diff --git a/builtin/fetch-pack.c b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
index 366b9d1..85d4faf 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "connect.h"
 #include "sha1-array.h"
+#include "protocol.h"
 
 static const char fetch_pack_usage[] =
 "git fetch-pack [--all] [--stdin] [--quiet | -q] [--keep | -k] [--thin] "
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ int cmd_fetch_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct fetch_pack_args args;
 	struct oid_array shallow = OID_ARRAY_INIT;
 	struct string_list deepen_not = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
+	struct packet_reader reader;
 
 	packet_trace_identity("fetch-pack");
 
@@ -193,7 +195,19 @@ int cmd_fetch_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (!conn)
 			return args.diag_url ? 0 : 1;
 	}
-	get_remote_heads(fd[0], NULL, 0, &ref, 0, NULL, &shallow);
+
+	packet_reader_init(&reader, fd[0], NULL, 0,
+			   PACKET_READ_CHOMP_NEWLINE |
+			   PACKET_READ_GENTLE_ON_EOF);
+
+	switch (discover_version(&reader)) {
+	case protocol_v1:
+	case protocol_v0:
+		get_remote_heads(&reader, &ref, 0, NULL, &shallow);
+		break;
+	case protocol_unknown_version:
+		BUG("unknown protocol version");
+	}
 
 	ref = fetch_pack(&args, fd, conn, ref, dest, sought, nr_sought,
 			 &shallow, pack_lockfile_ptr);