diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index cbf0b99c44..2d2d06d7ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ include::config/pager.txt[]
 
 include::config/pretty.txt[]
 
+include::config/promisor.txt[]
+
 include::config/protocol.txt[]
 
 include::config/pull.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/config/promisor.txt b/Documentation/config/promisor.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98c5cb2ec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/config/promisor.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+promisor.quiet::
+	If set to "true" assume `--quiet` when fetching additional
+	objects for a partial clone.
diff --git a/promisor-remote.c b/promisor-remote.c
index b414922c44..2ca7c2ae48 100644
--- a/promisor-remote.c
+++ b/promisor-remote.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ static int fetch_objects(struct repository *repo,
 	struct child_process child = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 	int i;
 	FILE *child_in;
+	int quiet;
 
 	if (git_env_bool(NO_LAZY_FETCH_ENVIRONMENT, 0)) {
 		static int warning_shown;
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ static int fetch_objects(struct repository *repo,
 		     "fetch", remote_name, "--no-tags",
 		     "--no-write-fetch-head", "--recurse-submodules=no",
 		     "--filter=blob:none", "--stdin", NULL);
+	if (!git_config_get_bool("promisor.quiet", &quiet) && quiet)
+		strvec_push(&child.args, "--quiet");
 	if (start_command(&child))
 		die(_("promisor-remote: unable to fork off fetch subprocess"));
 	child_in = xfdopen(child.in, "w");
diff --git a/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh b/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
index 7797391c03..2c30c86e7b 100755
--- a/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 test_description='partial clone'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-terminal.sh
 
 # missing promisor objects cause repacks which write bitmaps to fail
 GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX_WRITE_BITMAP=0
@@ -708,6 +709,48 @@ test_expect_success 'push should not fetch new commit objects' '
 	grep "^[?]$COMMIT" objects
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'setup for promisor.quiet tests' '
+	rm -rf server &&
+	test_create_repo server &&
+	test_commit -C server foo &&
+	git -C server rm foo.t &&
+	git -C server commit -m remove &&
+	git -C server config uploadpack.allowanysha1inwant 1 &&
+	git -C server config uploadpack.allowfilter 1
+'
+
+test_expect_success TTY 'promisor.quiet=false shows progress messages' '
+	rm -rf repo &&
+	git clone --filter=blob:none "file://$(pwd)/server" repo &&
+	git -C repo config promisor.quiet "false" &&
+
+	test_terminal git -C repo cat-file -p foo:foo.t 2>err &&
+
+	# Ensure that progress messages are written
+	grep "Receiving objects" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success TTY 'promisor.quiet=true does not show progress messages' '
+	rm -rf repo &&
+	git clone --filter=blob:none "file://$(pwd)/server" repo &&
+	git -C repo config promisor.quiet "true" &&
+
+	test_terminal git -C repo cat-file -p foo:foo.t 2>err &&
+
+	# Ensure that no progress messages are written
+	! grep "Receiving objects" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success TTY 'promisor.quiet=unconfigured shows progress messages' '
+	rm -rf repo &&
+	git clone --filter=blob:none "file://$(pwd)/server" repo &&
+
+	test_terminal git -C repo cat-file -p foo:foo.t 2>err &&
+
+	# Ensure that progress messages are written
+	grep "Receiving objects" err
+'
+
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
 start_httpd