diff --git a/builtin/commit-graph.c b/builtin/commit-graph.c
index f3243bd..5df9b2e 100644
--- a/builtin/commit-graph.c
+++ b/builtin/commit-graph.c
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ static char const * const builtin_commit_graph_usage[] = {
 	N_("git commit-graph verify [--object-dir <objdir>] [--shallow] [--[no-]progress]"),
 	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append] "
 	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits] "
-	   "[--changed-paths] [--[no-]progress] <split options>"),
+	   "[--changed-paths] [--[no-]max-new-filters <n>] [--[no-]progress] "
+	   "<split options>"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ static const char * const builtin_commit_graph_verify_usage[] = {
 static const char * const builtin_commit_graph_write_usage[] = {
 	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append] "
 	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits] "
-	   "[--changed-paths] [--[no-]progress] <split options>"),
+	   "[--changed-paths] [--[no-]max-new-filters <n>] [--[no-]progress] "
+	   "<split options>"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -162,6 +164,23 @@ static int read_one_commit(struct oidset *commits, struct progress *progress,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int write_option_max_new_filters(const struct option *opt,
+					const char *arg,
+					int unset)
+{
+	int *to = opt->value;
+	if (unset)
+		*to = -1;
+	else {
+		const char *s;
+		*to = strtol(arg, (char **)&s, 10);
+		if (*s)
+			return error(_("%s expects a numerical value"),
+				     optname(opt, opt->flags));
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int graph_write(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	struct string_list pack_indexes = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
@@ -197,6 +216,9 @@ static int graph_write(int argc, const char **argv)
 			N_("maximum ratio between two levels of a split commit-graph")),
 		OPT_EXPIRY_DATE(0, "expire-time", &write_opts.expire_time,
 			N_("only expire files older than a given date-time")),
+		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "max-new-filters", &write_opts.max_new_filters,
+			NULL, N_("maximum number of changed-path Bloom filters to compute"),
+			0, write_option_max_new_filters),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
@@ -205,6 +227,7 @@ static int graph_write(int argc, const char **argv)
 	write_opts.size_multiple = 2;
 	write_opts.max_commits = 0;
 	write_opts.expire_time = 0;
+	write_opts.max_new_filters = -1;
 
 	trace2_cmd_mode("write");