diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/mirrors/mirror_repos.js b/app/assets/javascripts/mirrors/mirror_repos.js
index e5acaaf9366dd3525f8714d9a776e2d1f0bd653e..5401fb7b6ec0ba1a9e7170b222ad4270b563606d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/mirrors/mirror_repos.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/mirrors/mirror_repos.js
@@ -22,15 +22,18 @@ export default class MirrorRepos {
   }
 
   initMirrorPush() {
+    this.$keepDivergentRefsInput = $('.js-mirror-keep-divergent-refs', this.$form);
     this.$passwordGroup = $('.js-password-group', this.$container);
     this.$password = $('.js-password', this.$passwordGroup);
     this.$authMethod = $('.js-auth-method', this.$form);
 
+    this.$keepDivergentRefsInput.on('change', () => this.updateKeepDivergentRefs());
     this.$authMethod.on('change', () => this.togglePassword());
     this.$password.on('input.updateUrl', () => this.debouncedUpdateUrl());
 
     this.initMirrorSSH();
     this.updateProtectedBranches();
+    this.updateKeepDivergentRefs();
   }
 
   initMirrorSSH() {
@@ -61,6 +64,16 @@ export default class MirrorRepos {
     $('.js-mirror-protected-hidden', this.$form).val(val);
   }
 
+  updateKeepDivergentRefs() {
+    const field = this.$keepDivergentRefsInput.get(0);
+
+    // This field only exists after the form is switched to 'Push' mode
+    if (field) {
+      const val = field.checked ? this.$keepDivergentRefsInput.val() : '0';
+      $('.js-mirror-keep-divergent-refs-hidden', this.$form).val(val);
+    }
+  }
+
   registerUpdateListeners() {
     this.debouncedUpdateUrl = debounce(() => this.updateUrl(), 200);
     this.$urlInput.on('input', () => this.debouncedUpdateUrl());
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/mirrors_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/mirrors_controller.rb
index 936f89e58e75854c61ce617cf0a4cffc946d6be1..518e6a92afa861872ae030397226f46d9bd591f0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/mirrors_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/mirrors_controller.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ def mirror_params_attributes
         id
         enabled
         only_protected_branches
+        keep_divergent_refs
         auth_method
         password
         ssh_known_hosts
diff --git a/app/views/projects/mirrors/_mirror_repos_push.html.haml b/app/views/projects/mirrors/_mirror_repos_push.html.haml
index b7c885b4a63fc12d28c30161d8d3a564e4bb0ee6..8482424a184aea813e2b8a5d793b2cbc835996ce 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/mirrors/_mirror_repos_push.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/mirrors/_mirror_repos_push.html.haml
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 - protocols = Gitlab::UrlSanitizer::ALLOWED_SCHEMES.join('|')
+- keep_divergent_refs = Feature.enabled?(:keep_divergent_refs, @project)
 
 = f.fields_for :remote_mirrors, @project.remote_mirrors.build do |rm_f|
   = rm_f.hidden_field :enabled, value: '1'
   = rm_f.hidden_field :url, class: 'js-mirror-url-hidden', required: true, pattern: "(#{protocols}):\/\/.+"
   = rm_f.hidden_field :only_protected_branches, class: 'js-mirror-protected-hidden'
+  - if keep_divergent_refs
+    = rm_f.hidden_field :keep_divergent_refs, class: 'js-mirror-keep-divergent-refs-hidden'
   = render partial: 'projects/mirrors/ssh_host_keys', locals: { f: rm_f }
   = render partial: 'projects/mirrors/authentication_method', locals: { f: rm_f }
+  - if keep_divergent_refs
+    .form-check.append-bottom-10
+      = check_box_tag :keep_divergent_refs, '1', false, class: 'js-mirror-keep-divergent-refs form-check-input'
+      = label_tag :keep_divergent_refs, 'Keep divergent refs', class: 'form-check-label'
diff --git a/spec/features/projects/settings/repository_settings_spec.rb b/spec/features/projects/settings/repository_settings_spec.rb
index 9b956dee08943bec0f1d5eb0ef70bb8c1d019952..28a238a542378765ce2cc08a2d35fb00536a2c75 100644
--- a/spec/features/projects/settings/repository_settings_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/projects/settings/repository_settings_spec.rb
@@ -72,6 +72,21 @@
         expect(project.remote_mirrors.first.only_protected_branches).to eq(true)
       end
 
+      it 'creates a push mirror that keeps divergent refs', :js do
+        select_direction
+
+        fill_in 'url', with: 'ssh://user@localhost/project.git'
+        fill_in 'Password', with: 'password'
+        check 'Keep divergent refs'
+
+        Sidekiq::Testing.fake! do
+          click_button 'Mirror repository'
+        end
+
+        expect(page).to have_content('Mirroring settings were successfully updated')
+        expect(project.reload.remote_mirrors.first.keep_divergent_refs).to eq(true)
+      end
+
       it 'generates an SSH public key on submission', :js do
         fill_in 'url', with: 'ssh://user@localhost/project.git'
         select 'SSH public key', from: 'Authentication method'
@@ -110,6 +125,20 @@ def select_direction(direction = 'push')
       end
     end
 
+    # Removal: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/208828
+    context 'with the `keep_divergent_refs` feature flag disabled' do
+      before do
+        stub_feature_flags(keep_divergent_refs: { enabled: false, thing: project })
+      end
+
+      it 'hides the "Keep divergent refs" option' do
+        visit project_settings_repository_path(project)
+
+        expect(page).not_to have_selector('#keep_divergent_refs')
+        expect(page).not_to have_text('Keep divergent refs')
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'repository cleanup settings' do
       let(:object_map_file) { Rails.root.join('spec', 'fixtures', 'bfg_object_map.txt') }