diff --git a/src/cargo/sources/git/utils.rs b/src/cargo/sources/git/utils.rs
index 33093e2d160..d187f586ed3 100644
--- a/src/cargo/sources/git/utils.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/sources/git/utils.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use anyhow::{anyhow, Context as _};
 use cargo_util::{paths, ProcessBuilder};
 use curl::easy::List;
 use git2::{ErrorClass, ObjectType, Oid};
+use gix::protocol::fetch::Shallow;
 use serde::ser;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
@@ -1031,7 +1032,7 @@ pub fn fetch(
     }
 
     let result = if let Some(true) = gctx.net_config()?.git_fetch_with_cli {
-        fetch_with_cli(repo, remote_url, &refspecs, tags, gctx)
+        fetch_with_cli(repo, remote_url, &refspecs, tags, shallow, gctx)
     } else if gctx.cli_unstable().gitoxide.map_or(false, |git| git.fetch) {
         fetch_with_gitoxide(repo, remote_url, refspecs, tags, shallow, gctx)
     } else {
@@ -1075,6 +1076,7 @@ fn fetch_with_cli(
     url: &str,
     refspecs: &[String],
     tags: bool,
+    shallow: Shallow,
     gctx: &GlobalContext,
 ) -> CargoResult<()> {
     let mut cmd = ProcessBuilder::new("git");
@@ -1084,6 +1086,17 @@ fn fetch_with_cli(
     } else {
         cmd.arg("--no-tags");
     }
+
+    match shallow {
+        Shallow::NoChange => {}
+        Shallow::DepthAtRemote(depth) => {
+            cmd.arg(format!("--depth={depth}"));
+        }
+        Shallow::Deepen(_) | Shallow::Exclude { .. } | Shallow::Since { .. } => {
+            unimplemented!("Cargo only supports Shallow::NoChange and Shallow::DepthAtRemote")
+        }
+    }
+
     match gctx.shell().verbosity() {
         Verbosity::Normal => {}
         Verbosity::Verbose => {
@@ -1119,7 +1132,7 @@ fn fetch_with_gitoxide(
     remote_url: &str,
     refspecs: Vec<String>,
     tags: bool,
-    shallow: gix::remote::fetch::Shallow,
+    shallow: Shallow,
     gctx: &GlobalContext,
 ) -> CargoResult<()> {
     let git2_repo = repo;
@@ -1227,7 +1240,7 @@ fn fetch_with_libgit2(
     remote_url: &str,
     refspecs: Vec<String>,
     tags: bool,
-    shallow: gix::remote::fetch::Shallow,
+    shallow: Shallow,
     gctx: &GlobalContext,
 ) -> CargoResult<()> {
     debug!("doing a fetch for {remote_url}");
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/git_shallow.rs b/tests/testsuite/git_shallow.rs
index 86291714cd9..80f3145dbe7 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/git_shallow.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/git_shallow.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use crate::git_gc::find_index;
 enum Backend {
     Git2,
     Gitoxide,
+    GitCli,
 }
 
 impl Backend {
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ impl Backend {
         match self {
             Backend::Git2 => "",
             Backend::Gitoxide => "-Zgitoxide=fetch",
+            Backend::GitCli => "",
         }
     }
 }
@@ -42,6 +44,16 @@ fn git2_fetch_complete_dep_two_revs() {
     fetch_dep_two_revs(Backend::Git2, RepoMode::Complete)
 }
 
+#[cargo_test]
+fn git_cli_fetch_complete_dep_two_revs() {
+    fetch_dep_two_revs(Backend::GitCli, RepoMode::Complete);
+}
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn git_cli_fetch_shallow_dep_two_revs() {
+    fetch_dep_two_revs(Backend::GitCli, RepoMode::Shallow);
+}
+
 fn fetch_dep_two_revs(backend: Backend, mode: RepoMode) {
     let bar = git::new("meta-dep", |project| {
         project