diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index 8c9e91e78c..fa7448be5a 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ static int transfer_unpack_limit = -1;
 static int unpack_limit = 100;
 static int report_status;
 static int use_sideband;
+static int quiet;
 static int prefer_ofs_delta = 1;
 static int auto_update_server_info;
 static int auto_gc = 1;
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ static void show_ref(const char *path, const unsigned char *sha1)
 	else
 		packet_write(1, "%s %s%c%s%s\n",
 			     sha1_to_hex(sha1), path, 0,
-			     " report-status delete-refs side-band-64k",
+			     " report-status delete-refs side-band-64k quiet",
 			     prefer_ofs_delta ? " ofs-delta" : "");
 	sent_capabilities = 1;
 }
@@ -748,10 +749,13 @@ static struct command *read_head_info(void)
 		refname = line + 82;
 		reflen = strlen(refname);
 		if (reflen + 82 < len) {
-			if (strstr(refname + reflen + 1, "report-status"))
+			const char *feature_list = refname + reflen + 1;
+			if (parse_feature_request(feature_list, "report-status"))
 				report_status = 1;
-			if (strstr(refname + reflen + 1, "side-band-64k"))
+			if (parse_feature_request(feature_list, "side-band-64k"))
 				use_sideband = LARGE_PACKET_MAX;
+			if (parse_feature_request(feature_list, "quiet"))
+				quiet = 1;
 		}
 		cmd = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct command) + len - 80);
 		hashcpy(cmd->old_sha1, old_sha1);
@@ -805,8 +809,10 @@ static const char *unpack(void)
 
 	if (ntohl(hdr.hdr_entries) < unpack_limit) {
 		int code, i = 0;
-		const char *unpacker[4];
+		const char *unpacker[5];
 		unpacker[i++] = "unpack-objects";
+		if (quiet)
+			unpacker[i++] = "-q";
 		if (fsck_objects)
 			unpacker[i++] = "--strict";
 		unpacker[i++] = hdr_arg;
@@ -901,6 +907,11 @@ int cmd_receive_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		const char *arg = *argv++;
 
 		if (*arg == '-') {
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--quiet")) {
+				quiet = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--advertise-refs")) {
 				advertise_refs = 1;
 				continue;
diff --git a/builtin/send-pack.c b/builtin/send-pack.c
index cd1115ffc6..71f258ef6e 100644
--- a/builtin/send-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/send-pack.c
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ int send_pack(struct send_pack_args *args,
 		args->use_ofs_delta = 1;
 	if (server_supports("side-band-64k"))
 		use_sideband = 1;
+	if (!server_supports("quiet"))
+		args->quiet = 0;
 
 	if (!remote_refs) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing.\n"
@@ -301,11 +303,12 @@ int send_pack(struct send_pack_args *args,
 			char *old_hex = sha1_to_hex(ref->old_sha1);
 			char *new_hex = sha1_to_hex(ref->new_sha1);
 
-			if (!cmds_sent && (status_report || use_sideband)) {
-				packet_buf_write(&req_buf, "%s %s %s%c%s%s",
+			if (!cmds_sent && (status_report || use_sideband || args->quiet)) {
+				packet_buf_write(&req_buf, "%s %s %s%c%s%s%s",
 					old_hex, new_hex, ref->name, 0,
 					status_report ? " report-status" : "",
-					use_sideband ? " side-band-64k" : "");
+					use_sideband ? " side-band-64k" : "",
+					args->quiet ? " quiet" : "");
 			}
 			else
 				packet_buf_write(&req_buf, "%s %s %s",
@@ -439,6 +442,10 @@ int cmd_send_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				args.force_update = 1;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--quiet")) {
+				args.quiet = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--verbose")) {
 				args.verbose = 1;
 				continue;
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 10afd71d43..9bd8c2d06c 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1037,6 +1037,7 @@ struct extra_have_objects {
 };
 extern struct ref **get_remote_heads(int in, struct ref **list, unsigned int flags, struct extra_have_objects *);
 extern int server_supports(const char *feature);
+extern const char *parse_feature_request(const char *features, const char *feature);
 
 extern struct packed_git *parse_pack_index(unsigned char *sha1, const char *idx_path);
 
diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index 2ea5c3c0fb..912cddeea8 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -101,8 +101,27 @@ struct ref **get_remote_heads(int in, struct ref **list,
 
