diff --git a/Documentation/config/repack.txt b/Documentation/config/repack.txt
index 9c413e177e..41ac6953c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/repack.txt
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@ repack.writeBitmaps::
 	space and extra time spent on the initial repack.  This has
 	no effect if multiple packfiles are created.
 	Defaults to true on bare repos, false otherwise.
+
+repack.updateServerInfo::
+	If set to false, linkgit:git-repack[1] will not run
+	linkgit:git-update-server-info[1]. Defaults to true. Can be overridden
+	when true by the `-n` option of linkgit:git-repack[1].
diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index da1e364a75..d1a563d5b6 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ static int delta_base_offset = 1;
 static int pack_kept_objects = -1;
 static int write_bitmaps = -1;
 static int use_delta_islands;
+static int run_update_server_info = 1;
 static char *packdir, *packtmp_name, *packtmp;
 
 static const char *const git_repack_usage[] = {
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ static int repack_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		use_delta_islands = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (strcmp(var, "repack.updateserverinfo") == 0) {
+		run_update_server_info = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
@@ -620,7 +625,6 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	const char *unpack_unreachable = NULL;
 	int keep_unreachable = 0;
 	struct string_list keep_pack_list = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
-	int no_update_server_info = 0;
 	struct pack_objects_args po_args = {NULL};
 	int geometric_factor = 0;
 	int write_midx = 0;
@@ -637,8 +641,8 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				N_("pass --no-reuse-delta to git-pack-objects")),
 		OPT_BOOL('F', NULL, &po_args.no_reuse_object,
 				N_("pass --no-reuse-object to git-pack-objects")),
-		OPT_BOOL('n', NULL, &no_update_server_info,
-				N_("do not run git-update-server-info")),
+		OPT_NEGBIT('n', NULL, &run_update_server_info,
+				N_("do not run git-update-server-info"), 1),
 		OPT__QUIET(&po_args.quiet, N_("be quiet")),
 		OPT_BOOL('l', "local", &po_args.local,
 				N_("pass --local to git-pack-objects")),
@@ -939,7 +943,7 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			prune_shallow(PRUNE_QUICK);
 	}
 
-	if (!no_update_server_info)
+	if (run_update_server_info)
 		update_server_info(0);
 	remove_temporary_files();
 
diff --git a/t/t7700-repack.sh b/t/t7700-repack.sh
index 5922fb5bdd..770d143204 100755
--- a/t/t7700-repack.sh
+++ b/t/t7700-repack.sh
@@ -381,4 +381,54 @@ test_expect_success TTY '--quiet disables progress' '
 	test_must_be_empty stderr
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'setup for update-server-info' '
+	git init update-server-info &&
+	test_commit -C update-server-info message
+'
+
+test_server_info_present () {
+	test_path_is_file update-server-info/.git/objects/info/packs &&
+	test_path_is_file update-server-info/.git/info/refs
+}
+
+test_server_info_missing () {
+	test_path_is_missing update-server-info/.git/objects/info/packs &&
+	test_path_is_missing update-server-info/.git/info/refs
+}
+
+test_server_info_cleanup () {
+	rm -f update-server-info/.git/objects/info/packs update-server-info/.git/info/refs &&
+	test_server_info_missing
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'updates server info by default' '
+	test_server_info_cleanup &&
+	git -C update-server-info repack &&
+	test_server_info_present
+'
+
+test_expect_success '-n skips updating server info' '
+	test_server_info_cleanup &&
+	git -C update-server-info repack -n &&
+	test_server_info_missing
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'repack.updateServerInfo=true updates server info' '
+	test_server_info_cleanup &&
+	git -C update-server-info -c repack.updateServerInfo=true repack &&
+	test_server_info_present
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'repack.updateServerInfo=false skips updating server info' '
+	test_server_info_cleanup &&
+	git -C update-server-info -c repack.updateServerInfo=false repack &&
+	test_server_info_missing
+'
+
+test_expect_success '-n overrides repack.updateServerInfo=true' '
+	test_server_info_cleanup &&
+	git -C update-server-info -c repack.updateServerInfo=true repack -n &&
+	test_server_info_missing
+'
+
 test_done