diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.adoc b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.adoc
index 5ef89fc0fe..4bf7c66b8c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.adoc

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 		   [--points-at=<object>]
 		   [--merged[=<object>]] [--no-merged[=<object>]]
 		   [--contains[=<object>]] [--no-contains[=<object>]]
-		   [--exclude=<pattern> ...]
+		   [--exclude=<pattern> ...] [--skip-until=<pattern>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------

@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ TAB %(refname)`.
 --include-root-refs::
 	List root refs (HEAD and pseudorefs) apart from regular refs.
 
+--skip-until::
+    Skip references up to the specified pattern. Cannot be used with
+    general pattern matching.
+
 FIELD NAMES
 -----------
 

diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index 7a274633cf..9d0255d5db 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c

@@ -2714,20 +2716,28 @@ static int for_each_fullref_in_pattern(struct ref_filter *filter,
 		 * so just return everything and let the caller
 		 * sort it out.
 		 */
-		return refs_for_each_fullref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-						"", NULL, cb, cb_data);
+		goto non_prefix_iter;
 	}
 
 	if (!filter->name_patterns[0]) {
 		/* no patterns; we have to look at everything */
-		return refs_for_each_fullref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-						 "", filter->exclude.v, cb, cb_data);
+		goto non_prefix_iter;
 	}
 
 	return refs_for_each_fullref_in_prefixes(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
 						 NULL, filter->name_patterns,
 						 filter->exclude.v,
 						 cb, cb_data);
+
+non_prefix_iter:
+	iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), "",
+				       NULL, 0, flags);
+	if (filter->seek)
+		ret = ref_iterator_seek(iter, filter->seek, 0);

+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return do_for_each_ref_iterator(iter, cb, cb_data);
 }
 
 /*

@@ -3200,6 +3210,8 @@ static int do_filter_refs(struct ref_filter *filter, unsigned int type, each_ref
 	if (!filter->kind)
 		die("filter_refs: invalid type");
 	else {