diff --git a/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/commands/init.md b/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/commands/init.md
index 64837b2c4db..880193028c7 100644
--- a/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/commands/init.md
+++ b/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/commands/init.md
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ existing template data.
 
 Clone the repo with depth *depth*.
 
+### `--git-lfs` *bool*
+
+Run `git lfs pull` after cloning the repo.
+
 ### `-g`, `--guess-repo-url` *bool*
 
 Guess the repo URL from the *repo* argument. This defaults to `true`.
diff --git a/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/configuration-file/variables.md.yaml b/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/configuration-file/variables.md.yaml
index 84c870aa4be..7f20f7e76c1 100644
--- a/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/configuration-file/variables.md.yaml
+++ b/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/configuration-file/variables.md.yaml
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ sections:
     commitMessageTemplateFile:
       type: string
       description: Commit message template file (relative to source directory)
+    lfs:
+      type: bool
+      description: Run `git lfs pull` after cloning
   gitHub:
     refreshPeriod:
       type: duration
diff --git a/internal/cmd/gitcmd.go b/internal/cmd/gitcmd.go
index 64ff4cc2156..091ec6b7b5e 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/gitcmd.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/gitcmd.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type gitCmdConfig struct {
 	AutoPush                  bool   `json:"autopush"                  mapstructure:"autopush"                  yaml:"autopush"`
 	CommitMessageTemplate     string `json:"commitMessageTemplate"     mapstructure:"commitMessageTemplate"     yaml:"commitMessageTemplate"`
 	CommitMessageTemplateFile string `json:"commitMessageTemplateFile" mapstructure:"commitMessageTemplateFile" yaml:"commitMessageTemplateFile"`
+	LFS                       bool   `json:"lfs"                       mapstructure:"lfs"                       yaml:"lfs"`
 }
 
 func (c *Config) newGitCmd() *cobra.Command {
diff --git a/internal/cmd/initcmd.go b/internal/cmd/initcmd.go
index 22c5d4c3ed5..eba3ba670d9 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/initcmd.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/initcmd.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func (c *Config) newInitCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	initCmd.Flags().VarP(c.init.filter.Exclude, "exclude", "x", "Exclude entry types")
 	initCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&c.init.guessRepoURL, "guess-repo-url", "g", c.init.guessRepoURL, "Guess the repo URL")
 	initCmd.Flags().VarP(c.init.filter.Include, "include", "i", "Include entry types")
+	initCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&c.Git.LFS, "git-lfs", c.Git.LFS, "Run git pull lfs after cloning")
 	initCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&c.init.oneShot, "one-shot", c.init.oneShot, "Run in one-shot mode")
 	initCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&c.init.purge, "purge", "p", c.init.purge, "Purge config and source directories after running")
 	initCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&c.init.purgeBinary, "purge-binary", "P", c.init.purgeBinary, "Purge chezmoi binary after running")
@@ -129,6 +130,8 @@ func (c *Config) runInitCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		c.init.purgeBinary = true
 	}
 
+	useBuiltinGit := c.UseBuiltinGit.Value(c.useBuiltinGitAutoFunc)
+
 	// If we're not in a working tree then init it or clone it.
 	gitDirAbsPath := c.WorkingTreeAbsPath.JoinString(git.GitDirName)
 	switch _, err := c.baseSystem.Stat(gitDirAbsPath); {
@@ -138,8 +141,6 @@ func (c *Config) runInitCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		useBuiltinGit := c.UseBuiltinGit.Value(c.useBuiltinGitAutoFunc)
-
 		if len(args) == 0 {
 			if useBuiltinGit {
 				if err := c.builtinGitInit(workingTreeRawPath); err != nil {
@@ -196,6 +197,13 @@ func (c *Config) runInitCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if c.Git.LFS && !useBuiltinGit {
+		args := []string{"lfs", "pull"}
+		if err := c.run(chezmoi.EmptyAbsPath, c.Git.Command, args); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Apply.
 	if c.init.apply {
 		if err := c.applyArgs(cmd.Context(), c.destSystem, c.DestDirAbsPath, noArgs, applyArgsOptions{
diff --git a/internal/cmd/testdata/scripts/initgitlfs.txtar b/internal/cmd/testdata/scripts/initgitlfs.txtar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..518e4328289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/cmd/testdata/scripts/initgitlfs.txtar
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[windows] skip 'UNIX only'
+
+chmod 755 bin/git
+
+# test that chezmoi init --git-lfs runs git lfs pull after cloning
+exec chezmoi init --git-lfs user
+cmpenv stdout golden/init
+
+-- bin/git --
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo git $*
+-- golden/init --
+git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/user/dotfiles.git $HOME/.local/share/chezmoi
+git lfs pull