diff --git a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
index cbfad6cdbb..ba890b5884 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
@@ -63,3 +63,8 @@ fetch.negotiationAlgorithm::
 	Unknown values will cause 'git fetch' to error out.
 +
 See also the `--negotiation-tip` option for linkgit:git-fetch[1].
+
+fetch.showForcedUpdates::
+	Set to false to enable `--no-show-forced-updates` in
+	linkgit:git-fetch[1] and linkgit:git-pull[1] commands.
+	Defaults to true.
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 91c47752ec..5801d23ae4 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -221,6 +221,19 @@ endif::git-pull[]
 	When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
 	sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
 
+--show-forced-updates::
+	By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
+	fetch. This can be disabled through fetch.showForcedUpdates, but
+	the --show-forced-updates option guarantees this check occurs.
+	See linkgit:git-config[1].
+
+--no-show-forced-updates::
+	By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
+	fetch. Pass --no-show-forced-updates or set fetch.showForcedUpdates
+	to false to skip this check for performance reasons. If used during
+	'git-pull' the --ff-only option will still check for forced updates
+	before attempting a fast-forward update. See linkgit:git-config[1].
+
 -4::
 --ipv4::
 	Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses.
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 4ba63d5ac6..571c255218 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ enum {
 };
 
 static int fetch_prune_config = -1; /* unspecified */
+static int fetch_show_forced_updates = 1;
 static int prune = -1; /* unspecified */
 #define PRUNE_BY_DEFAULT 0 /* do we prune by default? */
 
@@ -79,6 +80,11 @@ static int git_fetch_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!strcmp(k, "fetch.showforcedupdates")) {
+		fetch_show_forced_updates = git_config_bool(k, v);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (!strcmp(k, "submodule.recurse")) {
 		int r = git_config_bool(k, v) ?
 			RECURSE_SUBMODULES_ON : RECURSE_SUBMODULES_OFF;
@@ -169,6 +175,8 @@ static struct option builtin_fetch_options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING_LIST(0, "negotiation-tip", &negotiation_tip, N_("revision"),
 			N_("report that we have only objects reachable from this object")),
 	OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER(&filter_options),
+	OPT_BOOL(0, "show-forced-updates", &fetch_show_forced_updates,
+		 N_("check for forced-updates on all updated branches")),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -773,9 +781,10 @@ static int update_local_ref(struct ref *ref,
 		return r;
 	}
 
-	if (in_merge_bases(current, updated)) {
+	if (!fetch_show_forced_updates || in_merge_bases(current, updated)) {
 		struct strbuf quickref = STRBUF_INIT;
 		int r;
+
 		strbuf_add_unique_abbrev(&quickref, &current->object.oid, DEFAULT_ABBREV);
 		strbuf_addstr(&quickref, "..");
 		strbuf_add_unique_abbrev(&quickref, &ref->new_oid, DEFAULT_ABBREV);
diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
index e98d90dd9b..139f7106f7 100755
--- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
@@ -978,4 +978,27 @@ test_expect_success '--negotiation-tip limits "have" lines sent with HTTP protoc
 	check_negotiation_tip
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--no-show-forced-updates' '
+	mkdir forced-updates &&
+	(
+		cd forced-updates &&
+		git init &&
+		test_commit 1 &&
+		test_commit 2
+	) &&
+	git clone forced-updates forced-update-clone &&
+	git clone forced-updates no-forced-update-clone &&
+	git -C forced-updates reset --hard HEAD~1 &&
+	(
+		cd forced-update-clone &&
+		git fetch --show-forced-updates origin 2>output &&
+		test_i18ngrep "(forced update)" output
+	) &&
+	(
+		cd no-forced-update-clone &&
+		git fetch --no-show-forced-updates origin 2>output &&
+		! test_i18ngrep "(forced update)" output
+	)
+'
+
 test_done