diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index 8479f6ed28..c43decda70 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static void show_commit(struct commit *commit, void *data)
 			 */
 			if (buf.len && buf.buf[buf.len - 1] == '\n')
 				graph_show_padding(revs->graph);
-			putchar('\n');
+			putchar(info->hdr_termination);
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * If the message buffer is empty, just show
diff --git a/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh b/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh
index 3e752ce032..969e4e9e52 100755
--- a/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh
+++ b/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh
@@ -100,4 +100,18 @@ test_expect_success '--bisect and --first-parent can not be combined' '
 	test_must_fail git rev-list --bisect --first-parent HEAD
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--header shows a NUL after each commit' '
+	# We know that there is no Q in the true payload; names and
+	# addresses of the authors and the committers do not have
+	# any, and object names or header names do not, either.
+	git rev-list --header --max-count=2 HEAD |
+	nul_to_q |
+	grep "^Q" >actual &&
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	Q$(git rev-parse HEAD~1)
+	Q
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done