diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index e11e619d0d..a7c4c9b5ff 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "credential.h"
 #include "sha1-array.h"
 #include "send-pack.h"
+#include "quote.h"
 
 static struct remote *remote;
 /* always ends with a trailing slash */
@@ -145,7 +146,15 @@ static int set_option(const char *name, const char *value)
 			return -1;
 		return 0;
 	} else if (!strcmp(name, "push-option")) {
-		string_list_append(&options.push_options, value);
+		if (*value != '"')
+			string_list_append(&options.push_options, value);
+		else {
+			struct strbuf unquoted = STRBUF_INIT;
+			if (unquote_c_style(&unquoted, value, NULL) < 0)
+				die("invalid quoting in push-option value");
+			string_list_append_nodup(&options.push_options,
+						 strbuf_detach(&unquoted, NULL));
+		}
 		return 0;
 
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070a08
diff --git a/t/t5545-push-options.sh b/t/t5545-push-options.sh
index 463783789c..b47a95871c 100755
--- a/t/t5545-push-options.sh
+++ b/t/t5545-push-options.sh
@@ -217,17 +217,32 @@ test_expect_success 'invalid push option in config' '
 	test_refs master HEAD@{1}
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push options keep quoted characters intact (direct)' '
+	mk_repo_pair &&
+	git -C upstream config receive.advertisePushOptions true &&
+	test_commit -C workbench one &&
+	git -C workbench push --push-option="\"embedded quotes\"" up master &&
+	echo "\"embedded quotes\"" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect upstream/.git/hooks/pre-receive.push_options
+'
+
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
 start_httpd
 
-test_expect_success 'push option denied properly by http server' '
+# set up http repository for fetching/pushing, with push options config
+# bool set to $1
+mk_http_pair () {
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf test_http_clone" &&
-	test_when_finished "rm -rf \"$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH\"/upstream.git" &&
+	test_when_finished 'rm -rf "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/upstream.git' &&
 	mk_repo_pair &&
-	git -C upstream config receive.advertisePushOptions false &&
+	git -C upstream config receive.advertisePushOptions "$1" &&
 	git -C upstream config http.receivepack true &&
 	cp -R upstream/.git "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/upstream.git &&
-	git clone "$HTTPD_URL"/smart/upstream test_http_clone &&
+	git clone "$HTTPD_URL"/smart/upstream test_http_clone
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'push option denied properly by http server' '
+	mk_http_pair false &&
 	test_commit -C test_http_clone one &&
 	test_must_fail git -C test_http_clone push --push-option=asdf origin master 2>actual &&
 	test_i18ngrep "the receiving end does not support push options" actual &&
@@ -235,13 +250,7 @@ test_expect_success 'push option denied properly by http server' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'push options work properly across http' '
-	test_when_finished "rm -rf test_http_clone" &&
-	test_when_finished "rm -rf \"$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH\"/upstream.git" &&
-	mk_repo_pair &&
-	git -C upstream config receive.advertisePushOptions true &&
-	git -C upstream config http.receivepack true &&
-	cp -R upstream/.git "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/upstream.git &&
-	git clone "$HTTPD_URL"/smart/upstream test_http_clone &&
+	mk_http_pair true &&
 
 	test_commit -C test_http_clone one &&
 	git -C test_http_clone push origin master &&
@@ -260,6 +269,15 @@ test_expect_success 'push options work properly across http' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push options keep quoted characters intact (http)' '
+	mk_http_pair true &&
+
+	test_commit -C test_http_clone one &&
+	git -C test_http_clone push --push-option="\"embedded quotes\"" origin master &&
+	echo "\"embedded quotes\"" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/upstream.git/hooks/pre-receive.push_options
+'
+
 stop_httpd
 
 test_done