diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index 73890b8943..0b4a9f288f 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -1102,9 +1102,10 @@ static void add_shallow_requests(struct strbuf *req_buf,
 
 static void add_wants(const struct ref *wants, struct strbuf *req_buf)
 {
+	int use_ref_in_want = server_supports_feature("fetch", "ref-in-want", 0);
+
 	for ( ; wants ; wants = wants->next) {
 		const struct object_id *remote = &wants->old_oid;
-		const char *remote_hex;
 		struct object *o;
 
 		/*
@@ -1122,8 +1123,10 @@ static void add_wants(const struct ref *wants, struct strbuf *req_buf)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		remote_hex = oid_to_hex(remote);
-		packet_buf_write(req_buf, "want %s\n", remote_hex);
+		if (!use_ref_in_want || wants->exact_oid)
+			packet_buf_write(req_buf, "want %s\n", oid_to_hex(remote));
+		else
+			packet_buf_write(req_buf, "want-ref %s\n", wants->name);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1334,6 +1337,32 @@ static void receive_shallow_info(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 	args->deepen = 1;
 }
 
+static void receive_wanted_refs(struct packet_reader *reader, struct ref *refs)
+{
+	process_section_header(reader, "wanted-refs", 0);
+	while (packet_reader_read(reader) == PACKET_READ_NORMAL) {
+		struct object_id oid;
+		const char *end;
+		struct ref *r = NULL;
+
+		if (parse_oid_hex(reader->line, &oid, &end) || *end++ != ' ')
+			die("expected wanted-ref, got '%s'", reader->line);
+
+		for (r = refs; r; r = r->next) {
+			if (!strcmp(end, r->name)) {
+				oidcpy(&r->old_oid, &oid);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!r)
+			die("unexpected wanted-ref: '%s'", reader->line);
+	}
+
+	if (reader->status != PACKET_READ_DELIM)
+		die("error processing wanted refs: %d", reader->status);
+}
+
 enum fetch_state {
 	FETCH_CHECK_LOCAL = 0,
 	FETCH_SEND_REQUEST,
@@ -1408,6 +1437,9 @@ static struct ref *do_fetch_pack_v2(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 			if (process_section_header(&reader, "shallow-info", 1))
 				receive_shallow_info(args, &reader);
 
+			if (process_section_header(&reader, "wanted-refs", 1))
+				receive_wanted_refs(&reader, ref);
+
 			/* get the pack */
 			process_section_header(&reader, "packfile", 0);
 			if (get_pack(args, fd, pack_lockfile))
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index abe80c1397..2c2376fff5 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -1735,6 +1735,7 @@ int get_fetch_map(const struct ref *remote_refs,
 		if (refspec->exact_sha1) {
 			ref_map = alloc_ref(name);
 			get_oid_hex(name, &ref_map->old_oid);
+			ref_map->exact_oid = 1;
 		} else {
 			ref_map = get_remote_ref(remote_refs, name);
 		}
diff --git a/remote.h b/remote.h
index 45ecc6cefa..976292152c 100644
--- a/remote.h
+++ b/remote.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct ref {
 		force:1,
 		forced_update:1,
 		expect_old_sha1:1,
+		exact_oid:1,
 		deletion:1;
 
 	enum {
diff --git a/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh b/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh
index 32527a59c4..a73c55a47e 100755
--- a/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh
+++ b/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh
@@ -211,6 +211,18 @@ test_expect_success 'server is initially ahead - no ref in want' '
 	grep "ERR upload-pack: not our ref" err
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'server is initially ahead - ref in want' '
+	git -C "$REPO" config uploadpack.allowRefInWant true &&
+	rm -rf local &&
+	cp -r "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" local &&
+	inconsistency master 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 &&
+	git -C local fetch &&
+
+	git -C "$REPO" rev-parse --verify master >expected &&
+	git -C local rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/origin/master >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'server is initially behind - no ref in want' '
 	git -C "$REPO" config uploadpack.allowRefInWant false &&
 	rm -rf local &&
@@ -223,6 +235,143 @@ test_expect_success 'server is initially behind - no ref in want' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'server is initially behind - ref in want' '
+	git -C "$REPO" config uploadpack.allowRefInWant true &&
+	rm -rf local &&
+	cp -r "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" local &&
+	inconsistency master "master^" &&
+	git -C local fetch &&
+
+	git -C "$REPO" rev-parse --verify "master" >expected &&
+	git -C local rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/origin/master >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'server loses a ref - ref in want' '
+	git -C "$REPO" config uploadpack.allowRefInWant true &&
+	rm -rf local &&
+	cp -r "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" local &&
+	echo "s/master/raster/" >"$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH/one-time-sed" &&
+	test_must_fail git -C local fetch 2>err &&
+
+	grep "ERR unknown ref refs/heads/raster" err
+'
+
 stop_httpd
 
