diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPackTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPackTest.java
index 4b3fe28cf..8acbcce36 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPackTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPackTest.java
@@ -1279,6 +1279,48 @@ public class UploadPackTest {
 		assertTrue(client.hasObject(merge.toObjectId()));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testV2FetchShallowSince_excludedParentWithMultipleChildren() throws Exception {
+		PersonIdent person = new PersonIdent(remote.getRepository());
+
+		RevCommit base = remote.commit()
+			.committer(new PersonIdent(person, 1500000000, 0)).create();
+		RevCommit child1 = remote.commit().parent(base)
+			.committer(new PersonIdent(person, 1510000000, 0)).create();
+		RevCommit child2 = remote.commit().parent(base)
+			.committer(new PersonIdent(person, 1520000000, 0)).create();
+
+		remote.update("branch1", child1);
+		remote.update("branch2", child2);
+
+		ByteArrayInputStream recvStream = uploadPackV2(
+			"command=fetch\n",
+			PacketLineIn.DELIM,
+			"deepen-since 1510000\n",
+			"want " + child1.toObjectId().getName() + "\n",
+			"want " + child2.toObjectId().getName() + "\n",
+			"done\n",
+			PacketLineIn.END);
+		PacketLineIn pckIn = new PacketLineIn(recvStream);
+		assertThat(pckIn.readString(), is("shallow-info"));
+
+		// "base" is excluded, so its children are shallow.
+		assertThat(
+			Arrays.asList(pckIn.readString(), pckIn.readString()),
+			hasItems(
+				"shallow " + child1.toObjectId().getName(),
+				"shallow " + child2.toObjectId().getName()));
+
+		assertThat(pckIn.readString(), theInstance(PacketLineIn.DELIM));
+		assertThat(pckIn.readString(), is("packfile"));
+		parsePack(recvStream);
+
+		// Only the children are sent.
+		assertFalse(client.hasObject(base.toObjectId()));
+		assertTrue(client.hasObject(child1.toObjectId()));
+		assertTrue(client.hasObject(child2.toObjectId()));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testV2FetchShallowSince_noCommitsSelected() throws Exception {
 		PersonIdent person = new PersonIdent(remote.getRepository());
@@ -1405,6 +1447,49 @@ public class UploadPackTest {
 		assertTrue(client.hasObject(four.toObjectId()));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testV2FetchDeepenNot_excludedParentWithMultipleChildren() throws Exception {
+		PersonIdent person = new PersonIdent(remote.getRepository());
+
+		RevCommit base = remote.commit()
+			.committer(new PersonIdent(person, 1500000000, 0)).create();
+		RevCommit child1 = remote.commit().parent(base)
+			.committer(new PersonIdent(person, 1510000000, 0)).create();
+		RevCommit child2 = remote.commit().parent(base)
+			.committer(new PersonIdent(person, 1520000000, 0)).create();
+
+		remote.update("base", base);
+		remote.update("branch1", child1);
+		remote.update("branch2", child2);
+
+		ByteArrayInputStream recvStream = uploadPackV2(
+			"command=fetch\n",
+			PacketLineIn.DELIM,
+			"deepen-not base\n",
+			"want " + child1.toObjectId().getName() + "\n",
+			"want " + child2.toObjectId().getName() + "\n",
+			"done\n",
+			PacketLineIn.END);
+		PacketLineIn pckIn = new PacketLineIn(recvStream);
+		assertThat(pckIn.readString(), is("shallow-info"));
+
+		// "base" is excluded, so its children are shallow.
+		assertThat(
+			Arrays.asList(pckIn.readString(), pckIn.readString()),
+			hasItems(
+				"shallow " + child1.toObjectId().getName(),
+				"shallow " + child2.toObjectId().getName()));
+
+		assertThat(pckIn.readString(), theInstance(PacketLineIn.DELIM));
+		assertThat(pckIn.readString(), is("packfile"));
+		parsePack(recvStream);
+
+		// Only the children are sent.
+		assertFalse(client.hasObject(base.toObjectId()));
+		assertTrue(client.hasObject(child1.toObjectId()));
+		assertTrue(client.hasObject(child2.toObjectId()));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testV2FetchUnrecognizedArgument() throws Exception {
 		thrown.expect(PackProtocolException.class);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/DepthGenerator.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/DepthGenerator.java
index c42223408..515492039 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/DepthGenerator.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/DepthGenerator.java
@@ -208,10 +208,14 @@ class DepthGenerator extends Generator {
 							!p.has(DEEPEN_NOT)) {
 						pending.add(p);
 					} else {
-						c.isBoundary = true;
+						dp.makesChildBoundary = true;
 					}
 				}
 
+				if (dp.makesChildBoundary) {
+					c.isBoundary = true;
+				}
+
 				// If the current commit has become unshallowed, everything
 				// below us is new to the client.  Mark its parent as
 				// re-interesting, and carry that flag downward to all
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/DepthWalk.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/DepthWalk.java
index 66e8497a1..2eca12be5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/DepthWalk.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/DepthWalk.java
@@ -112,14 +112,20 @@ public interface DepthWalk {
 
 		boolean isBoundary;
 
+		/**
+		 * True if this commit was excluded due to a shallow fetch
+		 * setting. All its children are thus boundary commits.
+		 */
+		boolean makesChildBoundary;
+
 		/** @return depth of this commit, as found by the shortest path. */
 		public int getDepth() {
 			return depth;
 		}
 
 		/**
-		 * @return true if at least one of this commit's children was excluded
-		 *         due to a depth or shallow-since restriction, false otherwise
+		 * @return true if at least one of this commit's parents was excluded
+		 *         due to a shallow fetch setting, false otherwise
 		 * @since 5.2
 		 */
 		public boolean isBoundary() {