diff --git a/pack-bitmap-write.c b/pack-bitmap-write.c
index c43375bd344..9843790cb60 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap-write.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap-write.c
@@ -650,20 +650,19 @@ static const struct object_id *oid_access(size_t pos, const void *table)
 
 static void write_selected_commits_v1(struct hashfile *f,
 				      struct pack_idx_entry **index,
-				      uint32_t index_nr)
+				      uint32_t index_nr,
+				      off_t *offsets,
+				      uint32_t *commit_positions)
 {
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < writer.selected_nr; ++i) {
 		struct bitmapped_commit *stored = &writer.selected[i];
 
-		int commit_pos =
-			oid_pos(&stored->commit->object.oid, index, index_nr, oid_access);
+		if (offsets)
+			offsets[i] = hashfile_total(f);
 
-		if (commit_pos < 0)
-			BUG("trying to write commit not in index");
-
-		hashwrite_be32(f, commit_pos);
+		hashwrite_be32(f, commit_positions[i]);
 		hashwrite_u8(f, stored->xor_offset);
 		hashwrite_u8(f, stored->flags);
 
@@ -671,6 +670,81 @@ static void write_selected_commits_v1(struct hashfile *f,
 	}
 }
 
+static int table_cmp(const void *_va, const void *_vb, void *_data)
+{
+	uint32_t *commit_positions = _data;
+	uint32_t a = commit_positions[*(uint32_t *)_va];
+	uint32_t b = commit_positions[*(uint32_t *)_vb];
+
+	if (a > b)
+		return 1;
+	else if (a < b)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void write_lookup_table(struct hashfile *f,
+			       struct pack_idx_entry **index,
+			       uint32_t index_nr,
+			       off_t *offsets,
+			       uint32_t *commit_positions)
+{
+	uint32_t i;
+	uint32_t *table, *table_inv;
+
+	ALLOC_ARRAY(table, writer.selected_nr);
+	ALLOC_ARRAY(table_inv, writer.selected_nr);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < writer.selected_nr; i++)
+		table[i] = i;
+
+	/*
+	 * At the end of this sort table[j] = i means that the i'th
+	 * bitmap corresponds to j'th bitmapped commit (among the selected
+	 * commits) in lex order of OIDs.
+	 */
+	QSORT_S(table, writer.selected_nr, table_cmp, commit_positions);
+
+	/* table_inv helps us discover that relationship (i'th bitmap
+	 * to j'th commit by j = table_inv[i])
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < writer.selected_nr; i++)
+		table_inv[table[i]] = i;
+
+	trace2_region_enter("pack-bitmap-write", "writing_lookup_table", the_repository);
+	for (i = 0; i < writer.selected_nr; i++) {
+		struct bitmapped_commit *selected = &writer.selected[table[i]];
+		uint32_t xor_offset = selected->xor_offset;
+		uint32_t xor_row;
+
+		if (xor_offset) {
+			/*
+			 * xor_index stores the index (in the bitmap entries)
+			 * of the corresponding xor bitmap. But we need to convert
+			 * this index into lookup table's index. So, table_inv[xor_index]
+			 * gives us the index position w.r.t. the lookup table.
+			 *
+			 * If "k = table[i] - xor_offset" then the xor base is the k'th
+			 * bitmap. `table_inv[k]` gives us the position of that bitmap
+			 * in the lookup table.
+			 */
+			uint32_t xor_index = table[i] - xor_offset;
+			xor_row = table_inv[xor_index];
+		} else {
+			xor_row = 0xffffffff;
+		}
+
+		hashwrite_be32(f, commit_positions[table[i]]);
+		hashwrite_be64(f, (uint64_t)offsets[table[i]]);
+		hashwrite_be32(f, xor_row);
+	}
+	trace2_region_leave("pack-bitmap-write", "writing_lookup_table", the_repository);
+
+	free(table);
+	free(table_inv);
+}
+
 static void write_hash_cache(struct hashfile *f,
 			     struct pack_idx_entry **index,
 			     uint32_t index_nr)
@@ -695,8 +769,10 @@ void bitmap_writer_finish(struct pack_idx_entry **index,
 {
 	static uint16_t default_version = 1;
 	static uint16_t flags = BITMAP_OPT_FULL_DAG;
+	off_t *offsets = NULL;
 	struct strbuf tmp_file = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct hashfile *f;
+	uint32_t *commit_positions = NULL;
 
 	struct bitmap_disk_header header;
 
@@ -715,7 +791,25 @@ void bitmap_writer_finish(struct pack_idx_entry **index,
 	dump_bitmap(f, writer.trees);
 	dump_bitmap(f, writer.blobs);
 	dump_bitmap(f, writer.tags);
-	write_selected_commits_v1(f, index, index_nr);
+
+	ALLOC_ARRAY(commit_positions, writer.selected_nr);
+	for (uint32_t i = 0; i < writer.selected_nr; ++i) {
+		struct bitmapped_commit *stored = &writer.selected[i];
+		int commit_pos = oid_pos(&stored->commit->object.oid, index, index_nr, oid_access);
+
+		if (commit_pos < 0)
+			BUG(_("trying to write commit not in index"));
+
+		commit_positions[i] = commit_pos;
+	}
+
+	if (options & BITMAP_OPT_LOOKUP_TABLE)
+		CALLOC_ARRAY(offsets, index_nr);
+
+	write_selected_commits_v1(f, index, index_nr, offsets, commit_positions);
+
+	if (options & BITMAP_OPT_LOOKUP_TABLE)
+		write_lookup_table(f, index, index_nr, offsets, commit_positions);
 
 	if (options & BITMAP_OPT_HASH_CACHE)
 		write_hash_cache(f, index, index_nr);
@@ -730,4 +824,6 @@ void bitmap_writer_finish(struct pack_idx_entry **index,
 		die_errno("unable to rename temporary bitmap file to '%s'", filename);
 
 	strbuf_release(&tmp_file);
+	free(offsets);
+	free(commit_positions);
 }
diff --git a/pack-bitmap.h b/pack-bitmap.h
index 3d3ddd77345..67a9d0fc303 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.h
+++ b/pack-bitmap.h
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ struct bitmap_disk_header {
 #define NEEDS_BITMAP (1u<<22)
 
 enum pack_bitmap_opts {
-	BITMAP_OPT_FULL_DAG = 1,
-	BITMAP_OPT_HASH_CACHE = 4,
+	BITMAP_OPT_FULL_DAG = 0x1,
+	BITMAP_OPT_HASH_CACHE = 0x4,
+	BITMAP_OPT_LOOKUP_TABLE = 0x10,
 };
 
 enum pack_bitmap_flags {
