diff --git a/midx.c b/midx.c
index 6ee262aab79..3585e04a706 100644
--- a/midx.c
+++ b/midx.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "trace2.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "repository.h"
+#include "chunk-format.h"
 
 #define MIDX_SIGNATURE 0x4d494458 /* "MIDX" */
 #define MIDX_VERSION 1
@@ -799,18 +800,15 @@ static int write_midx_large_offsets(struct hashfile *f,
 static int write_midx_internal(const char *object_dir, struct multi_pack_index *m,
 			       struct string_list *packs_to_drop, unsigned flags)
 {
-	unsigned char cur_chunk, num_chunks = 0;
 	char *midx_name;
 	uint32_t i;
 	struct hashfile *f = NULL;
 	struct lock_file lk;
 	struct write_midx_context ctx = { 0 };
-	uint64_t header_size = 0;
-	uint32_t chunk_ids[MIDX_MAX_CHUNKS + 1];
-	uint64_t chunk_offsets[MIDX_MAX_CHUNKS + 1];
 	int pack_name_concat_len = 0;
 	int dropped_packs = 0;
 	int result = 0;
+	struct chunkfile *cf;
 
 	midx_name = get_midx_filename(object_dir);
 	if (safe_create_leading_directories(midx_name))
@@ -923,98 +921,34 @@ static int write_midx_internal(const char *object_dir, struct multi_pack_index *
 	if (ctx.m)
 		close_midx(ctx.m);
 
-	cur_chunk = 0;
-	num_chunks = ctx.large_offsets_needed ? 5 : 4;
-
 	if (ctx.nr - dropped_packs == 0) {
 		error(_("no pack files to index."));
 		result = 1;
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	header_size = write_midx_header(f, num_chunks, ctx.nr - dropped_packs);
-
-	chunk_ids[cur_chunk] = MIDX_CHUNKID_PACKNAMES;
-	chunk_offsets[cur_chunk] = header_size + (num_chunks + 1) * MIDX_CHUNKLOOKUP_WIDTH;
-
-	cur_chunk++;
-	chunk_ids[cur_chunk] = MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDFANOUT;
-	chunk_offsets[cur_chunk] = chunk_offsets[cur_chunk - 1] + pack_name_concat_len;
-
-	cur_chunk++;
-	chunk_ids[cur_chunk] = MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDLOOKUP;
-	chunk_offsets[cur_chunk] = chunk_offsets[cur_chunk - 1] + MIDX_CHUNK_FANOUT_SIZE;
-
-	cur_chunk++;
-	chunk_ids[cur_chunk] = MIDX_CHUNKID_OBJECTOFFSETS;
-	chunk_offsets[cur_chunk] = chunk_offsets[cur_chunk - 1] + ctx.entries_nr * the_hash_algo->rawsz;
-
-	cur_chunk++;
-	chunk_offsets[cur_chunk] = chunk_offsets[cur_chunk - 1] + ctx.entries_nr * MIDX_CHUNK_OFFSET_WIDTH;
-	if (ctx.large_offsets_needed) {
-		chunk_ids[cur_chunk] = MIDX_CHUNKID_LARGEOFFSETS;
-
-		cur_chunk++;
-		chunk_offsets[cur_chunk] = chunk_offsets[cur_chunk - 1] +
-					   ctx.num_large_offsets * MIDX_CHUNK_LARGE_OFFSET_WIDTH;
-	}
-
-	chunk_ids[cur_chunk] = 0;
-
-	for (i = 0; i <= num_chunks; i++) {
-		if (i && chunk_offsets[i] < chunk_offsets[i - 1])
-			BUG("incorrect chunk offsets: %"PRIu64" before %"PRIu64,
-			    chunk_offsets[i - 1],
-			    chunk_offsets[i]);
-
-		if (chunk_offsets[i] % MIDX_CHUNK_ALIGNMENT)
-			BUG("chunk offset %"PRIu64" is not properly aligned",
-			    chunk_offsets[i]);
-
-		hashwrite_be32(f, chunk_ids[i]);
-		hashwrite_be64(f, chunk_offsets[i]);
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < num_chunks; i++) {
-		if (f->total + f->offset != chunk_offsets[i])
-			BUG("incorrect chunk offset (%"PRIu64" != %"PRIu64") for chunk id %"PRIx32,
-			    chunk_offsets[i],
-			    f->total + f->offset,
-			    chunk_ids[i]);
+	cf = init_chunkfile(f);
 
-		switch (chunk_ids[i]) {
-			case MIDX_CHUNKID_PACKNAMES:
-				write_midx_pack_names(f, &ctx);
-				break;
+	add_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_PACKNAMES,
+		  write_midx_pack_names, pack_name_concat_len);
+	add_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDFANOUT,
+		  write_midx_oid_fanout, MIDX_CHUNK_FANOUT_SIZE);
+	add_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDLOOKUP,
+		  write_midx_oid_lookup, ctx.entries_nr * the_hash_algo->rawsz);
+	add_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_OBJECTOFFSETS,
+		  write_midx_object_offsets,
+		  ctx.entries_nr * MIDX_CHUNK_OFFSET_WIDTH);
 
-			case MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDFANOUT:
-				write_midx_oid_fanout(f, &ctx);
-				break;
-
-			case MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDLOOKUP:
-				write_midx_oid_lookup(f, &ctx);
-				break;
-
-			case MIDX_CHUNKID_OBJECTOFFSETS:
-				write_midx_object_offsets(f, &ctx);
-				break;
-
-			case MIDX_CHUNKID_LARGEOFFSETS:
-				write_midx_large_offsets(f, &ctx);
-				break;
-
-			default:
-				BUG("trying to write unknown chunk id %"PRIx32,
-				    chunk_ids[i]);
-		}
-	}
+	if (ctx.large_offsets_needed)
+		add_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_LARGEOFFSETS,
+			write_midx_large_offsets,
+			ctx.num_large_offsets * MIDX_CHUNK_LARGE_OFFSET_WIDTH);
 
-	if (f->total + f->offset != chunk_offsets[num_chunks])
-		BUG("incorrect final offset %"PRIu64" != %"PRIu64,
-		    f->total + f->offset,
-		    chunk_offsets[num_chunks]);
+	write_midx_header(f, get_num_chunks(cf), ctx.nr - dropped_packs);
+	write_chunkfile(cf, &ctx);
 
 	finalize_hashfile(f, NULL, CSUM_FSYNC | CSUM_HASH_IN_STREAM);
+	free_chunkfile(cf);
 	commit_lock_file(&lk);
 
 cleanup:
