diff --git a/t/lib-httpd.sh b/t/lib-httpd.sh
index 1f6b9b08d1..ba9fe36772 100644
--- a/t/lib-httpd.sh
+++ b/t/lib-httpd.sh
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ prepare_httpd() {
 	fi
 }
 
+enable_http2 () {
+	HTTPD_PARA="$HTTPD_PARA -DHTTP2"
+	test_set_prereq HTTP2
+}
+
 start_httpd() {
 	prepare_httpd >&3 2>&4
 
diff --git a/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf b/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
index 706799391b..0294739a77 100644
--- a/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
+++ b/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ ErrorLog error.log
 	LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so
 </IfModule>
 
+<IfDefine HTTP2>
+LoadModule http2_module modules/mod_http2.so
+Protocols h2c
+</IfDefine>
+
 <IfVersion < 2.4>
 LockFile accept.lock
 </IfVersion>
@@ -64,12 +69,20 @@ LockFile accept.lock
 <IfModule !mod_access_compat.c>
 	LoadModule access_compat_module modules/mod_access_compat.so
 </IfModule>
-<IfModule !mod_mpm_prefork.c>
-	LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so
-</IfModule>
 <IfModule !mod_unixd.c>
 	LoadModule unixd_module modules/mod_unixd.so
 </IfModule>
+
+<IfDefine HTTP2>
+<IfModule !mod_mpm_event.c>
+	LoadModule mpm_event_module modules/mod_mpm_event.so
+</IfModule>
+</IfDefine>
+<IfDefine !HTTP2>
+<IfModule !mod_mpm_prefork.c>
+	LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so
+</IfModule>
+</IfDefine>
 </IfVersion>
 
 PassEnv GIT_VALGRIND
diff --git a/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh b/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
index 64c6c9f59e..9826631926 100755
--- a/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
+++ b/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-test_description='test smart fetching over http via http-backend'
+: ${HTTP_PROTO:=HTTP}
+test_description="test smart fetching over http via http-backend ($HTTP_PROTO)"
 GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
 export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
+test "$HTTP_PROTO" = "HTTP/2" && enable_http2
 start_httpd
 
+test_expect_success HTTP2 'enable client-side http/2' '
+	git config --global http.version HTTP/2
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'setup repository' '
 	git config push.default matching &&
 	echo content >file &&
@@ -194,7 +200,7 @@ test_expect_success 'redirects send auth to new location' '
 	expect_askpass both user@host auth/smart/repo.git
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'GIT_TRACE_CURL redacts auth details' '
+test_expect_success !HTTP2 'GIT_TRACE_CURL redacts auth details' '
 	rm -rf redact-auth trace &&
 	set_askpass user@host pass@host &&
 	GIT_TRACE_CURL="$(pwd)/trace" git clone --bare "$HTTPD_URL/auth/smart/repo.git" redact-auth &&
@@ -206,7 +212,7 @@ test_expect_success 'GIT_TRACE_CURL redacts auth details' '
 	grep -i "Authorization: Basic <redacted>" trace
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'GIT_CURL_VERBOSE redacts auth details' '
+test_expect_success !HTTP2 'GIT_CURL_VERBOSE redacts auth details' '
 	rm -rf redact-auth trace &&
 	set_askpass user@host pass@host &&
 	GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git clone --bare "$HTTPD_URL/auth/smart/repo.git" redact-auth 2>trace &&
@@ -347,7 +353,10 @@ test_expect_success CMDLINE_LIMIT \
 test_expect_success 'large fetch-pack requests can be sent using chunked encoding' '
 	GIT_TRACE_CURL=true git -c http.postbuffer=65536 \
 		clone --bare "$HTTPD_URL/smart/repo.git" split.git 2>err &&
-	grep "^=> Send header: Transfer-Encoding: chunked" err
+	{
+		test_have_prereq HTTP2 ||
+		grep "^=> Send header: Transfer-Encoding: chunked" err
+	}
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'test allowreachablesha1inwant' '
@@ -473,7 +482,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch by SHA-1 without tag following' '
 		--no-tags origin $(cat bar_hash)
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'cookies are redacted by default' '
+test_expect_success !HTTP2 'cookies are redacted by default' '
 	rm -rf clone &&
 	echo "Set-Cookie: Foo=1" >cookies &&
 	echo "Set-Cookie: Bar=2" >>cookies &&
diff --git a/t/t5559-http-fetch-smart-http2.sh b/t/t5559-http-fetch-smart-http2.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9eece71c2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t5559-http-fetch-smart-http2.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+HTTP_PROTO=HTTP/2
+. ./t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh