diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
index fdcad3d2006c8a..e6a61503c739c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -131,20 +131,36 @@ effect to your index in a row.
 	even without this option.  Note also, that use of this option only
 	keeps commits that were initially empty (i.e. the commit recorded the
 	same tree as its parent).  Commits which are made empty due to a
-	previous commit are dropped.  To force the inclusion of those commits
-	use `--keep-redundant-commits`.
+	previous commit will cause the cherry-pick to fail.  To force the
+	inclusion of those commits, use `--empty=keep`.
 
 --allow-empty-message::
 	By default, cherry-picking a commit with an empty message will fail.
 	This option overrides that behavior, allowing commits with empty
 	messages to be cherry picked.
 
+--empty=(drop|keep|stop)::
+	How to handle commits being cherry-picked that are redundant with
+	changes already in the current history.
++
+--
+`drop`;;
+	The commit will be dropped.
+`keep`;;
+	The commit will be kept. Implies `--allow-empty`.
+`stop`;;
+	The cherry-pick will stop when the commit is applied, allowing
+	you to examine the commit. This is the default behavior.
+--
++
+Note that this option specifies how to handle a commit that was not initially
+empty, but rather became empty due to a previous commit. Commits that were
+initially empty will cause the cherry-pick to fail. To force the inclusion of
+those commits, use `--allow-empty`.
++
+
 --keep-redundant-commits::
-	If a commit being cherry picked duplicates a commit already in the
-	current history, it will become empty.  By default these
-	redundant commits cause `cherry-pick` to stop so the user can
-	examine the commit. This option overrides that behavior and
-	creates an empty commit object.  Implies `--allow-empty`.
+	Deprecated synonym for `--empty=keep`.
 
 --strategy=<strategy>::
 	Use the given merge strategy.  Should only be used once.
diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index a1936ef70e91e9..53935d2c68a165 100644
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -43,6 +43,31 @@ static const char * const *revert_or_cherry_pick_usage(struct replay_opts *opts)
 	return opts->action == REPLAY_REVERT ? revert_usage : cherry_pick_usage;
 }
 
+enum empty_action {
+	EMPTY_COMMIT_UNSPECIFIED = -1,
+	STOP_ON_EMPTY_COMMIT,      /* output errors and stop in the middle of a cherry-pick */
+	DROP_EMPTY_COMMIT,         /* skip with a notice message */
+	KEEP_EMPTY_COMMIT,         /* keep recording as empty commits */
+};
+
+static int parse_opt_empty(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+	int *opt_value = opt->value;
+
+	BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset);
+
+	if (!strcmp(arg, "stop"))
+		*opt_value = STOP_ON_EMPTY_COMMIT;
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "drop"))
+		*opt_value = DROP_EMPTY_COMMIT;
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "keep"))
+		*opt_value = KEEP_EMPTY_COMMIT;
+	else
+		return error(_("invalid value for '%s': '%s'"), "--empty", arg);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int option_parse_m(const struct option *opt,
 			  const char *arg, int unset)
 {
@@ -85,6 +110,7 @@ static int run_sequencer(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 	const char * const * usage_str = revert_or_cherry_pick_usage(opts);
 	const char *me = action_name(opts);
 	const char *cleanup_arg = NULL;
+	enum empty_action empty_opt = EMPTY_COMMIT_UNSPECIFIED;
 	int cmd = 0;
 	struct option base_options[] = {
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "quit", &cmd, N_("end revert or cherry-pick sequence"), 'q'),
@@ -114,7 +140,10 @@ static int run_sequencer(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 			OPT_BOOL(0, "ff", &opts->allow_ff, N_("allow fast-forward")),
 			OPT_BOOL(0, "allow-empty", &opts->allow_empty, N_("preserve initially empty commits")),
 			OPT_BOOL(0, "allow-empty-message", &opts->allow_empty_message, N_("allow commits with empty messages")),
-			OPT_BOOL(0, "keep-redundant-commits", &opts->keep_redundant_commits, N_("keep redundant, empty commits")),
+			OPT_BOOL(0, "keep-redundant-commits", &opts->keep_redundant_commits, N_("deprecated: use --empty=keep instead")),
+			OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "empty", &empty_opt, "(stop|drop|keep)",
+				       N_("how to handle commits that become empty"),
+				       PARSE_OPT_NONEG, parse_opt_empty),
 			OPT_END(),
 		};
 		options = parse_options_concat(options, cp_extra);
@@ -134,6 +163,11 @@ static int run_sequencer(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 	prepare_repo_settings(the_repository);
 	the_repository->settings.command_requires_full_index = 0;
 
+	if (opts->action == REPLAY_PICK) {
+		opts->drop_redundant_commits = (empty_opt == DROP_EMPTY_COMMIT);
+		opts->keep_redundant_commits = opts->keep_redundant_commits || (empty_opt == KEEP_EMPTY_COMMIT);
+	}
+
 	/* implies allow_empty */
 	if (opts->keep_redundant_commits)
 		opts->allow_empty = 1;
@@ -168,6 +202,7 @@ static int run_sequencer(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 				"--rerere-autoupdate", opts->allow_rerere_auto == RERERE_AUTOUPDATE,
 				"--no-rerere-autoupdate", opts->allow_rerere_auto == RERERE_NOAUTOUPDATE,
 				"--keep-redundant-commits", opts->keep_redundant_commits,
+				"--empty", empty_opt != EMPTY_COMMIT_UNSPECIFIED,
 				NULL);
 	}
 
