diff -r ed19958dbf5d -r fc2766860796 hgext/remotefilelog/fileserverclient.py
--- a/hgext/remotefilelog/fileserverclient.py	Tue Oct 16 17:30:47 2018 -0400
+++ b/hgext/remotefilelog/fileserverclient.py	Tue Oct 16 17:02:48 2018 -0400
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@
                 return
             if not util.safehasattr(self, '_localrepo'):
                 return
-            if constants.REQUIREMENT not in self._localrepo.requirements:
+            if (constants.SHALLOWREPO_REQUIREMENT
+                not in self._localrepo.requirements):
                 return
 
             bundlecaps = opts.get('bundlecaps')