diff --git a/remote.go b/remote.go
index a294ca23..e6694981 100644
--- a/remote.go
+++ b/remote.go
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ type FetchOptions struct {
 
 	// Proxy options to use for this fetch operation
 	ProxyOptions ProxyOptions
+
+	// Depth controls the depth of the fetch/clone operation.
+	// A value of 0 means no depth limit (fetch/clone everything).
+	// A positive value will limit the history to that number of commits.
+	Depth int
 }
 
 type RemoteConnectOptions struct {
@@ -685,7 +690,7 @@ func (c *RemoteCollection) Create(name string, url string) (*Remote, error) {
 	return remote, nil
 }
 
-//CreateWithOptions Creates a repository object with extended options.
+// CreateWithOptions Creates a repository object with extended options.
 func (c *RemoteCollection) CreateWithOptions(url string, option *RemoteCreateOptions) (*Remote, error) {
 	remote := &Remote{repo: c.repo}
 
@@ -991,6 +996,12 @@ func populateFetchOptions(copts *C.git_fetch_options, opts *FetchOptions, errorT
 		strings: makeCStringsFromStrings(opts.Headers),
 	}
 	populateProxyOptions(&copts.proxy_opts, &opts.ProxyOptions)
+
+	// Set depth if specified
+	if opts.Depth > 0 {
+		copts.depth = C.int(opts.Depth)
+	}
+
 	return copts
 }