diff --git a/src/transports/smart.h b/src/transports/smart.h
index c52401a3c..5e31ebd92 100644
--- a/src/transports/smart.h
+++ b/src/transports/smart.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #define GIT_CAP_INCLUDE_TAG "include-tag"
 #define GIT_CAP_DELETE_REFS "delete-refs"
 #define GIT_CAP_REPORT_STATUS "report-status"
+#define GIT_CAP_THIN_PACK "thin-pack"
 
 enum git_pkt_type {
 	GIT_PKT_CMD,
@@ -116,7 +117,8 @@ typedef struct transport_smart_caps {
 		side_band_64k:1,
 		include_tag:1,
 		delete_refs:1,
-		report_status:1;
+		report_status:1,
+		thin_pack:1;
 } transport_smart_caps;
 
 typedef void (*packetsize_cb)(size_t received, void *payload);
diff --git a/src/transports/smart_pkt.c b/src/transports/smart_pkt.c
index 99da37567..a1f623c78 100644
--- a/src/transports/smart_pkt.c
+++ b/src/transports/smart_pkt.c
@@ -472,6 +472,9 @@ static int buffer_want_with_caps(const git_remote_head *head, transport_smart_ca
 	if (caps->include_tag)
 		git_buf_puts(&str, GIT_CAP_INCLUDE_TAG " ");
 
+	if (caps->thin_pack)
+		git_buf_puts(&str, GIT_CAP_THIN_PACK " ");
+
 	if (git_buf_oom(&str))
 		return -1;
 
diff --git a/src/transports/smart_protocol.c b/src/transports/smart_protocol.c
index 156b69e1f..407101a81 100644
--- a/src/transports/smart_protocol.c
+++ b/src/transports/smart_protocol.c
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ int git_smart__detect_caps(git_pkt_ref *pkt, transport_smart_caps *caps)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		if (!git__prefixcmp(ptr, GIT_CAP_THIN_PACK)) {
+			caps->common = caps->thin_pack = 1;
+			ptr += strlen(GIT_CAP_THIN_PACK);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/* We don't know this capability, so skip it */
 		ptr = strchr(ptr, ' ');
 	}