diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
index 058009d2fa..8c68cf0372 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-fsck - Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache]
+'git-fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--no-reflogs]
 		 [--full] [--strict] [<object>*]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ index file and all SHA1 references in .git/refs/* as heads.
 	Consider any object recorded in the index also as a head node for
 	an unreachability trace.
 
+--no-reflogs::
+	Do not consider commits that are referenced only by an
+	entry in a reflog to be reachable.  This option is meant
+	only to search for commits that used to be in a ref, but
+	now aren't, but are still in that corresponding reflog.
+
 --full::
 	Check not just objects in GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY
 	($GIT_DIR/objects), but also the ones found in alternate
diff --git a/builtin-fsck.c b/builtin-fsck.c
index 4e5aa33dfb..4d8b66c344 100644
--- a/builtin-fsck.c
+++ b/builtin-fsck.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 static int show_root;
 static int show_tags;
 static int show_unreachable;
+static int include_reflogs = 1;
 static int check_full;
 static int check_strict;
 static int keep_cache_objects;
@@ -517,7 +518,8 @@ static int fsck_handle_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int f
 static void get_default_heads(void)
 {
 	for_each_ref(fsck_handle_ref, NULL);
-	for_each_reflog(fsck_handle_reflog, NULL);
+	if (include_reflogs)
+		for_each_reflog(fsck_handle_reflog, NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * Not having any default heads isn't really fatal, but
@@ -616,6 +618,10 @@ int cmd_fsck(int argc, char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			keep_cache_objects = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-reflogs")) {
+			include_reflogs = 0;
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--full")) {
 			check_full = 1;
 			continue;
diff --git a/git-lost-found.sh b/git-lost-found.sh
index 9360804711..58570dff13 100755
--- a/git-lost-found.sh
+++ b/git-lost-found.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fi
 laf="$GIT_DIR/lost-found"
 rm -fr "$laf" && mkdir -p "$laf/commit" "$laf/other" || exit
 
-git fsck --full |
+git fsck --full --no-reflogs |
 while read dangling type sha1
 do
 	case "$dangling" in