diff --git a/Documentation/git-backfill.txt b/Documentation/git-backfill.txt
index ece887831f6e88..e392517869c139 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-backfill.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-backfill.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-backfill - Download missing objects in a partial clone
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git backfill' [<options>]
+'git backfill' [--batch-size=<n>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ time.
 By default, `git backfill` downloads all blobs reachable from the `HEAD`
 commit. This set can be restricted or expanded using various options.
 
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+--min-batch-size=<n>::
+	Specify a minimum size for a batch of missing objects to request
+	from the server. This size may be exceeded by the last set of
+	blobs seen at a given path. The default minimum batch size is
+	50,000.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-clone[1].
diff --git a/builtin/backfill.c b/builtin/backfill.c
index 177fd4286c7cab..ddccececc365ef 100644
--- a/builtin/backfill.c
+++ b/builtin/backfill.c
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
 #include "path-walk.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_backfill_usage[] = {
-	N_("git backfill [<options>]"),
+	N_("git backfill [--batch-size=<n>]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
 struct backfill_context {
 	struct repository *repo;
 	struct oid_array current_batch;
-	size_t batch_size;
+	size_t min_batch_size;
 };
 
 static void backfill_context_clear(struct backfill_context *ctx)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static int fill_missing_blobs(const char *path UNUSED,
 			oid_array_append(&ctx->current_batch, &list->oid[i]);
 	}
 
-	if (ctx->current_batch.nr >= ctx->batch_size)
+	if (ctx->current_batch.nr >= ctx->min_batch_size)
 		download_batch(ctx);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -111,9 +111,11 @@ int cmd_backfill(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct reposit
 	struct backfill_context ctx = {
 		.repo = repo,
 		.current_batch = OID_ARRAY_INIT,
-		.batch_size = 50000,
+		.min_batch_size = 50000,
 	};
 	struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_INTEGER(0, "min-batch-size", &ctx.min_batch_size,
+			    N_("Minimum number of objects to request at a time")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
diff --git a/t/t5620-backfill.sh b/t/t5620-backfill.sh
index 64326362d80f8f..36107a51c54040 100755
--- a/t/t5620-backfill.sh
+++ b/t/t5620-backfill.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,24 @@ test_expect_success 'do partial clone 1, backfill gets all objects' '
 	test_line_count = 0 revs2
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'do partial clone 2, backfill min batch size' '
+	git clone --no-checkout --filter=blob:none	\
+		--single-branch --branch=main 		\
+		"file://$(pwd)/srv.bare" backfill2 &&
+
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/batch-trace" git \
+		-C backfill2 backfill --min-batch-size=20 &&
+
+	# Batches were used
+	test_trace2_data promisor fetch_count 20 <batch-trace >matches &&
+	test_line_count = 2 matches &&
+	test_trace2_data promisor fetch_count 8 <batch-trace &&
+
+	# No more missing objects!
+	git -C backfill2 rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print HEAD >revs2 &&
+	test_line_count = 0 revs2
+'
+
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
 start_httpd