diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPackTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPackTest.java
index b83cf1fb7..9a50fb7ce 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPackTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPackTest.java
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.dfs.InMemoryRepository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.TestRepository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.NullProgressMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Sets;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.TextProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevBlob;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevTree;
@@ -535,6 +537,13 @@ private void parsePack(ByteArrayInputStream recvStream) throws Exception {
 		SideBandInputStream sb = new SideBandInputStream(
 				recvStream, NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE,
 				new StringWriter(), NullOutputStream.INSTANCE);
+		parsePack(recvStream, NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE);
+	}
+
+	private void parsePack(ByteArrayInputStream recvStream, ProgressMonitor pm)
+			throws Exception {
+		SideBandInputStream sb = new SideBandInputStream(
+				recvStream, pm, new StringWriter(), NullOutputStream.INSTANCE);
 		client.newObjectInserter().newPackParser(sb).parse(NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE);
 	}
 
@@ -781,6 +790,39 @@ public void testV2FetchThinPack() throws Exception {
 		parsePack(recvStream);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testV2FetchNoProgress() throws Exception {
+		RevCommit commit = remote.commit().message("x").create();
+		remote.update("branch1", commit);
+
+		// Without no-progress, progress is reported.
+		StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+		ByteArrayInputStream recvStream = uploadPackV2(
+			"command=fetch\n",
+			PacketLineIn.DELIM,
+			"want " + commit.toObjectId().getName() + "\n",
+			"done\n",
+			PacketLineIn.END);
+		PacketLineIn pckIn = new PacketLineIn(recvStream);
+		assertThat(pckIn.readString(), is("packfile"));
+		parsePack(recvStream, new TextProgressMonitor(sw));
+		assertFalse(sw.toString().isEmpty());
+
+		// With no-progress, progress is not reported.
+		sw = new StringWriter();
+		recvStream = uploadPackV2(
+			"command=fetch\n",
+			PacketLineIn.DELIM,
+			"want " + commit.toObjectId().getName() + "\n",
+			"no-progress\n",
+			"done\n",
+			PacketLineIn.END);
+		pckIn = new PacketLineIn(recvStream);
+		assertThat(pckIn.readString(), is("packfile"));
+		parsePack(recvStream, new TextProgressMonitor(sw));
+		assertTrue(sw.toString().isEmpty());
+	}
+
 	private static class RejectAllRefFilter implements RefFilter {
 		@Override
 		public Map<String, Ref> filter(Map<String, Ref> refs) {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java
index ecafc638d..5c02ae965 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java
@@ -956,6 +956,8 @@ private void fetchV2() throws IOException {
 				doneReceived = true;
 			} else if (line.equals(OPTION_THIN_PACK)) {
 				options.add(OPTION_THIN_PACK);
+			} else if (line.equals(OPTION_NO_PROGRESS)) {
+				options.add(OPTION_NO_PROGRESS);
 			}
 			// else ignore it
 		}