diff --git a/mercurial/configitems.py b/mercurial/configitems.py
--- a/mercurial/configitems.py
+++ b/mercurial/configitems.py
@@ -1041,6 +1041,9 @@
 coreconfigitem('server', 'uncompressedallowsecret',
     default=False,
 )
+coreconfigitem('server', 'view',
+    default='served',
+)
 coreconfigitem('server', 'validate',
     default=False,
 )
diff --git a/mercurial/help/config.txt b/mercurial/help/config.txt
--- a/mercurial/help/config.txt
+++ b/mercurial/help/config.txt
@@ -2028,6 +2028,12 @@
 
     See also ``server.zliblevel``.
 
+``view``
+    Repository filter used when exchanging revisions with the peer.
+
+    The default view (``served``) excludes secret and hidden changesets.
+    Another useful value is ``immutable`` (no draft, secret or hidden changesets).
+
 ``smtp``
 --------
 
diff --git a/mercurial/wireprotov1server.py b/mercurial/wireprotov1server.py
--- a/mercurial/wireprotov1server.py
+++ b/mercurial/wireprotov1server.py
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
     extensions that need commands to operate on different repo views under
     specialized circumstances.
     """
-    return repo.filtered('served')
+    viewconfig = repo.ui.config('server', 'view')
+    return repo.filtered(viewconfig)
 
 def dispatch(repo, proto, command):
     repo = getdispatchrepo(repo, proto, command)
@@ -166,7 +167,6 @@
 @wireprotocommand('batch', 'cmds *', permission='pull')
 def batch(repo, proto, cmds, others):
     unescapearg = wireprototypes.unescapebatcharg
-    repo = repo.filtered("served")
     res = []
     for pair in cmds.split(';'):
         op, args = pair.split(' ', 1)
diff --git a/mercurial/wireprotov2server.py b/mercurial/wireprotov2server.py
--- a/mercurial/wireprotov2server.py
+++ b/mercurial/wireprotov2server.py
@@ -342,7 +342,8 @@
                                      action)
 
 def getdispatchrepo(repo, proto, command):
-    return repo.filtered('served')
+    viewconfig = repo.ui.config('server', 'view')
+    return repo.filtered(viewconfig)
 
 def dispatch(repo, proto, command, redirect):
     """Run a wire protocol command.
diff --git a/tests/test-server-view.t b/tests/test-server-view.t
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-server-view.t
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+  $ hg init test
+  $ cd test
+  $ hg debugbuilddag '+2'
+  $ hg phase --public 0
+
+  $ hg serve -p $HGPORT -d --pid-file=hg.pid -E errors.log
+  $ cat hg.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
+  $ cd ..
+  $ hg init test2
+  $ cd test2
+  $ hg incoming http://foo:xyzzy@localhost:$HGPORT/
+  comparing with http://foo:***@localhost:$HGPORT/
+  changeset:   0:1ea73414a91b
+  user:        debugbuilddag
+  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+  summary:     r0
+  
+  changeset:   1:66f7d451a68b
+  tag:         tip
+  user:        debugbuilddag
+  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:01 1970 +0000
+  summary:     r1
+  
+  $ killdaemons.py
+
+  $ cd ../test
+  $ hg --config server.view=immutable serve -p $HGPORT -d --pid-file=hg.pid -E errors.log
+  $ cat hg.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
+  $ cd ../test2
+  $ hg incoming http://foo:xyzzy@localhost:$HGPORT/
+  comparing with http://foo:***@localhost:$HGPORT/
+  changeset:   0:1ea73414a91b
+  tag:         tip
+  user:        debugbuilddag
+  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+  summary:     r0
+  
+  $ killdaemons.py
diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto.py b/tests/test-wireproto.py
--- a/tests/test-wireproto.py
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto.py
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
         yield unmangle(f.value)
 
 class serverrepo(object):
+    def __init__(self, ui):
+        self.ui = ui
+
     def greet(self, name):
         return b"Hello, " + name
 
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@
 
 wireprotov1server.commands[b'greet'] = (greet, b'name')
 
-srv = serverrepo()
+srv = serverrepo(uimod.ui())
 clt = clientpeer(srv, uimod.ui())
 
 def printb(data, end=b'\n'):