diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
index 17405c73a9..8c75855782 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ this option is given, future commit-graph writes will automatically assume
 that this option was intended. Use `--no-changed-paths` to stop storing this
 data.
 +
+With the `--max-new-filters=<n>` option, generate at most `n` new Bloom
+filters (if `--changed-paths` is specified). If `n` is `-1`, no limit is
+enforced. Only commits present in the new layer count against this
+limit. To retroactively compute Bloom filters over earlier layers, it is
+advised to use `--split=replace`.
++
 With the `--split[=<strategy>]` option, write the commit-graph as a
 chain of multiple commit-graph files stored in
 `<dir>/info/commit-graphs`. Commit-graph layers are merged based on the
diff --git a/bloom.c b/bloom.c
index d234551ce0..68c73200a5 100644
--- a/bloom.c
+++ b/bloom.c
@@ -204,12 +204,11 @@ struct bloom_filter *get_or_compute_bloom_filter(struct repository *r,
 
 	if (!filter->data) {
 		load_commit_graph_info(r, c);
-		if (commit_graph_position(c) != COMMIT_NOT_FROM_GRAPH &&
-			load_bloom_filter_from_graph(r->objects->commit_graph, filter, c))
-				return filter;
+		if (commit_graph_position(c) != COMMIT_NOT_FROM_GRAPH)
+			load_bloom_filter_from_graph(r->objects->commit_graph, filter, c);
 	}
 
-	if (filter->data)
+	if (filter->data && filter->len)
 		return filter;
 	if (!compute_if_not_present)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/builtin/commit-graph.c b/builtin/commit-graph.c
index f3243bd982..5df9b2ef80 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");
 
diff --git a/commit-graph.c b/commit-graph.c
index 1a53a03f5d..1aedc1c4df 100644
--- a/commit-graph.c
+++ b/commit-graph.c
@@ -1408,6 +1408,7 @@ static void compute_bloom_filters(struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
 	int i;
 	struct progress *progress = NULL;
 	struct commit **sorted_commits;
+	int max_new_filters;
 
 	init_bloom_filters();
 
@@ -1424,13 +1425,16 @@ static void compute_bloom_filters(struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
 	else
 		QSORT(sorted_commits, ctx->commits.nr, commit_gen_cmp);
 
+	max_new_filters = ctx->opts && ctx->opts->max_new_filters >= 0 ?
+		ctx->opts->max_new_filters : ctx->commits.nr;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ctx->commits.nr; i++) {
 		enum bloom_filter_computed computed = 0;
 		struct commit *c = sorted_commits[i];
 		struct bloom_filter *filter = get_or_compute_bloom_filter(
 			ctx->r,
 			c,
-			1,
+			ctx->count_bloom_filter_computed < max_new_filters,
 			ctx->bloom_settings,
 			&computed);
 		if (computed & BLOOM_COMPUTED) {
@@ -1441,7 +1445,8 @@ static void compute_bloom_filters(struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
 				ctx->count_bloom_filter_trunc_large++;
 		} else if (computed & BLOOM_NOT_COMPUTED)
 			ctx->count_bloom_filter_not_computed++;
-		ctx->total_bloom_filter_data_size += sizeof(unsigned char) * filter->len;
+		ctx->total_bloom_filter_data_size += filter
+			? sizeof(unsigned char) * filter->len : 0;
 		display_progress(progress, i + 1);
 	}
 
diff --git a/commit-graph.h b/commit-graph.h
index b7914b0a7a..a22bd86701 100644
--- a/commit-graph.h
+++ b/commit-graph.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ struct commit_graph_opts {
 	int max_commits;
 	timestamp_t expire_time;
 	enum commit_graph_split_flags split_flags;
+	int max_new_filters;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh b/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
index ec9845c9be..48ab1b16a6 100755
--- a/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
+++ b/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
@@ -305,4 +305,74 @@ test_expect_success 'correctly report commits with no changed paths' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'Bloom generation is limited by --max-new-filters' '
+	(
+		cd limits &&
+		test_commit c2 filter &&
+		test_commit c3 filter &&
+		test_commit c4 no-filter &&
+
+		rm -f trace.event &&
+		GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace.event" \
+			git commit-graph write --reachable --split=replace \
+				--changed-paths --max-new-filters=2 &&
+
+		test_filter_computed 2 trace.event &&
+		test_filter_not_computed 3 trace.event &&
+		test_filter_trunc_empty 0 trace.event &&
+		test_filter_trunc_large 0 trace.event
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Bloom generation backfills previously-skipped filters' '
+	(
+		cd limits &&
+
+		rm -f trace.event &&
+		GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace.event" \
+			git commit-graph write --reachable --changed-paths \
+				--split=replace --max-new-filters=1 &&
+		test_filter_computed 1 trace.event &&
+		test_filter_not_computed 4 trace.event &&
+		test_filter_trunc_empty 0 trace.event &&
+		test_filter_trunc_large 0 trace.event
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Bloom generation backfills empty commits' '
+	git init empty &&
+	test_when_finished "rm -fr empty" &&
+	(
+		cd empty &&
+		for i in $(test_seq 1 6)
+		do
+			git commit --allow-empty -m "$i"
+		done &&
+
+		# Generate Bloom filters for empty commits 1-6, two at a time.
+		for i in $(test_seq 1 3)
+		do
+			rm -f trace.event &&
+			GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace.event" \
+				git commit-graph write --reachable \
+					--changed-paths --max-new-filters=2 &&
+			test_filter_computed 2 trace.event &&
+			test_filter_not_computed 4 trace.event &&
+			test_filter_trunc_empty 2 trace.event &&
+			test_filter_trunc_large 0 trace.event
+		done &&
+
+		# Finally, make sure that once all commits have filters, that
+		# none are subsequently recomputed.
+		rm -f trace.event &&
+		GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace.event" \
+			git commit-graph write --reachable \
+				--changed-paths --max-new-filters=2 &&
+		test_filter_computed 0 trace.event &&
+		test_filter_not_computed 6 trace.event &&
+		test_filter_trunc_empty 0 trace.event &&
+		test_filter_trunc_large 0 trace.event
+	)
+'
+
 test_done