diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index d97461296d..1d6117565c 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -886,8 +886,17 @@ static int get_pack(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 	    ? fetch_fsck_objects
 	    : transfer_fsck_objects >= 0
 	    ? transfer_fsck_objects
-	    : 0)
-		argv_array_push(&cmd.args, "--strict");
+	    : 0) {
+		if (args->from_promisor)
+			/*
+			 * We cannot use --strict in index-pack because it
+			 * checks both broken objects and links, but we only
+			 * want to check for broken objects.
+			 */
+			argv_array_push(&cmd.args, "--fsck-objects");
+		else
+			argv_array_push(&cmd.args, "--strict");
+	}
 
 	cmd.in = demux.out;
 	cmd.git_cmd = 1;
diff --git a/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh b/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
index 29d8631184..cee5565367 100755
--- a/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
@@ -143,4 +143,15 @@ test_expect_success 'manual prefetch of missing objects' '
 	test_line_count = 0 observed.oids
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'partial clone with transfer.fsckobjects=1 uses index-pack --fsck-objects' '
+	git init src &&
+	test_commit -C src x &&
+	test_config -C src uploadpack.allowfilter 1 &&
+	test_config -C src uploadpack.allowanysha1inwant 1 &&
+
+	GIT_TRACE="$(pwd)/trace" git -c transfer.fsckobjects=1 \
+		clone --filter="blob:none" "file://$(pwd)/src" dst &&
+	grep "git index-pack.*--fsck-objects" trace
+'
+
 test_done