diff --git a/builtin/bisect--helper.c b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
index 31eba522ff..7ad9b4d55b 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ static const char * const git_bisect_helper_usage[] = {
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-state (bad|new) [<rev>]"),
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-state (good|old) [<rev>...]"),
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-replay <filename>"),
+	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-skip [(<rev>|<range>)...]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -992,6 +993,41 @@ static enum bisect_error bisect_replay(struct bisect_terms *terms, const char *f
 	return bisect_auto_next(terms, NULL);
 }
 
+static enum bisect_error bisect_skip(struct bisect_terms *terms, const char **argv, int argc)
+{
+	int i;
+	enum bisect_error res;
+	struct strvec argv_state = STRVEC_INIT;
+
+	strvec_push(&argv_state, "skip");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+		const char *dotdot = strstr(argv[i], "..");
+
+		if (dotdot) {
+			struct rev_info revs;
+			struct commit *commit;
+
+			init_revisions(&revs, NULL);
+			setup_revisions(2, argv + i - 1, &revs, NULL);
+
+			if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
+				die(_("revision walk setup failed\n"));
+			while ((commit = get_revision(&revs)) != NULL)
+				strvec_push(&argv_state,
+						oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
+
+			reset_revision_walk();
+		} else {
+			strvec_push(&argv_state, argv[i]);
+		}
+	}
+	res = bisect_state(terms, argv_state.v, argv_state.nr);
+
+	strvec_clear(&argv_state);
+	return res;
+}
+
 int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	enum {
@@ -1004,7 +1040,8 @@ int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		BISECT_NEXT,
 		BISECT_STATE,
 		BISECT_LOG,
-		BISECT_REPLAY
+		BISECT_REPLAY,
+		BISECT_SKIP
 	} cmdmode = 0;
 	int res = 0, nolog = 0;
 	struct option options[] = {
@@ -1026,6 +1063,8 @@ int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			 N_("list the bisection steps so far"), BISECT_LOG),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "bisect-replay", &cmdmode,
 			 N_("replay the bisection process from the given file"), BISECT_REPLAY),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "bisect-skip", &cmdmode,
+			 N_("skip some commits for checkout"), BISECT_SKIP),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "no-log", &nolog,
 			 N_("no log for BISECT_WRITE")),
 		OPT_END()
@@ -1088,6 +1127,10 @@ int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		set_terms(&terms, "bad", "good");
 		res = bisect_replay(&terms, argv[0]);
 		break;
+	case BISECT_SKIP:
+		set_terms(&terms, "bad", "good");
+		res = bisect_skip(&terms, argv, argc);
+		break;
 	default:
 		BUG("unknown subcommand %d", cmdmode);
 	}
diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
index e834154e29..6a7afaea8d 100755
--- a/git-bisect.sh
+++ b/git-bisect.sh
@@ -39,21 +39,6 @@ _x40="$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40"
 TERM_BAD=bad
 TERM_GOOD=good
 
-bisect_skip() {
-	all=''
-	for arg in "$@"
-	do
-		case "$arg" in
-		*..*)
-			revs=$(git rev-list "$arg") || die "$(eval_gettext "Bad rev input: \$arg")" ;;
-		*)
-			revs=$(git rev-parse --sq-quote "$arg") ;;
-		esac
-		all="$all $revs"
-	done
-	eval git bisect--helper --bisect-state 'skip' $all
-}
-
 bisect_visualize() {
 	git bisect--helper --bisect-next-check $TERM_GOOD $TERM_BAD fail || exit
 
@@ -162,7 +147,7 @@ case "$#" in
 	bad|good|new|old|"$TERM_BAD"|"$TERM_GOOD")
 		git bisect--helper --bisect-state "$cmd" "$@" ;;
 	skip)
-		bisect_skip "$@" ;;
+		git bisect--helper --bisect-skip "$@" || exit;;
 	next)
 		# Not sure we want "next" at the UI level anymore.
 		git bisect--helper --bisect-next "$@" || exit ;;