diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-private.h b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-private.h
index b36e6d9405..bbc8b45638 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-private.h
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-private.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct OstreeRepo {
   gboolean writable;
   gboolean in_transaction;
   gboolean disable_fsync;
+  gboolean enable_syncfs;
   GHashTable *loose_object_devino_hash;
   GHashTable *updated_uncompressed_dirs;
   GHashTable *object_sizes;
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index b5b780eba3..421e0d8e98 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -2064,6 +2064,15 @@ ostree_repo_pull_with_options (OstreeRepo             *self,
           }
     }
 
+  if (self->enable_syncfs)
+  {
+    if (syncfs (self->tmp_dir_fd) < 0)
+      {
+        g_set_error_literal (error, G_IO_ERROR, g_io_error_from_errno (errno), g_strerror (errno));
+        goto out;
+      }
+  }
+
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
   g_main_context_unref (pull_data->main_context);
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
index 22abe91423..90865d70a8 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
@@ -1418,6 +1418,22 @@ ostree_repo_set_disable_fsync (OstreeRepo    *self,
   self->disable_fsync = disable_fsync;
 }
 
+/**
+ * ostree_repo_set_enable_syncfs:
+ * @self: An #OstreeRepo
+ * @enable_syncfs: If %TRUE, use syncfs instead of fsync
+ *
+ * Use syncfs to synchronize the file system containing the repository
+ * instead of calling fsync on each file.
+ * Should offer better performance as the sync is done only once.
+ */
+void
+ostree_repo_set_enable_syncfs (OstreeRepo    *self,
+                               gboolean       enable_syncfs)
+{
+  self->enable_syncfs = enable_syncfs;
+}
+
 
 /**
  * ostree_repo_get_path:
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.h b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.h
index 9154b43175..062cf3d3c1 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.h
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.h
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ gboolean      ostree_repo_open   (OstreeRepo     *self,
 void          ostree_repo_set_disable_fsync (OstreeRepo    *self,
                                              gboolean       disable_fsync);
 
+void          ostree_repo_set_enable_syncfs (OstreeRepo    *self,
+                                             gboolean       enable_syncfs);
+
 gboolean      ostree_repo_is_system (OstreeRepo   *repo);
 
 gboolean      ostree_repo_create (OstreeRepo     *self,
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-pull.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-pull.c
index 0846605464..bd7c132df9 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-pull.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-pull.c
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@
 #include "otutil.h"
 
 static gboolean opt_disable_fsync;
+static gboolean opt_enable_syncfs;
 static gboolean opt_mirror;
 static char* opt_subpath;
 static int opt_depth = 0;
  
  static GOptionEntry options[] = {
+   { "enable-syncfs", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_enable_syncfs, "Use syncfs() instead of fsync()", NULL },
    { "disable-fsync", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_disable_fsync, "Do not invoke fsync()", NULL },
    { "mirror", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_mirror, "Write refs suitable for a mirror", NULL },
    { "subpath", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &opt_subpath, "Only pull the provided subpath", NULL },
@@ -63,6 +65,12 @@ ostree_builtin_pull (int argc, char **argv, GCancellable *cancellable, GError **
       goto out;
     }
 
+  if (opt_enable_syncfs)
+    {
+      ostree_repo_set_disable_fsync (repo, TRUE);
+      ostree_repo_set_enable_syncfs (repo, TRUE);
+    }
+
   if (opt_disable_fsync)
     ostree_repo_set_disable_fsync (repo, TRUE);
 
diff --git a/tests/pull-test.sh b/tests/pull-test.sh
index 5aee090f9d..68e6d2f7dd 100755
--- a/tests/pull-test.sh
+++ b/tests/pull-test.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ function verify_initial_contents() {
 repo_init
 ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo pull origin main
 ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo pull origin:main
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo pull --enable-syncfs origin:main
 ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo fsck
 echo "ok pull"