diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index 60aae2fe50..185909cca9 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_names, "BISECT_NAMES")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_ancestors_ok, "BISECT_ANCESTORS_OK")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_run, "BISECT_RUN")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_start, "BISECT_START")
+static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_skip_when, "BISECT_SKIP_WHEN")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_log, "BISECT_LOG")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_terms, "BISECT_TERMS")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_first_parent, "BISECT_FIRST_PARENT")
@@ -1179,6 +1180,7 @@ int bisect_clean_state(void)
 	unlink_or_warn(git_path_bisect_log());
 	unlink_or_warn(git_path_bisect_names());
 	unlink_or_warn(git_path_bisect_run());
+	unlink_or_warn(git_path_bisect_skip_when());
 	unlink_or_warn(git_path_bisect_terms());
 	unlink_or_warn(git_path_bisect_first_parent());
 	/*
diff --git a/builtin/bisect.c b/builtin/bisect.c
index 9891cf2604..6870142b85 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
+#include "hook.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "oid-array.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
@@ -14,19 +15,21 @@
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
+#include "wrapper.h"
 
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_terms, "BISECT_TERMS")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_ancestors_ok, "BISECT_ANCESTORS_OK")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_start, "BISECT_START")
+static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_skip_when, "BISECT_SKIP_WHEN")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_log, "BISECT_LOG")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_names, "BISECT_NAMES")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_first_parent, "BISECT_FIRST_PARENT")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_run, "BISECT_RUN")
 
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_START_USAGE \
-	N_("git bisect start [--term-(new|bad)=<term> --term-(old|good)=<term>]" \
-	   "    [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--]" \
-	   "    [<pathspec>...]")
+	N_("git bisect start [--term-(new|bad)=<term> --term-(old|good)=<term>]\n" \
+	   "                 [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [--skip-when=<script>]\n" \
+	   "                 [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]")
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_STATE_USAGE \
 	N_("git bisect (good|bad) [<rev>...]")
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_TERMS_USAGE \
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ static const char vocab_bad[] = "bad|new";
 static const char vocab_good[] = "good|old";
 
 static int bisect_autostart(struct bisect_terms *terms);
+static enum bisect_error bisect_skip(struct bisect_terms *terms, int argc, const char **argv);
 
 /*
  * Check whether the string `term` belongs to the set of strings
@@ -680,14 +684,74 @@ static enum bisect_error bisect_next(struct bisect_terms *terms, const char *pre
 	return res;
 }
 
+static int get_skip_when(const char **skip_when)
+{
+	struct strbuf str = STRBUF_INIT;
+	FILE *fp = NULL;
+	int res = 0;
+
+	fp = fopen(git_path_bisect_skip_when(), "r");
+	if (!fp) {
+		res = -1;
+		goto finish;
+	}
+
+	strbuf_getline_lf(&str, fp);
+	*skip_when = strbuf_detach(&str, NULL);
+
+finish:
+	if (fp)
+		fclose(fp);
+	strbuf_release(&str);
+
+	return res;
+}
+
 static enum bisect_error bisect_auto_next(struct bisect_terms *terms, const char *prefix)
 {
+	int no_checkout = ref_exists("BISECT_HEAD");
+	enum bisect_error res;
+	struct object_id oid;
+
 	if (bisect_next_check(terms, NULL)) {
 		bisect_print_status(terms);
 		return BISECT_OK;
 	}
 
-	return bisect_next(terms, prefix);
+	res = bisect_next(terms, prefix);
+	if (res)
+		return res;
+
+	if (!read_ref(no_checkout ? "BISECT_HEAD" : "HEAD", &oid)) {
+		struct run_hooks_opt opt = RUN_HOOKS_OPT_INIT;
+		char *rev = oid_to_hex(&oid);
+		const char *skip_when = NULL;
+		int ret = 0;
+
+		get_skip_when(&skip_when);
+		if (skip_when != NULL) {
+			struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+
+			cmd.use_shell = 1;
+			cmd.no_stdin = 1;
+			strvec_pushl(&cmd.args, skip_when, rev, NULL);
+
+			printf(_("running '%s'\n"), skip_when);
+			ret = run_command(&cmd);
+		}
+
+		strvec_push(&opt.args, rev);
+		if ((ret == 125) ||
+		    (run_hooks_opt("bisect-skip_when", &opt) == 125)) {
+			struct strvec argv = STRVEC_INIT;
+
+			printf(_("auto skipping commit [%s]...\n"), rev);
+			sq_dequote_to_strvec("skip", &argv);
+			res = bisect_skip(terms, argv.nr, argv.v);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return res;
 }
 
 static enum bisect_error bisect_start(struct bisect_terms *terms, int argc,
@@ -703,6 +767,7 @@ static enum bisect_error bisect_start(struct bisect_terms *terms, int argc,
 	struct strbuf start_head = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf bisect_names = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct object_id head_oid;
+	char *skip_when = NULL;
 	struct object_id oid;
 	const char *head;
 
@@ -727,6 +792,15 @@ static enum bisect_error bisect_start(struct bisect_terms *terms, int argc,
 			no_checkout = 1;
 		} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--first-parent")) {
 			first_parent_only = 1;
+		} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--skip-when")) {
+			i++;
+
+			if (argc <= i)
+				return error(_("'' is not a valid skip-when script"));
+
+			skip_when = xstrdup(argv[i]);
+		} else if (skip_prefix(arg, "--skip-when=", &arg)) {
+			skip_when = xstrdup(arg);
 		} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--term-good") ||
 			 !strcmp(arg, "--term-old")) {
 			i++;
@@ -867,11 +941,22 @@ static enum bisect_error bisect_start(struct bisect_terms *terms, int argc,
 		goto finish;
 	}
 
+	if (skip_when) {
+		if (access(skip_when, X_OK)) {
+			res = error(_("%s: no such path in the working tree.\n"), skip_when);
+			goto finish;
+		}
+		write_to_file(git_path_bisect_skip_when(), "%s\n", skip_when);
+	}
+
 	res = bisect_append_log_quoted(argv);
 	if (res)
 		res = BISECT_FAILED;
 
 finish:
+	if (skip_when)
+		free(skip_when);
+
 	string_list_clear(&revs, 0);
 	string_list_clear(&states, 0);
 	strbuf_release(&start_head);
diff --git a/templates/hooks--bisect-skip_when.sample b/templates/hooks--bisect-skip_when.sample
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ff3960841f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/hooks--bisect-skip_when.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# usage: ${0} <commit_object_name>
+# expected to exit with 125 when the commit should be skipped
+
+if git cat-file commit "${1:-HEAD}" | grep -q "^GIT_BISECT_SKIP=1$"; then
+	exit 125
+fi
+
+exit 0
