diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 0c4f038dd6..4629eb573f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -318,6 +318,20 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
 +
 See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
 
+--skip-cherry-pick-detection::
+--no-skip-cherry-pick-detection::
+	Whether rebase tries to determine if commits are already present
+	upstream, i.e. if there are commits which are cherry-picks.  If such
+	detection is done, any commits being rebased which are cherry-picks
+	will be dropped, since those commits are already found upstream.  If
+	such detection is not done, those commits will be re-applied, which
+	most likely will result in no new changes (as the changes are already
+	upstream) and result in the commit being dropped anyway.  cherry-pick
+	detection is the default, but can be expensive in repos with a large
+	number of upstream commits that need to be read.
++
+See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
+
 --rerere-autoupdate::
 --no-rerere-autoupdate::
 	Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the
@@ -568,6 +582,9 @@ In addition, the following pairs of options are incompatible:
  * --keep-base and --onto
  * --keep-base and --root
 
+Also, the --skip-cherry-pick-detection option requires the use of the merge
+backend (e.g., through --merge).
+
 BEHAVIORAL DIFFERENCES
 -----------------------
 
@@ -866,7 +883,8 @@ Only works if the changes (patch IDs based on the diff contents) on
 'subsystem' did.
 
 In that case, the fix is easy because 'git rebase' knows to skip
-changes that are already present in the new upstream.  So if you say
+changes that are already present in the new upstream (unless
+`--skip-cherry-pick-detection` is given). So if you say
 (assuming you're on 'topic')
 ------------
     $ git rebase subsystem
diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index 6154ad8fa5..100b8872af 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ struct rebase_options {
 	struct strbuf git_format_patch_opt;
 	int reschedule_failed_exec;
 	int use_legacy_rebase;
+	int skip_cherry_pick_detection;
 };
 
 #define REBASE_OPTIONS_INIT {			  	\
@@ -373,6 +374,7 @@ static int run_rebase_interactive(struct rebase_options *opts,
 	flags |= opts->rebase_cousins > 0 ? TODO_LIST_REBASE_COUSINS : 0;
 	flags |= opts->root_with_onto ? TODO_LIST_ROOT_WITH_ONTO : 0;
 	flags |= command == ACTION_SHORTEN_OIDS ? TODO_LIST_SHORTEN_IDS : 0;
+	flags |= opts->skip_cherry_pick_detection ? TODO_LIST_SKIP_CHERRY_PICK_DETECTION : 0;
 
 	switch (command) {
 	case ACTION_NONE: {
@@ -1507,6 +1509,8 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "reschedule-failed-exec",
 			 &reschedule_failed_exec,
 			 N_("automatically re-schedule any `exec` that fails")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "skip-cherry-pick-detection", &options.skip_cherry_pick_detection,
+			 N_("skip changes that are already present in the new upstream")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 	int i;
@@ -1840,6 +1844,9 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			      "interactive or merge options"));
 	}
 
+	if (options.skip_cherry_pick_detection && !is_interactive(&options))
+		die(_("--skip-cherry-pick-detection does not work with the 'apply' backend"));
+
 	if (options.signoff) {
 		if (options.type == REBASE_PRESERVE_MERGES)
 			die("cannot combine '--signoff' with "
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index ba90a513b9..8b2cae3b69 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -4797,12 +4797,13 @@ int sequencer_make_script(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *out, int argc,
 	int keep_empty = flags & TODO_LIST_KEEP_EMPTY;
 	const char *insn = flags & TODO_LIST_ABBREVIATE_CMDS ? "p" : "pick";
 	int rebase_merges = flags & TODO_LIST_REBASE_MERGES;
+	int skip_cherry_pick_detection = flags & TODO_LIST_SKIP_CHERRY_PICK_DETECTION;
 