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index a0bf0dee536c68..f1548f8f86ec73 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -2922,6 +2922,9 @@ static int populate_opts_cb(const char *key, const char *value,
 	else if (!strcmp(key, "options.allow-empty-message"))
 		opts->allow_empty_message =
 			git_config_bool_or_int(key, value, ctx->kvi, &error_flag);
+	else if (!strcmp(key, "options.drop-redundant-commits"))
+		opts->drop_redundant_commits =
+			git_config_bool_or_int(key, value, ctx->kvi, &error_flag);
 	else if (!strcmp(key, "options.keep-redundant-commits"))
 		opts->keep_redundant_commits =
 			git_config_bool_or_int(key, value, ctx->kvi, &error_flag);
@@ -3466,6 +3469,9 @@ static int save_opts(struct replay_opts *opts)
 	if (opts->allow_empty_message)
 		res |= git_config_set_in_file_gently(opts_file,
 				"options.allow-empty-message", "true");
+	if (opts->drop_redundant_commits)
+		res |= git_config_set_in_file_gently(opts_file,
+				"options.drop-redundant-commits", "true");
 	if (opts->keep_redundant_commits)
 		res |= git_config_set_in_file_gently(opts_file,
 				"options.keep-redundant-commits", "true");
diff --git a/t/t3505-cherry-pick-empty.sh b/t/t3505-cherry-pick-empty.sh
index eba3c38d5ad861..5f26817477de1b 100755
--- a/t/t3505-cherry-pick-empty.sh
+++ b/t/t3505-cherry-pick-empty.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cherry-pick a commit that becomes no-op (prep)' '
 	git commit -m "add file2 on the side"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'cherry-pick a no-op without --keep-redundant' '
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick a no-op with neither --keep-redundant nor --empty' '
 	git reset --hard &&
 	git checkout fork^0 &&
 	test_must_fail git cherry-pick main
@@ -99,4 +99,25 @@ test_expect_success 'cherry-pick a no-op with --keep-redundant' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick a no-op with --empty=stop' '
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout fork^0 &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --empty=stop main 2>output &&
+	test_grep "The previous cherry-pick is now empty" output
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick a no-op with --empty=drop' '
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout fork^0 &&
+	git cherry-pick --empty=drop main &&
+	test_commit_message HEAD -m "add file2 on the side"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick a no-op with --empty=keep' '
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout fork^0 &&
+	git cherry-pick --empty=keep main &&
+	test_commit_message HEAD -m "add file2 on main"
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh b/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh
index 72020a51c4375f..5f6c45dfe35a84 100755
--- a/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh
+++ b/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh
@@ -90,6 +90,46 @@ test_expect_success 'cherry-pick persists opts correctly' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick persists --empty=stop correctly' '
+	pristine_detach initial &&
+	# to make sure that the session to cherry-pick a sequence
+	# gets interrupted, use a high-enough number that is larger
+	# than the number of parents of any commit we have created
+	mainline=4 &&
+	test_expect_code 128 git cherry-pick -s -m $mainline --empty=stop initial..anotherpick &&
+	test_path_is_file .git/sequencer/opts &&
+	test_must_fail git config --file=.git/sequencer/opts --get-all options.keep-redundant-commits &&
+	test_must_fail git config --file=.git/sequencer/opts --get-all options.drop-redundant-commits
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick persists --empty=drop correctly' '
+	pristine_detach initial &&
+	# to make sure that the session to cherry-pick a sequence
+	# gets interrupted, use a high-enough number that is larger
+	# than the number of parents of any commit we have created
+	mainline=4 &&
+	test_expect_code 128 git cherry-pick -s -m $mainline --empty=drop initial..anotherpick &&
+	test_path_is_file .git/sequencer/opts &&
+	test_must_fail git config --file=.git/sequencer/opts --get-all options.keep-redundant-commits &&
+	echo "true" >expect &&
+	git config --file=.git/sequencer/opts --get-all options.drop-redundant-commits >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick persists --empty=keep correctly' '
+	pristine_detach initial &&
+	# to make sure that the session to cherry-pick a sequence
+	# gets interrupted, use a high-enough number that is larger
+	# than the number of parents of any commit we have created
+	mainline=4 &&
+	test_expect_code 128 git cherry-pick -s -m $mainline --empty=keep initial..anotherpick &&
+	test_path_is_file .git/sequencer/opts &&
+	echo "true" >expect &&
+	git config --file=.git/sequencer/opts --get-all options.keep-redundant-commits >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	test_must_fail git config --file=.git/sequencer/opts --get-all options.drop-redundant-commits
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'revert persists opts correctly' '
 	pristine_detach initial &&
 	# to make sure that the session to revert a sequence
diff --git a/t/t3515-cherry-pick-incompatible-options.sh b/t/t3515-cherry-pick-incompatible-options.sh
index 6100ab64fd0a15..b2780fdbf32135 100755
--- a/t/t3515-cherry-pick-incompatible-options.sh
+++ b/t/t3515-cherry-pick-incompatible-options.sh
@@ -31,4 +31,18 @@ test_expect_success '--keep-redundant-commits is incompatible with operations' '
 	git cherry-pick --abort
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--empty is incompatible with operations' '
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick HEAD 2>output &&
+	test_grep "The previous cherry-pick is now empty" output &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --empty=stop --continue 2>output &&
+	test_grep "fatal: cherry-pick: --empty cannot be used with --continue" output &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --empty=stop --skip 2>output &&
+	test_grep "fatal: cherry-pick: --empty cannot be used with --skip" output &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --empty=stop --abort 2>output &&
+	test_grep "fatal: cherry-pick: --empty cannot be used with --abort" output &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --empty=stop --quit 2>output &&
+	test_grep "fatal: cherry-pick: --empty cannot be used with --quit" output &&
+	git cherry-pick --abort
+'
+
 test_done