diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java
index 49413e54f..79f60c320 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java
@@ -2060,6 +2060,16 @@ public class ReceivePack {
 		postReceive = h != null ? h : PostReceiveHook.NULL;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the current unpack error handler.
+	 *
+	 * @return the current unpack error handler.
+	 * @since 5.8
+	 */
+	public UnpackErrorHandler getUnpackErrorHandler() {
+		return unpackErrorHandler;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param unpackErrorHandler
 	 *            the unpackErrorHandler to set