diff --git a/commands/command_fetch.go b/commands/command_fetch.go
index 2ea1685a..6114669e 100644
--- a/commands/command_fetch.go
+++ b/commands/command_fetch.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var (
 	fetchExcludeArg string
 	fetchRecentArg  bool
 	fetchAllArg     bool
+	fetchPruneArg   bool
 )
 
 func fetchCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
@@ -77,6 +78,12 @@ func fetchCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			fetchRecent(refs, includePaths, excludePaths)
 		}
 	}
+
+	if fetchPruneArg {
+		verify := lfs.Config.FetchPruneConfig().PruneVerifyRemoteAlways
+		// no dry-run or verbose options in fetch, assume false
+		prune(verify, false, false)
+	}
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -84,6 +91,7 @@ func init() {
 	fetchCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&fetchExcludeArg, "exclude", "X", "", "Exclude a list of paths")
 	fetchCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&fetchRecentArg, "recent", "r", false, "Fetch recent refs & commits")
 	fetchCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&fetchAllArg, "all", "a", false, "Fetch all LFS files ever referenced")
+	fetchCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&fetchPruneArg, "prune", "p", false, "After fetching, prune old data")
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(fetchCmd)
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/man/git-lfs-fetch.1.ronn b/docs/man/git-lfs-fetch.1.ronn
index 437a1b25..fbdccd6b 100644
--- a/docs/man/git-lfs-fetch.1.ronn
+++ b/docs/man/git-lfs-fetch.1.ronn
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ This does not update the working copy.
   --include/--exclude. Ignores any globally configured include and exclude paths
   to ensure that all objects are downloaded.
 
+* `--prune` `-p`:
+  Prune old and unreferenced objects after fetching, equivalent to running
+  `git lfs prune` afterwards. See git-lfs-prune(1) for more details.
+
 ## INCLUDE AND EXCLUDE
 
 You can configure Git LFS to only fetch objects to satisfy references in certain
@@ -132,7 +136,7 @@ What changes are considered 'recent' is based on a number of gitconfig options:
 
 ## SEE ALSO
 
-git-lfs-checkout(1), git-lfs-pull(1).
+git-lfs-checkout(1), git-lfs-pull(1), git-lfs-prune(1).
 
 Part of the git-lfs(1) suite.
 
diff --git a/test/test-fetch.sh b/test/test-fetch.sh
index 50ebe227..24f4631c 100755
--- a/test/test-fetch.sh
+++ b/test/test-fetch.sh
@@ -404,3 +404,58 @@ begin_test "fetch: outside git repository"
   grep "Not in a git repository" fetch.log
 )
 end_test
+
+begin_test "fetch --prune"
+(
+  set -e
+
+  reponame="fetch_prune"
+  setup_remote_repo "remote_$reponame"
+
+  clone_repo "remote_$reponame" "clone_$reponame"
+
+  git lfs track "*.dat" 2>&1 | tee track.log
+  grep "Tracking \*.dat" track.log
+
+  content_head="HEAD content"
+  content_commit2="Content for commit 2 (prune)"
+  content_commit1="Content for commit 1 (prune)"
+  oid_head=$(calc_oid "$content_head")
+  oid_commit2=$(calc_oid "$content_commit2")
+  oid_commit1=$(calc_oid "$content_commit1")
+
+  echo "[
+  {
+    \"CommitDate\":\"$(get_date -50d)\",
+    \"Files\":[
+      {\"Filename\":\"file.dat\",\"Size\":${#content_commit1}, \"Data\":\"$content_commit1\"}]
+  },
+  {
+    \"CommitDate\":\"$(get_date -35d)\",
+    \"Files\":[
+      {\"Filename\":\"file.dat\",\"Size\":${#content_commit2}, \"Data\":\"$content_commit2\"}]
+  },
+  {
+    \"CommitDate\":\"$(get_date -25d)\",
+    \"Files\":[
+      {\"Filename\":\"file.dat\",\"Size\":${#content_head}, \"Data\":\"$content_head\"}]
+  }
+  ]" | lfstest-testutils addcommits
+
+  # push all so no unpushed reason to not prune
+  git push origin master
+
+  # set no recents so max ability to prune
+  git config lfs.fetchrecentrefsdays 0
+  git config lfs.fetchrecentcommitsdays 0 
+
+  # delete HEAD object to prove that we still download something
+  # also prune at the same time which will remove anything other than HEAD
+  delete_local_object "$oid_head"
+  git lfs fetch --prune
+  assert_local_object "$oid_head" "${#content_head}"
+  refute_local_object "$oid_commit1"
+  refute_local_object "$oid_commit2"
+
+)
+end_test
diff --git a/test/testhelpers.sh b/test/testhelpers.sh
index a81ac513..bff0b8d6 100644
--- a/test/testhelpers.sh
+++ b/test/testhelpers.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ refute_local_object() {
   fi
 }
 
+# delete_local_object deletes the local storage for an oid
+# $ delete_local_object "some-oid"
+delete_local_object() {
+  local oid="$1"
+  local cfg=`git lfs env | grep LocalMediaDir`
+  local f="${cfg:14}/${oid:0:2}/${oid:2:2}/$oid"
+  rm "$f"
+}
+
+
 # check that the object does not exist in the git lfs server. HTTP log is
 # written to http.log. JSON output is written to http.json.
 #