diff --git a/Documentation/config.adoc b/Documentation/config.adoc
index a8b04c4e51..644216f02a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config.adoc
@@ -518,6 +518,8 @@ include::config/safe.adoc[]
 
 include::config/sendemail.adoc[]
 
+include::config/sendpack.adoc[]
+
 include::config/sequencer.adoc[]
 
 include::config/showbranch.adoc[]
diff --git a/Documentation/config/sendpack.adoc b/Documentation/config/sendpack.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e306f657fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/config/sendpack.adoc
@@ -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 67d6987b1c..22a1beed8d 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ int send_pack(struct repository *r,
 	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;
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ int send_pack(struct repository *r,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	repo_config_get_bool(r, "sendpack.sideband", &use_sideband);
 	repo_config_get_bool(r, "push.negotiate", &push_negotiate);
 	if (push_negotiate) {
 		trace2_region_enter("send_pack", "push_negotiate", r);
@@ -546,8 +547,7 @@ int send_pack(struct repository *r,
 		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"))