diff --git a/release/changes.txt b/release/changes.txt
index a46b48d970..408635678d 100644
--- a/release/changes.txt
+++ b/release/changes.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
   Implemented requests:
 
+  - Download team project with a shallow history
+  https://sourceforge.net/p/omegat/feature-requests/1720/
+
   - ResourceBundle Filter: default not to escape Unicode character
   https://sourceforge.net/p/omegat/feature-requests/1716/
 
diff --git a/src/org/omegat/core/team2/impl/GITRemoteRepository2.java b/src/org/omegat/core/team2/impl/GITRemoteRepository2.java
index 452e68adc2..fd7dd1a70f 100644
--- a/src/org/omegat/core/team2/impl/GITRemoteRepository2.java
+++ b/src/org/omegat/core/team2/impl/GITRemoteRepository2.java
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ public class GITRemoteRepository2 implements IRemoteRepository2 {
 
     // allow override timeout.
     protected static final int TIMEOUT = 30; // seconds
+    protected static final int CLONE_DEPTH = 1; // clone depth
 
     String repositoryURL;
     String branch;
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ public void init(RepositoryDefinition repo, File dir, ProjectTeamSettings teamSe
                 c.setURI(repositoryURL);
                 c.setDirectory(localDirectory);
                 c.setTimeout(TIMEOUT);
+                c.setDepth(CLONE_DEPTH);
                 try {
                     c.call();
                 } catch (InvalidRemoteException e) {