diff --git a/builtin/push.c b/builtin/push.c
index f7bc2b292f..235ca12455 100644
--- a/builtin/push.c
+++ b/builtin/push.c
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ static int push_with_options(struct transport *transport, int flags)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (nonfastforward && advice_push_nonfastforward) {
-		printf("To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected\n"
-		       "Merge the remote changes before pushing again.  See the 'Note about\n"
-		       "fast-forwards' section of 'git push --help' for details.\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected\n"
+				"Merge the remote changes before pushing again.  See the 'Note about\n"
+				"fast-forwards' section of 'git push --help' for details.\n");
 	}
 
 	return 1;
diff --git a/builtin/send-pack.c b/builtin/send-pack.c
index 6019eac918..481602d8ae 100644
--- a/builtin/send-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/send-pack.c
@@ -361,6 +361,10 @@ int send_pack(struct send_pack_args *args,
 
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
+
+	if (args->porcelain)
+		return 0;
+
 	for (ref = remote_refs; ref; ref = ref->next) {
 		switch (ref->status) {
 		case REF_STATUS_NONE:
diff --git a/send-pack.h b/send-pack.h
index 28141ac913..60b4ba66eb 100644
--- a/send-pack.h
+++ b/send-pack.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 struct send_pack_args {
 	unsigned verbose:1,
 		quiet:1,
+		porcelain:1,
 		send_mirror:1,
 		force_update:1,
 		use_thin_pack:1,
diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index 0f04b2e894..2de98e6561 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -660,4 +660,54 @@ test_expect_success 'push with branches containing #' '
 	git checkout master
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push --porcelain' '
+	mk_empty &&
+	echo >.git/foo  "To testrepo" &&
+	echo >>.git/foo "*	refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master	[new branch]"  &&
+	echo >>.git/foo "Done" &&
+	git push >.git/bar --porcelain  testrepo refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master &&
+	(
+		cd testrepo &&
+		r=$(git show-ref -s --verify refs/remotes/origin/master) &&
+		test "z$r" = "z$the_commit" &&
+		test 1 = $(git for-each-ref refs/remotes/origin | wc -l)
+	) &&
+	test_cmp .git/foo .git/bar
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'push --porcelain bad url' '
+	mk_empty &&
+	test_must_fail git push >.git/bar --porcelain asdfasdfasd refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master &&
+	test_must_fail grep -q Done .git/bar
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'push --porcelain rejected' '
+	mk_empty &&
+	git push testrepo refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master &&
+	(cd testrepo &&
+		git reset --hard origin/master^
+		git config receive.denyCurrentBranch true) &&
+
+	echo >.git/foo  "To testrepo"  &&
+	echo >>.git/foo "!	refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master	[remote rejected] (branch is currently checked out)" &&
+
+	test_must_fail git push >.git/bar --porcelain  testrepo refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master &&
+	test_cmp .git/foo .git/bar
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'push --porcelain --dry-run rejected' '
+	mk_empty &&
+	git push testrepo refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master &&
+	(cd testrepo &&
+		git reset --hard origin/master
+		git config receive.denyCurrentBranch true) &&
+
+	echo >.git/foo  "To testrepo"  &&
+	echo >>.git/foo "!	refs/heads/master^:refs/heads/master	[rejected] (non-fast-forward)" &&
+	echo >>.git/foo "Done" &&
+
+	test_must_fail git push >.git/bar --porcelain  --dry-run testrepo refs/heads/master^:refs/heads/master &&
+	test_cmp .git/foo .git/bar
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index f07bd33e86..825be9456c 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static void print_ok_ref_status(struct ref *ref, int porcelain)
 static int print_one_push_status(struct ref *ref, const char *dest, int count, int porcelain)
 {
 	if (!count)
-		fprintf(stderr, "To %s\n", dest);
+		fprintf(porcelain ? stdout : stderr, "To %s\n", dest);
 
 	switch(ref->status) {
 	case REF_STATUS_NONE:
@@ -789,6 +789,7 @@ static int git_transport_push(struct transport *transport, struct ref *remote_re
 	args.verbose = !!(flags & TRANSPORT_PUSH_VERBOSE);
 	args.quiet = !!(flags & TRANSPORT_PUSH_QUIET);
 	args.dry_run = !!(flags & TRANSPORT_PUSH_DRY_RUN);
+	args.porcelain = !!(flags & TRANSPORT_PUSH_PORCELAIN);
 
 	ret = send_pack(&args, data->fd, data->conn, remote_refs,
 			&data->extra_have);
@@ -1049,7 +1050,7 @@ int transport_push(struct transport *transport,
 		int quiet = flags & TRANSPORT_PUSH_QUIET;
 		int porcelain = flags & TRANSPORT_PUSH_PORCELAIN;
 		int pretend = flags & TRANSPORT_PUSH_DRY_RUN;
-		int ret, err;
+		int push_ret, ret, err;
 
 		if (flags & TRANSPORT_PUSH_ALL)
 			match_flags |= MATCH_REFS_ALL;
@@ -1065,10 +1066,9 @@ int transport_push(struct transport *transport,
 			flags & TRANSPORT_PUSH_MIRROR,
 			flags & TRANSPORT_PUSH_FORCE);
 
-		ret = transport->push_refs(transport, remote_refs, flags);
+		push_ret = transport->push_refs(transport, remote_refs, flags);
 		err = push_had_errors(remote_refs);
-
-		ret |= err;
+		ret = push_ret | err;
 
 		if (!quiet || err)
 			transport_print_push_status(transport->url, remote_refs,
@@ -1084,8 +1084,11 @@ int transport_push(struct transport *transport,
 				transport_update_tracking_ref(transport->remote, ref, verbose);
 		}
 
-		if (!quiet && !ret && !transport_refs_pushed(remote_refs))
+		if (porcelain && !push_ret)
+			puts("Done");
+		else if (!quiet && !ret && !transport_refs_pushed(remote_refs))
 			fprintf(stderr, "Everything up-to-date\n");
+
 		return ret;
 	}
 	return 1;