diff --git a/_examples/ls-remote/main.go b/_examples/ls-remote/main.go
index af038d6e2..e49e8c9e4 100644
--- a/_examples/ls-remote/main.go
+++ b/_examples/ls-remote/main.go
@@ -2,25 +2,35 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"log"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/config"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/storage/memory"
+
+	. "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/_examples"
 )
 
 // Retrieve remote tags without cloning repository
 func main() {
+	CheckArgs("<url>")
+	url := os.Args[1]
+
+	Info("git ls-remote --tags %s", url)
 
 	// Create the remote with repository URL
 	rem := git.NewRemote(memory.NewStorage(), &config.RemoteConfig{
 		Name: "origin",
-		URLs: []string{"https://github.com/Zenika/MARCEL"},
+		URLs: []string{url},
 	})
 
 	log.Print("Fetching tags...")
 
 	// We can then use every Remote functions to retrieve wanted information
-	refs, err := rem.List(&git.ListOptions{})
+	refs, err := rem.List(&git.ListOptions{
+		// Returns all references, including peeled references.
+		PeelingOption: git.AppendPeeled,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index e79cf9dae..04c83de61 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -624,8 +624,28 @@ type ListOptions struct {
 	InsecureSkipTLS bool
 	// CABundle specify additional ca bundle with system cert pool
 	CABundle []byte
+
+	// PeelingOption defines how peeled objects are handled during a
+	// remote list.
+	PeelingOption PeelingOption
 }
 
+// PeelingOption represents the different ways to handle peeled references.
+//
+// Peeled references represent the underlying object of an annotated
+// (or signed) tag. Refer to upstream documentation for more info:
+// https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt
+type PeelingOption uint8
+
+const (
+	// IgnorePeeled ignores all peeled reference names. This is the default behavior.
+	IgnorePeeled PeelingOption = 0
+	// OnlyPeeled returns only peeled reference names.
+	OnlyPeeled PeelingOption = 1
+	// AppendPeeled appends peeled reference names to the reference list.
+	AppendPeeled PeelingOption = 2
+)
+
 // CleanOptions describes how a clean should be performed.
 type CleanOptions struct {
 	Dir bool
diff --git a/remote.go b/remote.go
index db78ae718..ff72bdf36 100644
--- a/remote.go
+++ b/remote.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ var (
 	ErrDeleteRefNotSupported = errors.New("server does not support delete-refs")
 	ErrForceNeeded           = errors.New("some refs were not updated")
 	ErrExactSHA1NotSupported = errors.New("server does not support exact SHA1 refspec")
+	ErrEmptyUrls             = errors.New("URLs cannot be empty")
 )
 
 type NoMatchingRefSpecError struct {
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ const (
 	// repo containing this remote, when not using the multi-ack
 	// protocol.  Setting this to 0 means there is no limit.
 	maxHavesToVisitPerRef = 100
+
+	// peeledSuffix is the suffix used to build peeled reference names.
+	peeledSuffix = "^{}"
 )
 
 // Remote represents a connection to a remote repository.
@@ -1259,6 +1263,10 @@ func (r *Remote) List(o *ListOptions) (rfs []*plumbing.Reference, err error) {
 }
 
 func (r *Remote) list(ctx context.Context, o *ListOptions) (rfs []*plumbing.Reference, err error) {
+	if r.c == nil || len(r.c.URLs) == 0 {
+		return nil, ErrEmptyUrls
+	}
+
 	s, err := newUploadPackSession(r.c.URLs[0], o.Auth, o.InsecureSkipTLS, o.CABundle)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -1282,13 +1290,22 @@ func (r *Remote) list(ctx context.Context, o *ListOptions) (rfs []*plumbing.Refe
 	}
 
 	var resultRefs []*plumbing.Reference
-	err = refs.ForEach(func(ref *plumbing.Reference) error {
-		resultRefs = append(resultRefs, ref)
-		return nil
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if o.PeelingOption == AppendPeeled || o.PeelingOption == IgnorePeeled {
+		err = refs.ForEach(func(ref *plumbing.Reference) error {
+			resultRefs = append(resultRefs, ref)
+			return nil
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
+
+	if o.PeelingOption == AppendPeeled || o.PeelingOption == OnlyPeeled {
+		for k, v := range ar.Peeled {
+			resultRefs = append(resultRefs, plumbing.NewReferenceFromStrings(k+"^{}", v.String()))
+		}
+	}
+
 	return resultRefs, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/remote_test.go b/remote_test.go
index 751c89a1b..164e4e509 100644
--- a/remote_test.go
+++ b/remote_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/config"
@@ -865,6 +866,7 @@ func (s *RemoteSuite) TestPushForceWithLease_success(c *C) {
 		c.Assert(sto.SetReference(newCommit), IsNil)
 
 		ref, err := sto.Reference("refs/heads/branch")
+		c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 		c.Log(ref.String())
 
 		url := dstFs.Root()
@@ -1210,6 +1212,41 @@ func (s *RemoteSuite) TestList(c *C) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *RemoteSuite) TestListPeeling(c *C) {
+	remote := NewRemote(memory.NewStorage(), &config.RemoteConfig{
+		Name: DefaultRemoteName,
+		URLs: []string{"https://github.com/git-fixtures/tags.git"},
+	})
+
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		peelingOption   PeelingOption
+		expectPeeled    bool
+		expectNonPeeled bool
+	}{
+		{peelingOption: AppendPeeled, expectPeeled: true, expectNonPeeled: true},
+		{peelingOption: IgnorePeeled, expectPeeled: false, expectNonPeeled: true},
+		{peelingOption: OnlyPeeled, expectPeeled: true, expectNonPeeled: false},
+	} {
+		refs, err := remote.List(&ListOptions{
+			PeelingOption: tc.peelingOption,
+		})
+		c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+		c.Assert(len(refs) > 0, Equals, true)
+
+		foundPeeled, foundNonPeeled := false, false
+		for _, ref := range refs {
+			if strings.HasSuffix(ref.Name().String(), peeledSuffix) {
+				foundPeeled = true
+			} else {
+				foundNonPeeled = true
+			}
+		}
+
+		c.Assert(foundPeeled, Equals, tc.expectPeeled)
+		c.Assert(foundNonPeeled, Equals, tc.expectNonPeeled)
+	}
+}
+
 func (s *RemoteSuite) TestListTimeout(c *C) {
 	remote := NewRemote(memory.NewStorage(), &config.RemoteConfig{
 		Name: DefaultRemoteName,