diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f58bf14c7b..049bc8cfd4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += preload-index.o
 LIB_OBJS += pretty.o
 LIB_OBJS += prio-queue.o
 LIB_OBJS += progress.o
+LIB_OBJS += promisor-remote.o
 LIB_OBJS += prompt.o
 LIB_OBJS += protocol.o
 LIB_OBJS += quote.o
diff --git a/promisor-remote.c b/promisor-remote.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c249b80e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/promisor-remote.c
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "promisor-remote.h"
+#include "config.h"
+
+static struct promisor_remote *promisors;
+static struct promisor_remote **promisors_tail = &promisors;
+
+static struct promisor_remote *promisor_remote_new(const char *remote_name)
+{
+	struct promisor_remote *r;
+
+	if (*remote_name == '/') {
+		warning(_("promisor remote name cannot begin with '/': %s"),
+			remote_name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	FLEX_ALLOC_STR(r, name, remote_name);
+
+	*promisors_tail = r;
+	promisors_tail = &r->next;
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+static struct promisor_remote *promisor_remote_lookup(const char *remote_name,
+						      struct promisor_remote **previous)
+{
+	struct promisor_remote *r, *p;
+
+	for (p = NULL, r = promisors; r; p = r, r = r->next)
+		if (!strcmp(r->name, remote_name)) {
+			if (previous)
+				*previous = p;
+			return r;
+		}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int promisor_remote_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
+{
+	const char *name;
+	int namelen;
+	const char *subkey;
+
+	if (parse_config_key(var, "remote", &name, &namelen, &subkey) < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!strcmp(subkey, "promisor")) {
+		char *remote_name;
+
+		if (!git_config_bool(var, value))
+			return 0;
+
+		remote_name = xmemdupz(name, namelen);
+
+		if (!promisor_remote_lookup(remote_name, NULL))
+			promisor_remote_new(remote_name);
+
+		free(remote_name);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void promisor_remote_init(void)
+{
+	static int initialized;
+
+	if (initialized)
+		return;
+	initialized = 1;
+
+	git_config(promisor_remote_config, NULL);
+}
+
+struct promisor_remote *promisor_remote_find(const char *remote_name)
+{
+	promisor_remote_init();
+
+	if (!remote_name)
+		return promisors;
+
+	return promisor_remote_lookup(remote_name, NULL);
+}
+
+int has_promisor_remote(void)
+{
+	return !!promisor_remote_find(NULL);
+}
diff --git a/promisor-remote.h b/promisor-remote.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01dcdf4dc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/promisor-remote.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef PROMISOR_REMOTE_H
+#define PROMISOR_REMOTE_H
+
+/*
+ * Promisor remote linked list
+ * Its information come from remote.XXX config entries.
+ */
+struct promisor_remote {
+	struct promisor_remote *next;
+	const char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
+};
+
+extern struct promisor_remote *promisor_remote_find(const char *remote_name);
+extern int has_promisor_remote(void);
+
+#endif /* PROMISOR_REMOTE_H */