diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index f7e17d2295..44b716923f 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ static int checkout(int submodule_progress)
 
 	if (!err && (option_recurse_submodules.nr > 0)) {
 		struct argv_array args = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
-		argv_array_pushl(&args, "submodule", "update", "--init", "--recursive", NULL);
+		argv_array_pushl(&args, "submodule", "update", "--require-init", "--recursive", NULL);
 
 		if (option_shallow_submodules == 1)
 			argv_array_push(&args, "--depth=1");
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index 676cfed770..79156fac45 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "connect.h"
+#include "dir.h"
 
 static char *get_default_remote(void)
 {
@@ -623,6 +624,7 @@ static int module_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	char *p, *path = NULL, *sm_gitdir;
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct string_list reference = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+	int require_init = 0;
 	char *sm_alternate = NULL, *error_strategy = NULL;
 
 	struct option module_clone_options[] = {
@@ -647,6 +649,8 @@ static int module_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "Suppress output for cloning a submodule"),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &progress,
 			   N_("force cloning progress")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "require-init", &require_init,
+			   N_("disallow cloning into non-empty directory")),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -685,6 +689,8 @@ static int module_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			die(_("clone of '%s' into submodule path '%s' failed"),
 			    url, path);
 	} else {
+		if (require_init && !access(path, X_OK) && !is_empty_dir(path))
+			die(_("directory not empty: '%s'"), path);
 		if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(path) < 0)
 			die(_("could not create directory '%s'"), path);
 		strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/index", sm_gitdir);
@@ -733,6 +739,7 @@ struct submodule_update_clone {
 	int quiet;
 	int recommend_shallow;
 	struct string_list references;
+	unsigned require_init;
 	const char *depth;
 	const char *recursive_prefix;
 	const char *prefix;
@@ -748,7 +755,7 @@ struct submodule_update_clone {
 	int failed_clones_nr, failed_clones_alloc;
 };
 #define SUBMODULE_UPDATE_CLONE_INIT {0, MODULE_LIST_INIT, 0, \
-	SUBMODULE_UPDATE_STRATEGY_INIT, 0, 0, -1, STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, \
+	SUBMODULE_UPDATE_STRATEGY_INIT, 0, 0, -1, STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, 0, \
 	NULL, NULL, NULL, \
 	STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, 0, NULL, 0, 0}
 
@@ -850,6 +857,8 @@ static int prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 		argv_array_pushl(&child->args, "--prefix", suc->prefix, NULL);
 	if (suc->recommend_shallow && sub->recommend_shallow == 1)
 		argv_array_push(&child->args, "--depth=1");
+	if (suc->require_init)
+		argv_array_push(&child->args, "--require-init");
 	argv_array_pushl(&child->args, "--path", sub->path, NULL);
 	argv_array_pushl(&child->args, "--name", sub->name, NULL);
 	argv_array_pushl(&child->args, "--url", sub->url, NULL);
@@ -992,6 +1001,8 @@ static int update_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT__QUIET(&suc.quiet, N_("don't print cloning progress")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &suc.progress,
 			    N_("force cloning progress")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "require-init", &suc.require_init,
+			   N_("disallow cloning into non-empty directory")),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 8f260fbd9c..e4843a5874 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ reference=
 cached=
 recursive=
 init=
+require_init=
 files=
 remote=
 nofetch=
@@ -528,6 +529,10 @@ cmd_update()
 		-i|--init)
 			init=1
 			;;
+		--require-init)
+			init=1
+			require_init=1
+			;;
 		--remote)
 			remote=1
 			;;
@@ -606,6 +611,7 @@ cmd_update()
 		${update:+--update "$update"} \
 		${reference:+"$reference"} \
 		${depth:+--depth "$depth"} \
+		${require_init:+--require-init} \
 		${recommend_shallow:+"$recommend_shallow"} \
 		${jobs:+$jobs} \
 		"$@" || echo "#unmatched" $?
diff --git a/t/t7415-submodule-names.sh b/t/t7415-submodule-names.sh
index 75fa071c6d..e1cd0a3545 100755
--- a/t/t7415-submodule-names.sh
+++ b/t/t7415-submodule-names.sh
@@ -73,4 +73,35 @@ test_expect_success 'clone evil superproject' '
 	! grep "RUNNING POST CHECKOUT" output
 '
 
+test_expect_success MINGW 'prevent git~1 squatting on Windows' '
+	git init squatting &&
+	(
+		cd squatting &&
+		mkdir a &&
+		touch a/..git &&
+		git add a/..git &&
+		test_tick &&
+		git commit -m initial &&
+
+		modules="$(test_write_lines \
+			"[submodule \"b.\"]" "url = ." "path = c" \
+			"[submodule \"b\"]" "url = ." "path = d\\\\a" |
+			git hash-object -w --stdin)" &&
+		rev="$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)" &&
+		hash="$(echo x | git hash-object -w --stdin)" &&
+		git update-index --add \
+			--cacheinfo 100644,$modules,.gitmodules \
+			--cacheinfo 160000,$rev,c \
+			--cacheinfo 160000,$rev,d\\a \
+			--cacheinfo 100644,$hash,d./a/x \
+			--cacheinfo 100644,$hash,d./a/..git &&
+		test_tick &&
+		git commit -m "module"
+	) &&
+	test_must_fail git \
+		clone --recurse-submodules squatting squatting-clone 2>err &&
+	test_i18ngrep "directory not empty" err &&
+	! grep gitdir squatting-clone/d/a/git~2
+'
+
 test_done