diff --git a/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh b/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
index 26f050d15c..145b370768 100755
--- a/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
+++ b/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
@@ -661,4 +661,25 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch shallow since ...' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'shallow clone exclude tag two' '
+	test_create_repo shallow-exclude &&
+	(
+	cd shallow-exclude &&
+	test_commit one &&
+	test_commit two &&
+	test_commit three &&
+	git clone --shallow-exclude two "file://$(pwd)/." ../shallow12 &&
+	git -C ../shallow12 log --pretty=tformat:%s HEAD >actual &&
+	echo three >expected &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'fetch exclude tag one' '
+	git -C shallow12 fetch --shallow-exclude one origin &&
+	git -C shallow12 log --pretty=tformat:%s origin/master >actual &&
+	test_write_lines three two >expected &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5539-fetch-http-shallow.sh b/t/t5539-fetch-http-shallow.sh
index 704753c842..8e38c1be65 100755
--- a/t/t5539-fetch-http-shallow.sh
+++ b/t/t5539-fetch-http-shallow.sh
@@ -98,5 +98,27 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch shallow since ...' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'shallow clone exclude tag two' '
+	test_create_repo shallow-exclude &&
+	(
+	cd shallow-exclude &&
+	test_commit one &&
+	test_commit two &&
+	test_commit three &&
+	mv .git "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/shallow-exclude.git" &&
+	git clone --shallow-exclude two $HTTPD_URL/smart/shallow-exclude.git ../shallow12 &&
+	git -C ../shallow12 log --pretty=tformat:%s HEAD >actual &&
+	echo three >expected &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'fetch exclude tag one' '
+	git -C shallow12 fetch --shallow-exclude one origin &&
+	git -C shallow12 log --pretty=tformat:%s origin/master >actual &&
+	test_write_lines three two >expected &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 stop_httpd
 test_done