diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 8c0b3ed8075214..3ad4956fe48944 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -518,6 +518,8 @@ include::config/safe.txt[]
 
 include::config/sendemail.txt[]
 
+include::config/sendpack.txt[]
+
 include::config/sequencer.txt[]
 
 include::config/showbranch.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/config/sendpack.txt b/Documentation/config/sendpack.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e306f657fba7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/config/sendpack.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+sendpack.sideband::
+	Allows to disable the side-band-64k capability for send-pack even
+	when it is advertised by the server. Makes it possible to work
+	around a limitation in the git for windows implementation together
+	with the dump git protocol. Defaults to true.
diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index fa2f5eec17bba1..f9e6255ee13328 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ int send_pack(struct send_pack_args *args,
 	int need_pack_data = 0;
 	int allow_deleting_refs = 0;
 	int status_report = 0;
-	int use_sideband = 0;
+	int use_sideband = 1;
 	int quiet_supported = 0;
 	int agent_supported = 0;
 	int advertise_sid = 0;
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ int send_pack(struct send_pack_args *args,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	git_config_get_bool("sendpack.sideband", &use_sideband);
 	git_config_get_bool("push.negotiate", &push_negotiate);
 	if (push_negotiate)
 		get_commons_through_negotiation(args->url, remote_refs, &commons);
@@ -529,8 +530,7 @@ int send_pack(struct send_pack_args *args,
 		allow_deleting_refs = 1;
 	if (server_supports("ofs-delta"))
 		args->use_ofs_delta = 1;
-	if (server_supports("side-band-64k"))
-		use_sideband = 1;
+	use_sideband = use_sideband && server_supports("side-band-64k");
 	if (server_supports("quiet"))
 		quiet_supported = 1;
 	if (server_supports("agent"))