diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index d26b3f43bf8c38..b10aaaa1d9eb7d 100644
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -1744,6 +1744,7 @@ int cmd_index_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	unsigned foreign_nr = 1;	/* zero is a "good" value, assume bad */
 	int report_end_of_input = 0;
 	int hash_algo = 0;
+	int dash_o = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * index-pack never needs to fetch missing objects except when
@@ -1836,6 +1837,7 @@ int cmd_index_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				if (index_name || (i+1) >= argc)
 					usage(index_pack_usage);
 				index_name = argv[++i];
+				dash_o = 1;
 			} else if (starts_with(arg, "--index-version=")) {
 				char *c;
 				opts.version = strtoul(arg + 16, &c, 10);
@@ -1878,6 +1880,8 @@ int cmd_index_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		index_name = derive_filename(pack_name, "pack", "idx", &index_name_buf);
 
 	opts.flags &= ~(WRITE_REV | WRITE_REV_VERIFY);
+	if (rev_index && dash_o && !ends_with(index_name, ".idx"))
+		rev_index = 0;
 	if (rev_index) {
 		opts.flags |= verify ? WRITE_REV_VERIFY : WRITE_REV;
 		if (index_name)
diff --git a/t/t5300-pack-object.sh b/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
index d402ec18b795c7..0d92c777e8639c 100755
--- a/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
+++ b/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
@@ -355,6 +355,30 @@ test_expect_success 'build pack index for an existing pack' '
 	:
 '
 
+# The `--rev-index` option of `git index-pack` is now the default, so
+# a `foo.rev` REV file will be created when a `foo.idx` IDX file is
+# created.  Normally, these pathnames are based upon the `foo.pack`
+# PACK file pathname.
+#
+# However, the `-o` option lets you set the pathname of the IDX file
+# indepdent of the PACK file.
+#
+# Verify what happens if these suffixes are changed.
+#
+test_expect_success 'complain about index name' '
+	# Normal case { .pack, .idx, .rev }
+	cat test-1-${packname_1}.pack >test-complain-0.pack &&
+	git index-pack -o test-complain-0.idx --rev-index test-complain-0.pack &&
+	test -f test-complain-0.idx &&
+	test -f test-complain-0.rev &&
+
+	# Non .idx suffix -- implicitly omits the .rev
+	cat test-1-${packname_1}.pack >test-complain-1.pack &&
+	git index-pack -o test-complain-1.idx-suffix --rev-index test-complain-1.pack &&
+	test -f test-complain-1.idx-suffix &&
+	! test -f test-complain-1.rev
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'unpacking with --strict' '
 
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