diff --git a/internal/git/objectpool/fetch.go b/internal/git/objectpool/fetch.go
index 4a2cf8d21a30420ac2d9338d1707241f9faef572..87f55e72169555844a3212ad6b8e5448dbef7f8b 100644
--- a/internal/git/objectpool/fetch.go
+++ b/internal/git/objectpool/fetch.go
@@ -84,9 +84,12 @@ func (o *ObjectPool) FetchFromOrigin(ctx context.Context, origin *gitalypb.Repos
 
 	refSpec := fmt.Sprintf("+refs/*:%s/*", sourceRefNamespace)
 	fetchCmd, err := git.SafeCmd(ctx, o, nil, git.SubCmd{
-		Name:  "fetch",
-		Flags: []git.Option{git.Flag{"--quiet"}},
-		Args:  []string{sourceRemote, refSpec},
+		Name: "fetch",
+		Flags: []git.Option{
+			git.Flag{"--quiet"},
+			git.ValueFlag{"--config", "fetch.unpackLimit=1"},
+		},
+		Args: []string{sourceRemote, refSpec},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/internal/git/receivepack.go b/internal/git/receivepack.go
index 4e65e1e1b75a8abd5b8e3c4643331b5989b02350..8369c564511abc4826fa605e493b2a727fcccf79 100644
--- a/internal/git/receivepack.go
+++ b/internal/git/receivepack.go
@@ -59,5 +59,12 @@ func ReceivePackConfig() []Option {
 		// a commit will be rejected. As this is a mostly harmless
 		// issue, we add the following flag to ignore this check.
 		ValueFlag{"-c", "receive.fsck.badTimezone=ignore"},
+
+		// If the number of objects received in a push is below this limit then
+		// the objects will be unpacked into loose object files.
+		// However if the number of received objects equals or exceeds this limit
+		// then the received pack will be stored as a pack, after adding any missing delta bases.
+		// Therefore, we set this to 1 to always store the packs receive from client as-is.
+		ValueFlag{"-c", "receive.unpackLimit=1"},
 	}
 }