 int server_supports(const char *feature)
 {
-	return server_capabilities &&
-		strstr(server_capabilities, feature) != NULL;
+	return !!parse_feature_request(server_capabilities, feature);
+}
+
+const char *parse_feature_request(const char *feature_list, const char *feature)
+{
+	int len;
+
+	if (!feature_list)
+		return NULL;
+
+	len = strlen(feature);
+	while (*feature_list) {
+		const char *found = strstr(feature_list, feature);
+		if (!found)
+			return NULL;
+		if ((feature_list == found || isspace(found[-1])) &&
+		    (!found[len] || isspace(found[len]) || found[len] == '='))
+			return found;
+		feature_list = found + 1;
+	}
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 enum protocol {
diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index 48c20b86f3..bcbc7fba4e 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -770,7 +770,9 @@ static int push_git(struct discovery *heads, int nr_spec, char **specs)
 		argv[argc++] = "--thin";
 	if (options.dry_run)
 		argv[argc++] = "--dry-run";
-	if (options.verbosity > 1)
+	if (options.verbosity == 0)
+		argv[argc++] = "--quiet";
+	else if (options.verbosity > 1)
 		argv[argc++] = "--verbose";
 	argv[argc++] = url;
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_spec; i++)
diff --git a/t/t5523-push-upstream.sh b/t/t5523-push-upstream.sh
index c229fe68f1..9ee52cfc45 100755
--- a/t/t5523-push-upstream.sh
+++ b/t/t5523-push-upstream.sh
@@ -108,4 +108,11 @@ test_expect_failure TTY 'push --no-progress suppresses progress' '
 	! grep "Writing objects" err
 '
 
+test_expect_success TTY 'quiet push' '
+	ensure_fresh_upstream &&
+
+	test_terminal git push --quiet --no-progress upstream master 2>&1 | tee output &&
+	test_cmp /dev/null output
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5541-http-push.sh b/t/t5541-http-push.sh
index 9b85d420c3..6c9ec6f117 100755
--- a/t/t5541-http-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5541-http-push.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ fi
 ROOT_PATH="$PWD"
 LIB_HTTPD_PORT=${LIB_HTTPD_PORT-'5541'}
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-terminal.sh
 start_httpd
 
 test_expect_success 'setup remote repository' '
@@ -186,5 +187,12 @@ test_expect_success 'push --mirror to repo with alternates' '
 	git push --mirror "$HTTPD_URL"/smart/alternates-mirror.git
 '
 
+test_expect_success TTY 'quiet push' '
+	cd "$ROOT_PATH"/test_repo_clone &&
+	test_commit quiet &&
+	test_terminal git push --quiet --no-progress 2>&1 | tee output &&
+	test_cmp /dev/null output
+'
+
 stop_httpd
 test_done
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index 6f36f6255c..0d11e21a68 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ static void receive_needs(void)
 		write_str_in_full(debug_fd, "#S\n");
 	for (;;) {
 		struct object *o;
+		const char *features;
 		unsigned char sha1_buf[20];
 		len = packet_read_line(0, line, sizeof(line));
 		reset_timeout();
@@ -616,23 +617,26 @@ static void receive_needs(void)
 		    get_sha1_hex(line+5, sha1_buf))
 			die("git upload-pack: protocol error, "
 			    "expected to get sha, not '%s'", line);
-		if (strstr(line+45, "multi_ack_detailed"))
+
+		features = line + 45;
+
+		if (parse_feature_request(features, "multi_ack_detailed"))
 			multi_ack = 2;
-		else if (strstr(line+45, "multi_ack"))
+		else if (parse_feature_request(features, "multi_ack"))
 			multi_ack = 1;
-		if (strstr(line+45, "no-done"))
+		if (parse_feature_request(features, "no-done"))
 			no_done = 1;
-		if (strstr(line+45, "thin-pack"))
+		if (parse_feature_request(features, "thin-pack"))
 			use_thin_pack = 1;
-		if (strstr(line+45, "ofs-delta"))
+		if (parse_feature_request(features, "ofs-delta"))
 			use_ofs_delta = 1;
-		if (strstr(line+45, "side-band-64k"))
+		if (parse_feature_request(features, "side-band-64k"))
 			use_sideband = LARGE_PACKET_MAX;
-		else if (strstr(line+45, "side-band"))
+		else if (parse_feature_request(features, "side-band"))
 			use_sideband = DEFAULT_PACKET_MAX;
-		if (strstr(line+45, "no-progress"))
+		if (parse_feature_request(features, "no-progress"))
 			no_progress = 1;
-		if (strstr(line+45, "include-tag"))
+		if (parse_feature_request(features, "include-tag"))
 			use_include_tag = 1;
 
 		o = lookup_object(sha1_buf);