diff --git a/src/ViewModels/RepositoryConfigure.cs b/src/ViewModels/RepositoryConfigure.cs
index a7c04937..cf23b6d8 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/RepositoryConfigure.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/RepositoryConfigure.cs
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
             set => SetProperty(ref _httpProxy, value);
         }
 
+        public bool EnablePruneOnFetch
+        {
+            get;
+            set;
+        }
+
         public bool EnableAutoFetch
         {
             get => _repo.Settings.EnableAutoFetch;
@@ -153,6 +159,8 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
                 GPGUserSigningKey = signingKey;
             if (_cached.TryGetValue("http.proxy", out var proxy))
                 HttpProxy = proxy;
+            if (_cached.TryGetValue("fetch.prune", out var prune))
+                EnablePruneOnFetch = (prune == "true");
         }
 
         public void ClearHttpProxy()
@@ -286,6 +294,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
             SetIfChanged("tag.gpgsign", GPGTagSigningEnabled ? "true" : "false", "false");
             SetIfChanged("user.signingkey", GPGUserSigningKey, "");
             SetIfChanged("http.proxy", HttpProxy, "");
+            SetIfChanged("fetch.prune", EnablePruneOnFetch ? "true" : "false", "false");
         }
 
         private void SetIfChanged(string key, string value, string defValue)
diff --git a/src/Views/RepositoryConfigure.axaml b/src/Views/RepositoryConfigure.axaml
index 61bc14e0..f6a02c49 100644
--- a/src/Views/RepositoryConfigure.axaml
+++ b/src/Views/RepositoryConfigure.axaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
           <TextBlock Classes="tab_header" Text="{DynamicResource Text.Configure.Git}"/>
         </TabItem.Header>
 
-        <Grid Margin="16,4,16,8" RowDefinitions="32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32" ColumnDefinitions="Auto,*">
+        <Grid Margin="16,4,16,8" RowDefinitions="32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32" ColumnDefinitions="Auto,*">
           <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"
                      HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center"
                      Margin="0,0,8,0"
@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@
                     Content="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.GPG.TagEnabled}"
                     IsChecked="{Binding GPGTagSigningEnabled, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
 
-          <StackPanel Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="1" Orientation="Horizontal">
+          <CheckBox Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="1"
+                    Content="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.Git.EnablePruneOnFetch}"
+                    IsChecked="{Binding EnablePruneOnFetch, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
+
+          <StackPanel Grid.Row="8" Grid.Column="1" Orientation="Horizontal">
             <CheckBox x:Name="AutoFetchCheckBox"
                       Content="{DynamicResource Text.Configure.Git.AutoFetch}"
                       IsChecked="{Binding EnableAutoFetch, Mode=TwoWay}"/>