 	repo_init_revisions(r, &revs, NULL);
 	revs.verbose_header = 1;
 	if (!rebase_merges)
 		revs.max_parents = 1;
-	revs.cherry_mark = 1;
+	revs.cherry_mark = !skip_cherry_pick_detection;
 	revs.limited = 1;
 	revs.reverse = 1;
 	revs.right_only = 1;
diff --git a/sequencer.h b/sequencer.h
index 393571e89a..a54ea696c2 100644
--- a/sequencer.h
+++ b/sequencer.h
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ int sequencer_remove_state(struct replay_opts *opts);
  * `--onto`, we do not want to re-generate the root commits.
  */
 #define TODO_LIST_ROOT_WITH_ONTO (1U << 6)
-
+#define TODO_LIST_SKIP_CHERRY_PICK_DETECTION (1U << 7)
 
 int sequencer_make_script(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *out, int argc,
 			  const char **argv, unsigned flags);
diff --git a/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh b/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh
index a1ec501a87..290c79e0f6 100755
--- a/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh
+++ b/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh
@@ -162,4 +162,81 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase --skip works with two conflicts in a row' '
 	git rebase --skip
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--skip-cherry-pick-detection' '
+	git init repo &&
+
+	# O(1-10) -- O(1-11) -- O(0-10) master
+	#        \
+	#         -- O(1-11) -- O(1-12) otherbranch
+
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 1 10) >repo/file.txt &&
+	git -C repo add file.txt &&
+	git -C repo commit -m "base commit" &&
+
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 1 11) >repo/file.txt &&
+	git -C repo commit -a -m "add 11" &&
+
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 0 10) >repo/file.txt &&
+	git -C repo commit -a -m "add 0 delete 11" &&
+
+	git -C repo checkout -b otherbranch HEAD^^ &&
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 1 11) >repo/file.txt &&
+	git -C repo commit -a -m "add 11 in another branch" &&
+
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 1 12) >repo/file.txt &&
+	git -C repo commit -a -m "add 12 in another branch" &&
+
+	# Regular rebase fails, because the 1-11 commit is deduplicated
+	test_must_fail git -C repo rebase --merge master 2> err &&
+	test_i18ngrep "error: could not apply.*add 12 in another branch" err &&
+	git -C repo rebase --abort &&
+
+	# With --skip-cherry-pick-detection, it works
+	git -C repo rebase --merge --skip-cherry-pick-detection master
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--skip-cherry-pick-detection refrains from reading unneeded blobs' '
+	git init server &&
+
+	# O(1-10) -- O(1-11) -- O(1-12) master
+	#        \
+	#         -- O(0-10) otherbranch
+
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 1 10) >server/file.txt &&
+	git -C server add file.txt &&
+	git -C server commit -m "merge base" &&
+
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 1 11) >server/file.txt &&
+	git -C server commit -a -m "add 11" &&
+
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 1 12) >server/file.txt &&
+	git -C server commit -a -m "add 12" &&
+
+	git -C server checkout -b otherbranch HEAD^^ &&
+	printf "Line %d\n" $(test_seq 0 10) >server/file.txt &&
+	git -C server commit -a -m "add 0" &&
+
+	test_config -C server uploadpack.allowfilter 1 &&
+	test_config -C server uploadpack.allowanysha1inwant 1 &&
+
+	git clone --filter=blob:none "file://$(pwd)/server" client &&
+	git -C client checkout origin/master &&
+	git -C client checkout origin/otherbranch &&
+
+	# Sanity check to ensure that the blobs from the merge base and "add
+	# 11" are missing
+	git -C client rev-list --objects --all --missing=print >missing_list &&
+	MERGE_BASE_BLOB=$(git -C server rev-parse master^^:file.txt) &&
+	ADD_11_BLOB=$(git -C server rev-parse master^:file.txt) &&
+	grep "\\?$MERGE_BASE_BLOB" missing_list &&
+	grep "\\?$ADD_11_BLOB" missing_list &&
+
+	git -C client rebase --merge --skip-cherry-pick-detection origin/master &&
+
+	# The blob from the merge base had to be fetched, but not "add 11"
+	git -C client rev-list --objects --all --missing=print >missing_list &&
+	! grep "\\?$MERGE_BASE_BLOB" missing_list &&
+	grep "\\?$ADD_11_BLOB" missing_list
+'
+
 test_done