+REPO="$(pwd)/repo"
+LOCAL_PRISTINE="$(pwd)/local_pristine"
+
+# $REPO
+# c(o/foo) d(o/bar)
+#        \ /
+#         b   e(baz)  f(master)
+#          \__  |  __/
+#             \ | /
+#               a
+#
+# $LOCAL_PRISTINE
+#		s32(side)
+#		|
+#		.
+#		.
+#		|
+#		a(master)
+test_expect_success 'setup repos for fetching with ref-in-want tests' '
+	(
+		git init "$REPO" &&
+		cd "$REPO" &&
+		test_commit a &&
+
+		# Local repo with many commits (so that negotiation will take
+		# more than 1 request/response pair)
+		rm -rf "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" &&
+		git clone "file://$REPO" "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" &&
+		cd "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" &&
+		git checkout -b side &&
+		for i in $(seq 1 33); do test_commit s$i; done &&
+
+		# Add novel commits to upstream
+		git checkout master &&
+		cd "$REPO" &&
+		git checkout -b o/foo &&
+		test_commit b &&
+		test_commit c &&
+		git checkout -b o/bar b &&
+		test_commit d &&
+		git checkout -b baz a &&
+		test_commit e &&
+		git checkout master &&
+		test_commit f
+	) &&
+	git -C "$REPO" config uploadpack.allowRefInWant true &&
+	git -C "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" config protocol.version 2
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'fetching with exact OID' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -f log" &&
+
+	rm -rf local &&
+	cp -r "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" local &&
+	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/log" git -C local fetch origin \
+		$(git -C "$REPO" rev-parse d):refs/heads/actual &&
+
+	git -C "$REPO" rev-parse "d" >expected &&
+	git -C local rev-parse refs/heads/actual >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual &&
+	grep "want $(git -C "$REPO" rev-parse d)" log
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'fetching multiple refs' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -f log" &&
+
+	rm -rf local &&
+	cp -r "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" local &&
+	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/log" git -C local fetch origin master baz &&
+
+	git -C "$REPO" rev-parse "master" "baz" >expected &&
+	git -C local rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/master refs/remotes/origin/baz >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual &&
+	grep "want-ref refs/heads/master" log &&
+	grep "want-ref refs/heads/baz" log
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'fetching ref and exact OID' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -f log" &&
+
+	rm -rf local &&
+	cp -r "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" local &&
+	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/log" git -C local fetch origin \
+		master $(git -C "$REPO" rev-parse b):refs/heads/actual &&
+
+	git -C "$REPO" rev-parse "master" "b" >expected &&
+	git -C local rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/master refs/heads/actual >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual &&
+	grep "want $(git -C "$REPO" rev-parse b)" log &&
+	grep "want-ref refs/heads/master" log
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'fetching with wildcard that does not match any refs' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -f log" &&
+
+	rm -rf local &&
+	cp -r "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" local &&
+	git -C local fetch origin refs/heads/none*:refs/heads/* >out &&
+	test_must_be_empty out
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'fetching with wildcard that matches multiple refs' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -f log" &&
+
+	rm -rf local &&
+	cp -r "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" local &&
+	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/log" git -C local fetch origin refs/heads/o*:refs/heads/o* &&
+
+	git -C "$REPO" rev-parse "o/foo" "o/bar" >expected &&
+	git -C local rev-parse "o/foo" "o/bar" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual &&
+	grep "want-ref refs/heads/o/foo" log &&
+	grep "want-ref refs/heads/o/bar" log
+'
+
 test_done