diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
index 694bb9409bf..3db1062d1e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
@@ -96,13 +96,18 @@ default and "Indexing objects" when `--stdin` is specified.
 --check-self-contained-and-connected::
 	Die if the pack contains broken links. For internal use only.
 
---fsck-objects::
-	For internal use only.
+--fsck-objects[=<msg-id>=<severity>...]::
+	Die if the pack contains broken objects. If the pack contains a tree
+	pointing to a .gitmodules blob that does not exist, prints the hash of
+	that blob (for the caller to check) after the hash that goes into the
+	name of the pack/idx file (see "Notes").
 +
-Die if the pack contains broken objects. If the pack contains a tree
-pointing to a .gitmodules blob that does not exist, prints the hash of
-that blob (for the caller to check) after the hash that goes into the
-name of the pack/idx file (see "Notes").
+Unlike `--strict` however, don't choke on broken links. An optional
+comma-separated list of `<msg-id>=<severity>` can be passed to change the
+severity of some possible issues, e.g.,
+`--fsck-objects="missingEmail=ignore,badTagName=ignore"`. See the entry for the
+`fsck.<msg-id>` configuration options in linkgit:git-fsck[1] for more
+information on the possible values of `<msg-id>` and `<severity>`.
 
 --threads=<n>::
 	Specifies the number of threads to spawn when resolving
diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index 240c7021168..a3a37bd215d 100644
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "setup.h"
 
 static const char index_pack_usage[] =
-"git index-pack [-v] [-o <index-file>] [--keep | --keep=<msg>] [--[no-]rev-index] [--verify] [--strict[=<msg-id>=<severity>...]] (<pack-file> | --stdin [--fix-thin] [<pack-file>])";
+"git index-pack [-v] [-o <index-file>] [--keep | --keep=<msg>] [--[no-]rev-index] [--verify] [--strict[=<msg-id>=<severity>...]] [--fsck-objects[=<msg-id>=<severity>...]] (<pack-file> | --stdin [--fix-thin] [<pack-file>])";
 
 struct object_entry {
 	struct pack_idx_entry idx;
@@ -1785,8 +1785,9 @@ int cmd_index_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--check-self-contained-and-connected")) {
 				strict = 1;
 				check_self_contained_and_connected = 1;
-			} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--fsck-objects")) {
+			} else if (skip_to_optional_arg(arg, "--fsck-objects", &arg)) {
 				do_fsck_object = 1;
+				fsck_set_msg_types(&fsck_options, arg);
 			} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--verify")) {
 				verify = 1;
 			} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--verify-stat")) {
diff --git a/t/t5300-pack-object.sh b/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
index 496fffa0f8a..a58f91035d1 100755
--- a/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
+++ b/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
@@ -441,8 +441,7 @@ test_expect_success 'index-pack with --strict' '
 	)
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'index-pack with --strict downgrading fsck msgs' '
-	test_when_finished rm -rf strict &&
+test_expect_success 'setup for --strict and --fsck-objects downgrading fsck msgs' '
 	git init strict &&
 	(
 		cd strict &&
@@ -457,12 +456,32 @@ test_expect_success 'index-pack with --strict downgrading fsck msgs' '
 
 		EOF
 		git hash-object --literally -t commit -w --stdin <commit >commit_list &&
-		PACK=$(git pack-objects test <commit_list) &&
-		test_must_fail git index-pack --strict "test-$PACK.pack" &&
-		git index-pack --strict="missingEmail=ignore" "test-$PACK.pack"
+		git pack-objects test <commit_list >pack-name
 	)
 '
 
+test_with_bad_commit () {
+	must_fail_arg="$1" &&
+	must_pass_arg="$2" &&
+	(
+		cd strict &&
+		test_expect_fail git index-pack "$must_fail_arg" "test-$(cat pack-name).pack"
+		git index-pack "$must_pass_arg" "test-$(cat pack-name).pack"
+	)
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'index-pack with --strict downgrading fsck msgs' '
+	test_with_bad_commit --strict --strict="missingEmail=ignore"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'index-pack with --fsck-objects downgrading fsck msgs' '
+	test_with_bad_commit --fsck-objects --fsck-objects="missingEmail=ignore"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cleanup for --strict and --fsck-objects downgrading fsck msgs' '
+	rm -rf strict
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'honor pack.packSizeLimit' '
 	git config pack.packSizeLimit 3m &&
 	packname_10=$(git pack-objects test-10 <obj-list) &&
