diff --git a/man/ostree-pull.xml b/man/ostree-pull.xml
index d7831850..59a6dbc8 100644
--- a/man/ostree-pull.xml
+++ b/man/ostree-pull.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
               <listitem><para>
                 Like git's <literal>clone --reference</literal>.  Reuse the provided
-                OSTree repo as a local object cache of objects when doing HTTP fetches.
+                OSTree repo as a local object cache when doing HTTP fetches.
                 May be specified multiple times.
               </para></listitem>
             </varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index b53e0729..337190ce 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -1790,6 +1790,7 @@ scan_one_metadata_object_c (OtPullData                 *pull_data,
         {
           if (objtype == OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_COMMIT)
             {
+              /* mark as partial to ensure we scan the commit below */
               if (!write_commitpartial_for (pull_data, tmp_checksum, error))
                 return FALSE;
             }
@@ -1819,6 +1820,12 @@ scan_one_metadata_object_c (OtPullData                 *pull_data,
             return FALSE;
           if (!localcache_repo_has_obj)
             continue;
+          if (objtype == OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_COMMIT)
+            {
+              /* mark as partial to ensure we scan the commit below */
+              if (!write_commitpartial_for (pull_data, tmp_checksum, error))
+                return FALSE;
+            }
           if (!ostree_repo_import_object_from_with_trust (pull_data->repo, refd_repo,
                                                           objtype, tmp_checksum,
                                                           !pull_data->is_untrusted,
diff --git a/tests/test-pull-localcache.sh b/tests/test-pull-localcache.sh
index 5f810acb..44403f92 100755
--- a/tests/test-pull-localcache.sh
+++ b/tests/test-pull-localcache.sh
@@ -23,23 +23,43 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 setup_fake_remote_repo1 "archive"
 
-echo '1..1'
+echo '1..2'
 
 cd ${test_tmpdir}
 gnomerepo_url="$(cat httpd-address)/ostree/gnomerepo"
-ostree_repo_init repo --mode "archive"
+
+# Set up our local cache
 ostree_repo_init repo-local --mode "archive"
-for repo in repo{,-local}; do
-    ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=${repo} remote add --set=gpg-verify=false origin ${gnomerepo_url}
-done
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo-local remote add --set=gpg-verify=false origin ${gnomerepo_url}
+
+init_repo() {
+  ostree_repo_init repo --mode "archive"
+  ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo remote add --set=gpg-verify=false origin ${gnomerepo_url}
+}
 
 # Pull the contents to our local cache
 ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo-local pull origin main
 rm files -rf
 ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=ostree-srv/gnomerepo checkout main files
 echo anewfile > files/anewfile
-${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=ostree-srv/gnomerepo commit -b main --tree=dir=files
+commit=$(${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=ostree-srv/gnomerepo commit -b main --tree=dir=files)
 
-${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo pull -L repo-local origin main >out.txt
+# Check that pulling a new commit of the same tree hits our cache
+rm -rf repo
+init_repo
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo pull --localcache-repo repo-local origin main >out.txt
 assert_file_has_content out.txt '3 metadata, 1 content objects fetched (4 meta, 5 content local)'
-echo "ok pull --reference"
+echo "ok pull --localcache-repo"
+
+# Check that pulling the same commit works as well
+rm -rf repo
+init_repo
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo-local pull origin $commit
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo pull -L repo-local origin main
+commit2=$(${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo rev-parse main)
+[[ $commit == $commit2 ]]
+# and check that it's not partial
+rm -rf files
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo checkout main files
+test -f files/anewfile
+echo "ok pull --localcache-repo same commit"