diff --git a/builtin/commit-graph.c b/builtin/commit-graph.c
index ea28bc3..c7d0db5 100644
--- a/builtin/commit-graph.c
+++ b/builtin/commit-graph.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ static char const * const builtin_commit_graph_usage[] = {
 	N_("git commit-graph [--object-dir <objdir>]"),
 	N_("git commit-graph read [--object-dir <objdir>]"),
 	N_("git commit-graph verify [--object-dir <objdir>]"),
-	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append] [--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits]"),
+	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ static const char * const builtin_commit_graph_read_usage[] = {
 };
 
 static const char * const builtin_commit_graph_write_usage[] = {
-	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append] [--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits]"),
+	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
 static struct opts_commit_graph {
 	const char *obj_dir;
+	int reachable;
 	int stdin_packs;
 	int stdin_commits;
 	int append;
@@ -127,6 +128,8 @@ static int graph_write(int argc, const char **argv)
 		OPT_STRING(0, "object-dir", &opts.obj_dir,
 			N_("dir"),
 			N_("The object directory to store the graph")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "reachable", &opts.reachable,
+			N_("start walk at all refs")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "stdin-packs", &opts.stdin_packs,
 			N_("scan pack-indexes listed by stdin for commits")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "stdin-commits", &opts.stdin_commits,
@@ -140,11 +143,16 @@ static int graph_write(int argc, const char **argv)
 			     builtin_commit_graph_write_options,
 			     builtin_commit_graph_write_usage, 0);
 
-	if (opts.stdin_packs && opts.stdin_commits)
-		die(_("cannot use both --stdin-commits and --stdin-packs"));
+	if (opts.reachable + opts.stdin_packs + opts.stdin_commits > 1)
+		die(_("use at most one of --reachable, --stdin-commits, or --stdin-packs"));
 	if (!opts.obj_dir)
 		opts.obj_dir = get_object_directory();
 
+	if (opts.reachable) {
+		write_commit_graph_reachable(opts.obj_dir, opts.append);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	string_list_init(&lines, 0);
 	if (opts.stdin_packs || opts.stdin_commits) {
 		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;