diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
index f48a031dc3..93baeeb029 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
@@ -405,7 +405,9 @@ Supported if the helper has the "connect" capability.
 	trying to fall back).  After line feed terminating the positive
 	(empty) response, the output of the service starts.  Messages
 	(both request and response) must consist of zero or more
-	PKT-LINEs, terminating in a flush packet. The client must not
+	PKT-LINEs, terminating in a flush packet. Response messages will
+	then have a response end packet after the flush packet to
+	indicate the end of a response.  The client must not
 	expect the server to store any state in between request-response
 	pairs.  After the connection ends, the remote helper exits.
 +
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt
index 7e3766cafb..3996d70891 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ In protocol v2 these special packets will have the following semantics:
 
   * '0000' Flush Packet (flush-pkt) - indicates the end of a message
   * '0001' Delimiter Packet (delim-pkt) - separates sections of a message
+  * '0002' Message Packet (response-end-pkt) - indicates the end of a response
+    for stateless connections
 
 Initial Client Request
 ----------------------
diff --git a/builtin/fetch-pack.c b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
index 4771100072..94b0c89b82 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ int cmd_fetch_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	version = discover_version(&reader);
 	switch (version) {
 	case protocol_v2:
-		get_remote_refs(fd[1], &reader, &ref, 0, NULL, NULL);
+		get_remote_refs(fd[1], &reader, &ref, 0, NULL, NULL, args.stateless_rpc);
 		break;
 	case protocol_v1:
 	case protocol_v0:
diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index 11c6ec70a0..0df45a1108 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -406,10 +406,21 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+void check_stateless_delimiter(int stateless_rpc,
+			      struct packet_reader *reader,
+			      const char *error)
+{
+	if (!stateless_rpc)
+		return; /* not in stateless mode, no delimiter expected */
+	if (packet_reader_read(reader) != PACKET_READ_RESPONSE_END)
+		die("%s", error);
+}
+
 struct ref **get_remote_refs(int fd_out, struct packet_reader *reader,
 			     struct ref **list, int for_push,
 			     const struct argv_array *ref_prefixes,
-			     const struct string_list *server_options)
+			     const struct string_list *server_options,
+			     int stateless_rpc)
 {
 	int i;
 	*list = NULL;
@@ -446,6 +457,9 @@ struct ref **get_remote_refs(int fd_out, struct packet_reader *reader,
 	if (reader->status != PACKET_READ_FLUSH)
 		die(_("expected flush after ref listing"));
 
+	check_stateless_delimiter(stateless_rpc, reader,
+				  _("expected response end packet after ref listing"));
+
 	return list;
 }
 
diff --git a/connect.h b/connect.h
index 5f2382e018..235bc66254 100644
--- a/connect.h
+++ b/connect.h
@@ -22,4 +22,8 @@ int server_supports_v2(const char *c, int die_on_error);
 int server_supports_feature(const char *c, const char *feature,
 			    int die_on_error);
 
+void check_stateless_delimiter(int stateless_rpc,
+			       struct packet_reader *reader,
+			       const char *error);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index 7eaa19d7c1..d8bbf45ee2 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -1451,6 +1451,13 @@ enum fetch_state {
 	FETCH_DONE,
 };
 
+static void do_check_stateless_delimiter(const struct fetch_pack_args *args,
+					 struct packet_reader *reader)
+{
+	check_stateless_delimiter(args->stateless_rpc, reader,
+				  _("git fetch-pack: expected response end packet"));
+}
+
 static struct ref *do_fetch_pack_v2(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 				    int fd[2],
 				    const struct ref *orig_ref,
@@ -1535,6 +1542,10 @@ static struct ref *do_fetch_pack_v2(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 			/* Process ACKs/NAKs */
 			switch (process_acks(negotiator, &reader, &common)) {
 			case READY:
+				/*
+				 * Don't check for response delimiter; get_pack() will
+				 * read the rest of this response.
+				 */
 				state = FETCH_GET_PACK;
 				break;
 			case COMMON_FOUND:
@@ -1542,6 +1553,7 @@ static struct ref *do_fetch_pack_v2(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 				seen_ack = 1;
 				/* fallthrough */
 			case NO_COMMON_FOUND:
+				do_check_stateless_delimiter(args, &reader);
 				state = FETCH_SEND_REQUEST;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -1561,6 +1573,7 @@ static struct ref *do_fetch_pack_v2(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 			process_section_header(&reader, "packfile", 0);
 			if (get_pack(args, fd, pack_lockfile, sought, nr_sought))
 				die(_("git fetch-pack: fetch failed."));
+			do_check_stateless_delimiter(args, &reader);
 
 			state = FETCH_DONE;
 			break;
diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index d02cb547e9..75532a8bae 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -703,6 +703,8 @@ static void check_pktline(struct check_pktline_state *state, const char *ptr, si
 				state->remaining = packet_length(state->len_buf);
 				if (state->remaining < 0) {
 					die(_("remote-curl: bad line length character: %.4s"), state->len_buf);
+				} else if (state->remaining == 2) {
+					die(_("remote-curl: unexpected response end packet"));
 				} else if (state->remaining < 4) {
 					state->remaining = 0;
 				} else {
@@ -991,6 +993,9 @@ retry:
 	if (rpc_in_data.pktline_state.remaining)
 		err = error(_("%d bytes of body are still expected"), rpc_in_data.pktline_state.remaining);
 
+	if (stateless_connect)
+		packet_response_end(rpc->in);
+
 	curl_slist_free_all(headers);
 	free(gzip_body);
 	return err;
diff --git a/remote.h b/remote.h
index 11d8719b58..5cc26c1b3b 100644
--- a/remote.h
+++ b/remote.h
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ struct ref **get_remote_heads(struct packet_reader *reader,
 struct ref **get_remote_refs(int fd_out, struct packet_reader *reader,
 			     struct ref **list, int for_push,
 			     const struct argv_array *ref_prefixes,
-			     const struct string_list *server_options);
+			     const struct string_list *server_options,
+			     int stateless_rpc);
 
 int resolve_remote_symref(struct ref *ref, struct ref *list);
 
diff --git a/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh b/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
index 4eb81ba2d4..8da65e60de 100755
--- a/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
+++ b/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
@@ -620,6 +620,19 @@ test_expect_success 'clone repository with http:// using protocol v2 with incomp
 	test_i18ngrep "bytes of body are still expected" err
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone with http:// using protocol v2 and invalid parameters' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -f log" &&
+
+	test_must_fail env GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/log" GIT_TRACE_CURL="$(pwd)/log" \
+		git -c protocol.version=2 \
+		clone --shallow-since=20151012 "$HTTPD_URL/smart/http_parent" http_child_invalid &&
+
+	# Client requested to use protocol v2
+	grep "Git-Protocol: version=2" log &&
+	# Server responded using protocol v2
+	grep "git< version 2" log
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'clone big repository with http:// using protocol v2' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -f log" &&
 
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 431a93caef..7d50c502ad 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ static struct ref *handshake(struct transport *transport, int for_push,
 		if (must_list_refs)
 			get_remote_refs(data->fd[1], &reader, &refs, for_push,
 					ref_prefixes,
-					transport->server_options);
+					transport->server_options,
+					transport->stateless_rpc);
 		break;
 	case protocol_v1:
 	case protocol_v0: