diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6b1c6e16851..b6ffaf80f24 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ gem 'gettext_i18n_rails', '~> 1.8.0'
 gem 'gettext_i18n_rails_js', '~> 1.2.0'
 gem 'gettext', '~> 3.2.2', require: false, group: :development
 
-gem 'batch-loader'
+gem 'batch-loader', '~> 1.2.1'
 
 # Perf bar
 gem 'peek', '~> 1.0.1'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 11040fab805..a6e3c9e27cc 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ GEM
       thread_safe (~> 0.3, >= 0.3.1)
     babosa (1.0.2)
     base32 (0.3.2)
-    batch-loader (1.1.1)
+    batch-loader (1.2.1)
     bcrypt (3.1.11)
     bcrypt_pbkdf (1.0.0)
     benchmark-ips (2.3.0)
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   awesome_print (~> 1.2.0)
   babosa (~> 1.0.2)
   base32 (~> 0.3.0)
-  batch-loader
+  batch-loader (~> 1.2.1)
   bcrypt_pbkdf (~> 1.0)
   benchmark-ips (~> 2.3.0)
   better_errors (~> 2.1.0)
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/pipelines_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/pipelines_controller.rb
index 7ad7b3003af..e146d0d3cd5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/pipelines_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/pipelines_controller.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class Projects::PipelinesController < Projects::ApplicationController
     @pipelines_count = PipelinesFinder
       .new(project).execute.count
 
+    @pipelines.map(&:commit) # List commits for batch loading
+
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html
       format.json do
diff --git a/app/models/ci/pipeline.rb b/app/models/ci/pipeline.rb
index 28f154581a9..d4690da3be6 100644
--- a/app/models/ci/pipeline.rb
+++ b/app/models/ci/pipeline.rb
@@ -287,8 +287,12 @@ module Ci
       Ci::Pipeline.truncate_sha(sha)
     end
 
+    # NOTE: This is loaded lazily and will never be nil, even if the commit
+    # cannot be found.
+    #
+    # Use constructs like: `pipeline.commit.present?`
     def commit
-      @commit ||= project.commit_by(oid: sha)
+      @commit ||= Commit.lazy(project, sha)
     end
 
     def branch?
@@ -338,12 +342,9 @@ module Ci
     end
 
     def latest?
-      return false unless ref
+      return false unless ref && commit.present?
 
-      commit = project.commit(ref)
-      return false unless commit
-
-      commit.sha == sha
+      project.commit(ref) == commit
     end
 
     def retried
diff --git a/app/models/commit.rb b/app/models/commit.rb
index 13c31111134..2be07ca7d3c 100644
--- a/app/models/commit.rb
+++ b/app/models/commit.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,20 @@ class Commit
     def valid_hash?(key)
       !!(/\A#{COMMIT_SHA_PATTERN}\z/ =~ key)
     end
+
+    def lazy(project, oid)
+      BatchLoader.for({ project: project, oid: oid }).batch do |items, loader|
+        items_by_project = items.group_by { |i| i[:project] }
+
+        items_by_project.each do |project, commit_ids|
+          oids = commit_ids.map { |i| i[:oid] }
+
+          project.repository.commits_by(oids: oids).each do |commit|
+            loader.call({ project: commit.project, oid: commit.id }, commit) if commit
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   attr_accessor :raw
@@ -103,7 +117,7 @@ class Commit
   end
 
   def ==(other)
-    (self.class === other) && (raw == other.raw)
+    other.is_a?(self.class) && raw == other.raw
   end
 
   def self.reference_prefix
@@ -224,8 +238,8 @@ class Commit
     notes.includes(:author)
   end
 
-  def method_missing(m, *args, &block)
-    @raw.__send__(m, *args, &block) # rubocop:disable GitlabSecurity/PublicSend
+  def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
+    @raw.__send__(method, *args, &block) # rubocop:disable GitlabSecurity/PublicSend
   end
 
   def respond_to_missing?(method, include_private = false)
diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index 4ec8ec9c8b2..387428d90a6 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -118,6 +118,18 @@ class Repository
     @commit_cache[oid] = find_commit(oid)
   end
 
