diff --git a/remotefilelog/__init__.py b/remotefilelog/__init__.py
--- a/remotefilelog/__init__.py
+++ b/remotefilelog/__init__.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
       1MB, 100MB) and [100MB, infinity).
     ``remotefilelog.data.maxrepackpacks`` the maximum number of pack files to
       include in an incremental data repack.
+    ``remotefilelog.data.repackmaxpacksize`` the maximum size of a pack file for
+      it to be considered for an incremental data repack.
     ``remotefilelog.data.repacksizelimit`` the maximum total size of pack files
       to include in an incremental data repack.
     ``remotefilelog.history.gencountlimit`` constraints the minimum number of
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@
       0, 1MB), [1MB, 100MB) and [100MB, infinity).
     ``remotefilelog.history.maxrepackpacks`` the maximum number of pack files to
       include in an incremental history repack.
+    ``remotefilelog.history.repackmaxpacksize`` the maximum size of a pack file
+      for it to be considered for an incremental history repack.
     ``remotefilelog.history.repacksizelimit`` the maximum total size of pack
       files to include in an incremental history repack.
 """
diff --git a/remotefilelog/repack.py b/remotefilelog/repack.py
--- a/remotefilelog/repack.py
+++ b/remotefilelog/repack.py
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@
             'remotefilelog', 'data.generations', ['1GB', '100MB', '1MB']),
         'maxrepackpacks' : ui.configint(
             'remotefilelog', 'data.maxrepackpacks', 50),
+        'repackmaxpacksize' : ui.configbytes(
+            'remotefilelog', 'data.repackmaxpacksize', '4GB'),
         'repacksizelimit' : ui.configbytes(
             'remotefilelog', 'data.repacksizelimit', '100MB'),
     }
@@ -244,6 +246,8 @@
             'remotefilelog', 'history.generations', ['100MB']),
         'maxrepackpacks' : ui.configint(
             'remotefilelog', 'history.maxrepackpacks', 50),
+        'repackmaxpacksize' : ui.configbytes(
+            'remotefilelog', 'history.repackmaxpacksize', '400MB'),
         'repacksizelimit' : ui.configbytes(
             'remotefilelog', 'history.repacksizelimit', '100MB'),
     }
@@ -290,6 +294,9 @@
     sizes = {}
     for prefix, mode, stat in files:
         size = stat.st_size
+        if size > opts['repackmaxpacksize']:
+            continue
+
         sizes[prefix] = size
         for i, limit in enumerate(limits):
             if size > limit:
diff --git a/tests/test-remotefilelog-repack.t b/tests/test-remotefilelog-repack.t
--- a/tests/test-remotefilelog-repack.t
+++ b/tests/test-remotefilelog-repack.t
@@ -327,7 +327,29 @@
   -r--r--r--     336 094b530486dad4427a0faf6bcbc031571b99ca24.histpack
   -r--r--r--     172 276d308429d0303762befa376788300f0310f90e.histpack
   -r--r--r--      90 c3399b56e035f73c3295276ed098235a08a0ed8c.histpack
-  $ hg repack --incremental
+
+For the data packs, setting the limit for the repackmaxpacksize to be 64 such
+that data pack with size 65 is more than the limit. This effectively ensures
+that no generation has 3 packs and therefore, no packs are chosen for the
+incremental repacking. As for the history packs, setting repackmaxpacksize to be
+0 which should always result in no repacking.
+  $ hg repack --incremental --config remotefilelog.data.repackmaxpacksize=64 \
+  > --config remotefilelog.history.repackmaxpacksize=0
+  $ ls_l $TESTTMP/hgcache/master/packs/ | grep datapack
+  -r--r--r--      59 5b7dec902026f0cddb0ef8acb62f27b5698494d4.datapack
+  -r--r--r--      65 6c499d21350d79f92fd556b4b7a902569d88e3c9.datapack
+  -r--r--r--      61 817d294043bd21a3de01f807721971abe45219ce.datapack
+  -r--r--r--      63 ff45add45ab3f59c4f75efc6a087d86c821219d6.datapack
+  $ ls_l $TESTTMP/hgcache/master/packs/ | grep histpack
+  -r--r--r--     254 077e7ce5dfe862dc40cc8f3c9742d96a056865f2.histpack
+  -r--r--r--     336 094b530486dad4427a0faf6bcbc031571b99ca24.histpack
+  -r--r--r--     172 276d308429d0303762befa376788300f0310f90e.histpack
+  -r--r--r--      90 c3399b56e035f73c3295276ed098235a08a0ed8c.histpack
+
+Setting limit for the repackmaxpacksize to be the size of the biggest pack file
+which ensures that it is effectively ignored in the incremental repacking.
+  $ hg repack --incremental --config remotefilelog.data.repackmaxpacksize=65 \
+  > --config remotefilelog.history.repackmaxpacksize=336
   $ ls_l $TESTTMP/hgcache/master/packs/ | grep datapack
   -r--r--r--      59 5b7dec902026f0cddb0ef8acb62f27b5698494d4.datapack
   -r--r--r--     225 8fe685c56f6f7edf550bfcec74eeecc5f3c2ba15.datapack