diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index db504d673f..2e8b7ea45c 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "promisor-remote.h"
 #include "repack.h"
 #include "shallow.h"
+#include "list-objects-filter-options.h"
 
 #define ALL_INTO_ONE 1
 #define LOOSEN_UNREACHABLE 2
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ static int use_delta_islands;
 static int run_update_server_info = 1;
 static char *packdir, *packtmp_name, *packtmp;
 static int midx_must_contain_cruft = 1;
+static int drop_filtered;
+static int dry_run;
+static int write_bitmaps_given;
 
 static const char *const git_repack_usage[] = {
 	N_("git repack [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [-m]\n"
@@ -111,6 +115,21 @@ static int repack_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	return git_default_config(var, value, ctx, cb);
 }
 
+static int option_parse_write_bitmaps(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
+				      int unset)
+{
+	int *value = opt->value;
+
+	BUG_ON_OPT_ARG(arg);
+	if (unset)
+		*value = 0;
+	else
+		*value = 1;
+
+	write_bitmaps_given = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int option_parse_write_midx(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
 				   int unset)
 {
@@ -194,8 +213,9 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
 		OPT__QUIET(&po_args.quiet, N_("be quiet")),
 		OPT_BOOL('l', "local", &po_args.local,
 				N_("pass --local to git-pack-objects")),
-		OPT_BOOL('b', "write-bitmap-index", &write_bitmaps,
-				N_("write bitmap index")),
+		OPT_CALLBACK_F('b', "write-bitmap-index", &write_bitmaps, NULL,
+			        N_("write bitmap index"),
+			       PARSE_OPT_NOARG, option_parse_write_bitmaps),
 		OPT_BOOL('i', "delta-islands", &use_delta_islands,
 				N_("pass --delta-islands to git-pack-objects")),
 		OPT_STRING(0, "unpack-unreachable", &unpack_unreachable, N_("approxidate"),
@@ -231,6 +251,10 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
 			   N_("pack prefix to store a pack containing pruned objects")),
 		OPT_STRING(0, "filter-to", &filter_to, N_("dir"),
 			   N_("pack prefix to store a pack containing filtered out objects")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "drop-filtered", &drop_filtered,
+				N_("delete filtered out objects (requires --filter)")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "dry-run", &dry_run,
+				N_("only show which objects would be dropped")),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -252,6 +276,49 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
 	po_args.depth = xstrdup_or_null(opt_depth);
 	po_args.threads = xstrdup_or_null(opt_threads);
 
+	die_for_incompatible_opt2(drop_filtered, "--drop-filtered",
+		!!filter_to, "--filter-to");
+
+	if (dry_run && !drop_filtered)
+		die(_("--dry-run only takes effect with --drop-filtered"));
+
+	if (drop_filtered) {
+		if (!dry_run)
+			die(_("--drop-filtered doesn't work without --dry-run yet"));
+
+		if (!po_args.filter_options.choice)
+			die(_("--drop-filtered requires --filter"));
+
+		if (!(pack_everything & ALL_INTO_ONE))
+			die(_("--drop-filtered requires -a"));
+
+		/*
+		 * Only blob:limit=<n> is supported for now. Reject other
+		 * filter choices early, before walking the object database.
+		 */
+		if (po_args.filter_options.choice != LOFC_BLOB_LIMIT)
+			die(_("--drop-filtered only supports --filter=blob:limit=<n> for now"));
+
+		/*
+		 * an explicit -b on the command line is a conflict we have to
+		 * report, a bitmap setting from config is silently overridden
+		 * for the duration of the command
+		 */
+		if (write_bitmaps_given && write_bitmaps > 0)
+			die(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"),
+				"--drop-filtered", "--write-bitmap-index");
+
+		/*
+		 * Without a promisor remote there is nowhere to re-fetch the
+		 * dropped objects from, so dropping them would be permanent
+		 * data loss.
+		 */
+		if (!repo_has_promisor_remote(repo))
+			die(_("--drop-filtered requires a promisor remote"));
+
+		write_bitmaps = 0;
+	}
+
 	if (delete_redundant && repo->repository_format_precious_objects)
 		die(_("cannot delete packs in a precious-objects repo"));
 
diff --git a/t/meson.build b/t/meson.build
index a25f37d2f5..92352e43c4 100644
--- a/t/meson.build
+++ b/t/meson.build
@@ -964,6 +964,7 @@ integration_tests = [
   't7703-repack-geometric.sh',
   't7704-repack-cruft.sh',
   't7705-repack-incremental-midx.sh',
+  't7706-repack-drop-filtered.sh',
   't7800-difftool.sh',
   't7810-grep.sh',
   't7811-grep-open.sh',
diff --git a/t/t7706-repack-drop-filtered.sh b/t/t7706-repack-drop-filtered.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f27b09a30e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t7706-repack-drop-filtered.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git repack --drop-filtered option validation'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+# checks for options validations before any promisor walk
+test_expect_success 'setup plain repo for validation' '
+	git init plain &&
+	test_commit -C plain initial &&
+	git clone --bare plain plain.git &&
+	git -C plain.git repack -a -d
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--drop-filtered requires --filter' '
+	test_must_fail git -C plain.git repack --drop-filtered --dry-run -a 2>err &&
+	test_grep "drop-filtered requires --filter" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--drop-filtered cannot be used with --filter-to' '
+	test_must_fail git -C plain.git repack --drop-filtered \
+		--filter=blob:limit=1k --filter-to=./filter-out 2>err &&
+	test_grep "options .--drop-filtered. and .--filter-to. cannot be used together" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--dry-run only takes effect with --drop-filtered' '
+	test_must_fail git -C plain.git repack --dry-run 2>err &&
+	test_grep "dry-run only takes effect with --drop-filtered" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--drop-filtered requires -a' '
+	test_must_fail git -C plain.git repack --drop-filtered \
+		--filter=blob:limit=1k --dry-run 2>err &&
+	test_grep "drop-filtered requires -a" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--drop-filtered fails with --write-bitmap-index' '
+	test_must_fail git -C plain.git repack --drop-filtered \
+		--filter=blob:limit=1k --dry-run -a -b 2>err &&
+	test_grep "options .--drop-filtered. and .--write-bitmap-index. cannot be used together" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--drop-filtered rejects explicit -b even when repack.writeBitmaps=true' '
+	test_must_fail git -C plain.git -c repack.writeBitmaps=true \
+		repack --drop-filtered --filter=blob:limit=1k --dry-run -a -b 2>err &&
+	test_grep "options .--drop-filtered. and .--write-bitmap-index. cannot be used together" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--drop-filtered fails without a promisor remote' '
+	test_must_fail git -C plain.git repack --drop-filtered \
+		--filter=blob:limit=1k --dry-run -a 2>err &&
+	test_grep "drop-filtered requires a promisor remote" err
+'
+
+test_done