diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 0e93aef862..7d3194b855 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ 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 0000000000..e306f657fb
--- /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 0c7ccaef68..bc6b05afba 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ int option_parse_push_signed(const struct option *opt,
 	die("bad %s argument: %s", opt->long_name, arg);
 }
 
+static int config_use_sideband = 1;
+
+static int send_pack_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *unused)
+{
+	if (!strcmp("sendpack.sideband", var))
+		config_use_sideband = git_config_bool(var, value);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void feed_object(const struct object_id *oid, FILE *fh, int negative)
 {
 	if (negative &&
@@ -503,6 +513,8 @@ int send_pack(struct send_pack_args *args,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	git_config(send_pack_config, NULL);
+
 	git_config_get_bool("push.negotiate", &push_negotiate);
 	if (push_negotiate)
 		get_commons_through_negotiation(args->url, remote_refs, &commons);
@@ -521,7 +533,7 @@ 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"))
+	if (config_use_sideband && server_supports("side-band-64k"))
 		use_sideband = 1;
 	if (server_supports("quiet"))
 		quiet_supported = 1;