diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
index 1384466f9b..8723da214a 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
@@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ not and can not work as people would expect it should:
   submodules when they contain bundled libraries, in which case we
   prefer to use those libraries from their own package.
 
+* +LIBFOO_GIT_LFS+ should be set to +YES+ if the Git repository uses
+  Git LFS to store large files out of band.  This is only available for
+  packages downloaded with git (i.e. when +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD=git+).
+
 * +LIBFOO_STRIP_COMPONENTS+ is the number of leading components
   (directories) that tar must strip from file names on extraction.
   The tarball for most packages has one leading component named
diff --git a/package/pkg-download.mk b/package/pkg-download.mk
index 5c2bdfdb23..823b34981c 100644
--- a/package/pkg-download.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-download.mk
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ define DOWNLOAD
 		-N '$($(2)_RAWNAME)' \
 		-o '$($(2)_DL_DIR)/$(notdir $(1))' \
 		$(if $($(2)_GIT_SUBMODULES),-r) \
+		$(if $($(2)_GIT_LFS),-l) \
 		$(foreach uri,$(call DOWNLOAD_URIS,$(1),$(2)),-u $(uri)) \
 		$(QUIET) \
 		-- \
diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 5626af1d87..6a5fe5507b 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -1207,6 +1207,9 @@ ifeq ($$($(2)_SITE_METHOD),svn)
 DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += svn
 else ifeq ($$($(2)_SITE_METHOD),git)
 DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += git
+ifneq ($$($(2)_GIT_LFS),)
+DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += git-lfs
+endif
 else ifeq ($$($(2)_SITE_METHOD),bzr)
 DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += bzr
 else ifeq ($$($(2)_SITE_METHOD),scp)
diff --git a/support/download/dl-wrapper b/support/download/dl-wrapper
index 6cf0b89cba..3185887541 100755
--- a/support/download/dl-wrapper
+++ b/support/download/dl-wrapper
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
 # We want to catch any unexpected failure, and exit immediately.
 set -e
 
-export BR_BACKEND_DL_GETOPTS=":hc:d:o:n:N:H:ru:qf:e"
+export BR_BACKEND_DL_GETOPTS=":hc:d:o:n:N:H:lru:qf:e"
 
 main() {
     local OPT OPTARG
-    local backend output hfile recurse quiet rc
+    local backend output hfile large_file recurse quiet rc
     local -a uris
 
     # Parse our options; anything after '--' is for the backend
-    while getopts ":c:d:D:o:n:N:H:rf:u:q" OPT; do
+    while getopts ":c:d:D:o:n:N:H:lrf:u:q" OPT; do
         case "${OPT}" in
         c)  cset="${OPTARG}";;
         d)  dl_dir="${OPTARG}";;
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ main() {
         n)  raw_base_name="${OPTARG}";;
         N)  base_name="${OPTARG}";;
         H)  hfile="${OPTARG}";;
+        l)  large_file="-l";;
         r)  recurse="-r";;
         f)  filename="${OPTARG}";;
         u)  uris+=( "${OPTARG}" );;
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ main() {
                 -f "${filename}" \
                 -u "${uri}" \
                 -o "${tmpf}" \
-                ${quiet} ${recurse} -- "${@}"
+                ${quiet} ${large_file} ${recurse} -- "${@}"
         then
             # cd back to keep path coherence
             cd "${OLDPWD}"
diff --git a/support/download/git b/support/download/git
index 1e690d4444..41c3160099 100755
--- a/support/download/git
+++ b/support/download/git
@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@ _on_error() {
 }
 
 quiet=
+large_file=0
 recurse=0
 while getopts "${BR_BACKEND_DL_GETOPTS}" OPT; do
     case "${OPT}" in
     q)  quiet=-q; exec >/dev/null;;
+    l)  large_file=1;;
     r)  recurse=1;;
     o)  output="${OPTARG}";;
     u)  uri="${OPTARG}";;
@@ -205,6 +207,17 @@ if [ ${recurse} -eq 1 ]; then
     done
 fi
 
+# If there are large files then fetch them.
+if [ ${large_file} -eq 1 ]; then
+    _git lfs fetch
+    _git lfs checkout
+    # If there are also submodules, recurse into them,
+    if [ ${recurse} -eq 1 ]; then
+        _git submodule foreach --recursive ${GIT} lfs fetch
+        _git submodule foreach --recursive ${GIT} lfs checkout
+    fi
+fi
+
 popd >/dev/null
 
 # Generate the archive.