diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/PushCommandTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/PushCommandTest.java
index 8c613ec48..e0c149903 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/PushCommandTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/PushCommandTest.java
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ public class PushCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 
 		// create other repository
 		Repository db2 = createWorkRepository();
+		final StoredConfig config2 = db2.getConfig();
+
+		// this tests that this config can be parsed properly
+		config2.setString("fsck", "", "missingEmail", "ignore");
+		config2.save();
 
 		// setup the first repository
 		final StoredConfig config = db.getConfig();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransferConfig.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransferConfig.java
index 2198b50f0..d4cd1c367 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransferConfig.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransferConfig.java
@@ -76,8 +76,24 @@ public class TransferConfig {
 		}
 	};
 
-	enum FsckMode {
-		ERROR, WARN, IGNORE;
+	/**
+	 * A git configuration value for how to handle a fsck failure of a particular kind.
+	 * Used in e.g. fsck.missingEmail.
+	 * @since 4.9
+	 */
+	public enum FsckMode {
+		/**
+		 * Treat it as an error (the default).
+		 */
+		ERROR,
+		/**
+		 * Issue a warning (in fact, jgit treats this like IGNORE, but git itself does warn).
+		 */
+		WARN,
+		/**
+		 * Ignore the error.
+		 */
+		IGNORE;
 	}
 
 	private final boolean fetchFsck;