -1695,11 +1697,25 @@ private void findObjectsToPack(@NonNull ProgressMonitor countingMonitor,
 
 		if (walker instanceof DepthWalk.ObjectWalk) {
 			DepthWalk.ObjectWalk depthWalk = (DepthWalk.ObjectWalk) walker;
-			for (RevObject obj : wantObjs)
+			for (RevObject obj : wantObjs) {
 				depthWalk.markRoot(obj);
+			}
+			// Mark the tree objects associated with "have" commits as
+			// uninteresting to avoid writing redundant blobs. A normal RevWalk
+			// lazily propagates the "uninteresting" state from a commit to its
+			// tree during the walk, but DepthWalks can terminate early so
+			// preemptively propagate that state here.
+			for (RevObject obj : haveObjs) {
+				if (obj instanceof RevCommit) {
+					RevTree t = ((RevCommit) obj).getTree();
+					depthWalk.markUninteresting(t);
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (unshallowObjects != null) {
-				for (ObjectId id : unshallowObjects)
+				for (ObjectId id : unshallowObjects) {
 					depthWalk.markUnshallow(walker.parseAny(id));
+				}
 			}
 		} else {
 			for (RevObject obj : wantObjs)
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalk.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalk.java
index c8504937a..a7f7cd463 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalk.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalk.java
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public class RevWalk implements Iterable<RevCommit>, AutoCloseable {
 
 	ObjectIdOwnerMap<RevObject> objects;
 
-	private int freeFlags = APP_FLAGS;
+	int freeFlags = APP_FLAGS;
 
 	private int delayFreeFlags;