diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index b71299b5a..e54889f80 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ type PushOptions struct {
 	// FollowTags will send any annotated tags with a commit target reachable from
 	// the refs already being pushed
 	FollowTags bool
+	// PushOptions sets options to be transferred to the server during push.
+	Options map[string]string
 }
 
 // Validate validates the fields and sets the default values.
diff --git a/plumbing/protocol/packp/updreq.go b/plumbing/protocol/packp/updreq.go
index 4d927d8b8..46ad6fdc9 100644
--- a/plumbing/protocol/packp/updreq.go
+++ b/plumbing/protocol/packp/updreq.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var (
 type ReferenceUpdateRequest struct {
 	Capabilities *capability.List
 	Commands     []*Command
+	Options      []*Option
 	Shallow      *plumbing.Hash
 	// Packfile contains an optional packfile reader.
 	Packfile io.ReadCloser
@@ -120,3 +121,8 @@ func (c *Command) validate() error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+type Option struct {
+	Key   string
+	Value string
+}
diff --git a/plumbing/protocol/packp/updreq_encode.go b/plumbing/protocol/packp/updreq_encode.go
index 2545e935e..08a819e15 100644
--- a/plumbing/protocol/packp/updreq_encode.go
+++ b/plumbing/protocol/packp/updreq_encode.go
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ func (req *ReferenceUpdateRequest) Encode(w io.Writer) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if req.Capabilities.Supports(capability.PushOptions) {
+		if err := req.encodeOptions(e, req.Options); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	if req.Packfile != nil {
 		if _, err := io.Copy(w, req.Packfile); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -73,3 +79,15 @@ func formatCommand(cmd *Command) string {
 	n := cmd.New.String()
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s", o, n, cmd.Name)
 }
+
+func (req *ReferenceUpdateRequest) encodeOptions(e *pktline.Encoder,
+	opts []*Option) error {
+
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		if err := e.Encodef("%s=%s", opt.Key, opt.Value); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return e.Flush()
+}
diff --git a/plumbing/protocol/packp/updreq_encode_test.go b/plumbing/protocol/packp/updreq_encode_test.go
index 5ad2b1bb7..6ba004310 100644
--- a/plumbing/protocol/packp/updreq_encode_test.go
+++ b/plumbing/protocol/packp/updreq_encode_test.go
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/format/pktline"
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/protocol/packp/capability"
 
-	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
 	"io/ioutil"
+
+	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
 )
 
 type UpdReqEncodeSuite struct{}
@@ -142,3 +144,29 @@ func (s *UpdReqEncodeSuite) TestWithPackfile(c *C) {
 
 	s.testEncode(c, r, expected)
 }
+
+func (s *UpdReqEncodeSuite) TestPushOptions(c *C) {
+	hash1 := plumbing.NewHash("1ecf0ef2c2dffb796033e5a02219af86ec6584e5")
+	hash2 := plumbing.NewHash("2ecf0ef2c2dffb796033e5a02219af86ec6584e5")
+	name := plumbing.ReferenceName("myref")
+
+	r := NewReferenceUpdateRequest()
+	r.Capabilities.Set(capability.PushOptions)
+	r.Commands = []*Command{
+		{Name: name, Old: hash1, New: hash2},
+	}
+	r.Options = []*Option{
+		{Key: "SomeKey", Value: "SomeValue"},
+		{Key: "AnotherKey", Value: "AnotherValue"},
+	}
+
+	expected := pktlines(c,
+		"1ecf0ef2c2dffb796033e5a02219af86ec6584e5 2ecf0ef2c2dffb796033e5a02219af86ec6584e5 myref\x00push-options",
+		pktline.FlushString,
+		"SomeKey=SomeValue",
+		"AnotherKey=AnotherValue",
+		pktline.FlushString,
+	)
+
+	s.testEncode(c, r, expected)
+}
diff --git a/remote.go b/remote.go
index b74f43138..426bde928 100644
--- a/remote.go
+++ b/remote.go
@@ -319,6 +319,13 @@ func (r *Remote) newReferenceUpdateRequest(
 		}
 	}
 
+	if ar.Capabilities.Supports(capability.PushOptions) {
+		_ = req.Capabilities.Set(capability.PushOptions)
+		for k, v := range o.Options {
+			req.Options = append(req.Options, &packp.Option{Key: k, Value: v})
+		}
+	}
+
 	if err := r.addReferencesToUpdate(o.RefSpecs, localRefs, remoteRefs, req, o.Prune); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}