diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgitlab/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgitlab/default.nix
index 2ccb81335cc2..749883f2365e 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgitlab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgitlab/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-{ fetchgit, fetchzip, lib }:
+{ lib, fetchgit, fetchzip }:
 
 lib.makeOverridable (
 # gitlab example
 { owner, repo, rev, protocol ? "https", domain ? "gitlab.com", name ? "source", group ? null
-, fetchSubmodules ? false, leaveDotGit ? false, deepClone ? false
+, fetchSubmodules ? false, leaveDotGit ? false
+, deepClone ? false, forceFetchGit ? false
+, sparseCheckout ? []
 , ... # For hash agility
 } @ args:
 
@@ -11,15 +13,15 @@ let
   slug = lib.concatStringsSep "/" ((lib.optional (group != null) group) ++ [ owner repo ]);
   escapedSlug = lib.replaceStrings [ "." "/" ] [ "%2E" "%2F" ] slug;
   escapedRev = lib.replaceStrings [ "+" "%" "/" ] [ "%2B" "%25" "%2F" ] rev;
-  passthruAttrs = removeAttrs args [ "protocol" "domain" "owner" "group" "repo" "rev" "fetchSubmodules" "leaveDotGit" "deepClone" ];
+  passthruAttrs = removeAttrs args [ "protocol" "domain" "owner" "group" "repo" "rev" "fetchSubmodules" "forceFetchGit" "leaveDotGit" "deepClone" ];
 
-  useFetchGit = deepClone || fetchSubmodules || leaveDotGit;
+  useFetchGit = fetchSubmodules || leaveDotGit || deepClone || forceFetchGit || (sparseCheckout != []);
   fetcher = if useFetchGit then fetchgit else fetchzip;
 
   gitRepoUrl = "${protocol}://${domain}/${slug}.git";
 
   fetcherArgs = (if useFetchGit then {
-    inherit rev deepClone fetchSubmodules leaveDotGit;
+    inherit rev deepClone fetchSubmodules sparseCheckout leaveDotGit;
     url = gitRepoUrl;
   } else {
     url = "${protocol}://${domain}/api/v4/projects/${escapedSlug}/repository/archive.tar.gz?sha=${escapedRev}";
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchzip/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchzip/default.nix
index 0446851d6409..6e6c5270a750 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchzip/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # the rest are given to fetchurl as is
 , ... } @ args:
 
-assert (extraPostFetch != "") -> lib.warn "use 'postFetch' instead of 'extraPostFetch' with 'fetchzip' and 'fetchFromGitHub'." true;
+assert (extraPostFetch != "") -> lib.warn "use 'postFetch' instead of 'extraPostFetch' with 'fetchzip' and 'fetchFromGitHub' or 'fetchFromGitLab'." true;
 
 let
   tmpFilename =