diff --git a/cli/src/commands/git.rs b/cli/src/commands/git.rs
index 9f22ca7c4b..19ef027bf6 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/git.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/git.rs
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ pub struct GitPushArgs {
     /// correspond to missing local branches.
     #[arg(long)]
     deleted: bool,
+    /// Push branches that contain empty descriptions
+    #[arg(long)]
+    allow_empty_description: bool,
     /// Push branches pointing to these commits (can be repeated)
     #[arg(long, short)]
     revisions: Vec<RevisionArg>,
@@ -930,7 +933,7 @@ fn cmd_git_push(
     {
         let commit = commit?;
         let mut reasons = vec![];
-        if commit.description().is_empty() {
+        if commit.description().is_empty() && !args.allow_empty_description {
             reasons.push("it has no description");
         }
         if commit.author().name.is_empty()
diff --git a/cli/tests/cli-reference@.md.snap b/cli/tests/cli-reference@.md.snap
index ba895fff64..38e4a9d991 100644
--- a/cli/tests/cli-reference@.md.snap
+++ b/cli/tests/cli-reference@.md.snap
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 source: cli/tests/test_generate_md_cli_help.rs
-description: "AUTO-GENERATED FILE, DO NOT EDIT. This cli reference is generated as an `insta` snapshot. MkDocs follows they symlink from docs/cli-reference.md to the snap. Unfortunately, `insta` unavoidably creates this header. Luckily, MkDocs ignores the header since it has the same format as Markdown headers. TODO: MkDocs may fail on Windows if symlinks are not enabled in the OS settings"
 ---
 <!-- BEGIN MARKDOWN-->
 
@@ -931,6 +930,10 @@ By default, pushes any branches pointing to `remote_branches(remote=<remote>)..@
 
   Possible values: `true`, `false`
 
+* `--allow-empty-description` — Push branches that contain empty descriptions
+
+  Possible values: `true`, `false`
+
 * `-r`, `--revisions <REVISIONS>` — Push branches pointing to these commits (can be repeated)
 * `-c`, `--change <CHANGE>` — Push this commit by creating a branch based on its change ID (can be repeated)
 * `--dry-run` — Only display what will change on the remote
diff --git a/cli/tests/test_git_push.rs b/cli/tests/test_git_push.rs
index 6d8bf2b215..59b0088cc7 100644
--- a/cli/tests/test_git_push.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/test_git_push.rs
@@ -644,6 +644,23 @@ fn test_git_push_no_description() {
     "###);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_git_allow_push_no_description() {
+    let (test_env, workspace_root) = set_up();
+    test_env.jj_cmd_ok(&workspace_root, &["branch", "create", "my-branch"]);
+    test_env.jj_cmd_ok(&workspace_root, &["describe", "-m="]);
+    test_env.jj_cmd_ok(
+        &workspace_root,
+        &[
+            "git",
+            "push",
+            "--branch",
+            "my-branch",
+            "--allow-empty-description",
+        ],
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_git_push_missing_author() {
     let (test_env, workspace_root) = set_up();