diff --git a/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt b/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt
index 30604e4a4c..2dc9170622 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@ commitGraph.maxNewFilters::
 	commit-graph write` (c.f., linkgit:git-commit-graph[1]).
 
 commitGraph.readChangedPaths::
-	If true, then git will use the changed-path Bloom filters in the
-	commit-graph file (if it exists, and they are present). Defaults to
-	true. See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1] for more information.
+	Deprecated. Equivalent to commitGraph.changedPathsVersion=-1 if true, and
+	commitGraph.changedPathsVersion=0 if false. (If commitGraph.changedPathVersion
+	is also set, commitGraph.changedPathsVersion takes precedence.)
+
+commitGraph.changedPathsVersion::
+	Specifies the version of the changed-path Bloom filters that Git will read and
+	write. May be -1, 0 or 1.
++
+Defaults to -1.
++
+If -1, Git will use the version of the changed-path Bloom filters in the
+repository, defaulting to 1 if there are none.
++
+If 0, Git will not read any Bloom filters, and will write version 1 Bloom
+filters when instructed to write.
++
+If 1, Git will only read version 1 Bloom filters, and will write version 1
+Bloom filters.
++
+See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1] for more information.
diff --git a/commit-graph.c b/commit-graph.c
index efc697e437..1f26c07de4 100644
--- a/commit-graph.c
+++ b/commit-graph.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ struct commit_graph *parse_commit_graph(struct repo_settings *s,
 			graph->read_generation_data = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (s->commit_graph_read_changed_paths) {
+	if (s->commit_graph_changed_paths_version) {
 		pair_chunk(cf, GRAPH_CHUNKID_BLOOMINDEXES,
 			   &graph->chunk_bloom_indexes);
 		read_chunk(cf, GRAPH_CHUNKID_BLOOMDATA,
diff --git a/oss-fuzz/fuzz-commit-graph.c b/oss-fuzz/fuzz-commit-graph.c
index 2992079dd9..325c0b991a 100644
--- a/oss-fuzz/fuzz-commit-graph.c
+++ b/oss-fuzz/fuzz-commit-graph.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
 	 * possible.
 	 */
 	the_repository->settings.commit_graph_generation_version = 2;
-	the_repository->settings.commit_graph_read_changed_paths = 1;
+	the_repository->settings.commit_graph_changed_paths_version = 1;
 	g = parse_commit_graph(&the_repository->settings, (void *)data, size);
 	repo_clear(the_repository);
 	free_commit_graph(g);
diff --git a/repo-settings.c b/repo-settings.c
index 525f69c0c7..db8fe817f3 100644
--- a/repo-settings.c
+++ b/repo-settings.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ void prepare_repo_settings(struct repository *r)
 	int value;
 	const char *strval;
 	int manyfiles;
+	int read_changed_paths;
 
 	if (!r->gitdir)
 		BUG("Cannot add settings for uninitialized repository");
@@ -54,7 +55,10 @@ void prepare_repo_settings(struct repository *r)
 	/* Commit graph config or default, does not cascade (simple) */
 	repo_cfg_bool(r, "core.commitgraph", &r->settings.core_commit_graph, 1);
 	repo_cfg_int(r, "commitgraph.generationversion", &r->settings.commit_graph_generation_version, 2);
-	repo_cfg_bool(r, "commitgraph.readchangedpaths", &r->settings.commit_graph_read_changed_paths, 1);
+	repo_cfg_bool(r, "commitgraph.readchangedpaths", &read_changed_paths, 1);
+	repo_cfg_int(r, "commitgraph.changedpathsversion",
+		     &r->settings.commit_graph_changed_paths_version,
+		     read_changed_paths ? -1 : 0);
 	repo_cfg_bool(r, "gc.writecommitgraph", &r->settings.gc_write_commit_graph, 1);
 	repo_cfg_bool(r, "fetch.writecommitgraph", &r->settings.fetch_write_commit_graph, 0);
 
diff --git a/repository.h b/repository.h
index 5f18486f64..f71154e12c 100644
--- a/repository.h
+++ b/repository.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct repo_settings {
 
 	int core_commit_graph;
 	int commit_graph_generation_version;
-	int commit_graph_read_changed_paths;
+	int commit_graph_changed_paths_version;
 	int gc_write_commit_graph;
 	int fetch_write_commit_graph;
 	int command_requires_full_index;