diff --git a/builtin/fetch-pack.c b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
index 1a1bc63566..2cea218fed 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ int cmd_fetch_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct oid_array shallow = OID_ARRAY_INIT;
 	struct string_list deepen_not = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
 	struct packet_reader reader;
+	enum protocol_version version;
 
 	fetch_if_missing = 0;
 
@@ -218,9 +219,11 @@ int cmd_fetch_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			   PACKET_READ_CHOMP_NEWLINE |
 			   PACKET_READ_GENTLE_ON_EOF);
 
-	switch (discover_version(&reader)) {
+	version = discover_version(&reader);
+	switch (version) {
 	case protocol_v2:
-		die("support for protocol v2 not implemented yet");
+		get_remote_refs(fd[1], &reader, &ref, 0, NULL, NULL);
+		break;
 	case protocol_v1:
 	case protocol_v0:
 		get_remote_heads(&reader, &ref, 0, NULL, &shallow);
@@ -230,7 +233,7 @@ int cmd_fetch_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	ref = fetch_pack(&args, fd, conn, ref, dest, sought, nr_sought,
-			 &shallow, pack_lockfile_ptr, protocol_v0);
+			 &shallow, pack_lockfile_ptr, version);
 	if (pack_lockfile) {
 		printf("lock %s\n", pack_lockfile);
 		fflush(stdout);
diff --git a/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh b/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
index 1b5a4a6d38..71b0de12aa 100755
--- a/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
+++ b/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
@@ -436,15 +436,23 @@ test_expect_success 'setup tests for the --stdin parameter' '
 	) >input.dup
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'fetch refs from cmdline' '
-	(
-		cd client &&
-		git fetch-pack --no-progress .. $(cat ../input)
-	) >output &&
-	cut -d " " -f 2 <output | sort >actual &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
+test_expect_success 'setup fetch refs from cmdline v[12]' '
+	cp -r client client1 &&
+	cp -r client client2
 '
 
+for version in '' 1 2
+do
+	test_expect_success "protocol.version=$version fetch refs from cmdline" "
+		(
+			cd client$version &&
+			GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION=$version git fetch-pack --no-progress .. \$(cat ../input)
+		) >output &&
+		cut -d ' ' -f 2 <output | sort >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	"
+done
+
 test_expect_success 'fetch refs from stdin' '
 	(
 		cd client &&