diff --git a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
index da6e72e696..b300e846f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-count-objects - Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git count-objects' [-v]
+'git count-objects' [-v] [-H | --human-readable]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ OPTIONS
 +
 count: the number of loose objects
 +
-size: disk space consumed by loose objects, in KiB
+size: disk space consumed by loose objects, in KiB (unless -H is specified)
 +
 in-pack: the number of in-pack objects
 +
-size-pack: disk space consumed by the packs, in KiB
+size-pack: disk space consumed by the packs, in KiB (unless -H is specified)
 +
 prune-packable: the number of loose objects that are also present in
 the packs. These objects could be pruned using `git prune-packed`.
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ the packs. These objects could be pruned using `git prune-packed`.
 garbage: the number of files in object database that are not valid
 loose objects nor valid packs
 +
-size-garbage: disk space consumed by garbage files, in KiB
+size-garbage: disk space consumed by garbage files, in KiB (unless -H is
+specified)
+
+-H::
+--human-readable::
+
+Print sizes in human readable format
 
 GIT
 ---
diff --git a/builtin/count-objects.c b/builtin/count-objects.c
index 3a01a8d085..a7f70cb858 100644
--- a/builtin/count-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/count-objects.c
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ static void count_objects(DIR *d, char *path, int len, int verbose,
 }
 
 static char const * const count_objects_usage[] = {
-	N_("git count-objects [-v]"),
+	N_("git count-objects [-v] [-H | --human-readable]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
 int cmd_count_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	int i, verbose = 0;
+	int i, verbose = 0, human_readable = 0;
 	const char *objdir = get_object_directory();
 	int len = strlen(objdir);
 	char *path = xmalloc(len + 50);
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ int cmd_count_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	off_t loose_size = 0;
 	struct option opts[] = {
 		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, N_("be verbose")),
+		OPT_BOOL('H', "human-readable", &human_readable,
+			 N_("print sizes in human readable format")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
@@ -119,6 +121,9 @@ int cmd_count_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		struct packed_git *p;
 		unsigned long num_pack = 0;
 		off_t size_pack = 0;
+		struct strbuf loose_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+		struct strbuf pack_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+		struct strbuf garbage_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 		if (!packed_git)
 			prepare_packed_git();
 		for (p = packed_git; p; p = p->next) {
@@ -130,17 +135,40 @@ int cmd_count_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			size_pack += p->pack_size + p->index_size;
 			num_pack++;
 		}
+
+		if (human_readable) {
+			strbuf_humanise_bytes(&loose_buf, loose_size);
+			strbuf_humanise_bytes(&pack_buf, size_pack);
+			strbuf_humanise_bytes(&garbage_buf, size_garbage);
+		} else {
+			strbuf_addf(&loose_buf, "%lu",
+				    (unsigned long)(loose_size / 1024));
+			strbuf_addf(&pack_buf, "%lu",
+				    (unsigned long)(size_pack / 1024));
+			strbuf_addf(&garbage_buf, "%lu",
+				    (unsigned long)(size_garbage / 1024));
+		}
+
 		printf("count: %lu\n", loose);
-		printf("size: %lu\n", (unsigned long) (loose_size / 1024));
+		printf("size: %s\n", loose_buf.buf);
 		printf("in-pack: %lu\n", packed);
 		printf("packs: %lu\n", num_pack);
-		printf("size-pack: %lu\n", (unsigned long) (size_pack / 1024));
+		printf("size-pack: %s\n", pack_buf.buf);
 		printf("prune-packable: %lu\n", packed_loose);
 		printf("garbage: %lu\n", garbage);
-		printf("size-garbage: %lu\n", (unsigned long) (size_garbage / 1024));
+		printf("size-garbage: %s\n", garbage_buf.buf);
+		strbuf_release(&loose_buf);
+		strbuf_release(&pack_buf);
+		strbuf_release(&garbage_buf);
+	} else {
+		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+		if (human_readable)
+			strbuf_humanise_bytes(&buf, loose_size);
+		else
+			strbuf_addf(&buf, "%lu kilobytes",
+				    (unsigned long)(loose_size / 1024));
+		printf("%lu objects, %s\n", loose, buf.buf);
+		strbuf_release(&buf);
 	}
-	else
-		printf("%lu objects, %lu kilobytes\n",
-		       loose, (unsigned long) (loose_size / 1024));
 	return 0;
 }