+  def commits_by(oids:)
+    return [] unless oids.present?
+
+    commits = Gitlab::Git::Commit.batch_by_oid(raw_repository, oids)
+
+    if commits.present?
+      Commit.decorate(commits, @project)
+    else
+      []
+    end
+  end
+
   def commits(ref, path: nil, limit: nil, offset: nil, skip_merges: false, after: nil, before: nil)
     options = {
       repo: raw_repository,
diff --git a/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml b/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml
index 01ea9356af5..85946aec1f2 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #js-pipeline-header-vue.pipeline-header-container
 
-- if @commit
+- if @commit.present?
   .commit-box
     %h3.commit-title
       = markdown(@commit.title, pipeline: :single_line)
@@ -8,28 +8,28 @@
       %pre.commit-description
         = preserve(markdown(@commit.description, pipeline: :single_line))
 
-.info-well
-  - if @commit.status
-    .well-segment.pipeline-info
-      .icon-container
-        = icon('clock-o')
-      = pluralize @pipeline.total_size, "job"
-      - if @pipeline.ref
-        from
-        = link_to @pipeline.ref, project_ref_path(@project, @pipeline.ref), class: "ref-name"
-      - if @pipeline.duration
-        in
-        = time_interval_in_words(@pipeline.duration)
-      - if @pipeline.queued_duration
-        = "(queued for #{time_interval_in_words(@pipeline.queued_duration)})"
+  .info-well
+    - if @commit.status
+      .well-segment.pipeline-info
+        .icon-container
+          = icon('clock-o')
+        = pluralize @pipeline.total_size, "job"
+        - if @pipeline.ref
+          from
+          = link_to @pipeline.ref, project_ref_path(@project, @pipeline.ref), class: "ref-name"
+        - if @pipeline.duration
+          in
+          = time_interval_in_words(@pipeline.duration)
+        - if @pipeline.queued_duration
+          = "(queued for #{time_interval_in_words(@pipeline.queued_duration)})"
 
-  .well-segment.branch-info
-    .icon-container.commit-icon
-      = custom_icon("icon_commit")
-    = link_to @commit.short_id, project_commit_path(@project, @pipeline.sha), class: "commit-sha js-details-short"
-    = link_to("#", class: "js-details-expand hidden-xs hidden-sm") do
-      %span.text-expander
-        \...
-    %span.js-details-content.hide
-      = link_to @pipeline.sha, project_commit_path(@project, @pipeline.sha), class: "commit-sha commit-hash-full"
-    = clipboard_button(text: @pipeline.sha, title: "Copy commit SHA to clipboard")
+    .well-segment.branch-info
+      .icon-container.commit-icon
+        = custom_icon("icon_commit")
+      = link_to @commit.short_id, project_commit_path(@project, @pipeline.sha), class: "commit-sha js-details-short"
+      = link_to("#", class: "js-details-expand hidden-xs hidden-sm") do
+        %span.text-expander
+          \...
+      %span.js-details-content.hide
+        = link_to @pipeline.sha, project_commit_path(@project, @pipeline.sha), class: "commit-sha commit-hash-full"
+      = clipboard_button(text: @pipeline.sha, title: "Copy commit SHA to clipboard")
diff --git a/app/workers/expire_pipeline_cache_worker.rb b/app/workers/expire_pipeline_cache_worker.rb
index 3e34de22c19..db73d37868a 100644
--- a/app/workers/expire_pipeline_cache_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/expire_pipeline_cache_worker.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class ExpirePipelineCacheWorker
 
     store.touch(project_pipelines_path(project))
     store.touch(project_pipeline_path(project, pipeline))
-    store.touch(commit_pipelines_path(project, pipeline.commit)) if pipeline.commit
+    store.touch(commit_pipelines_path(project, pipeline.commit)) unless pipeline.commit.nil?
     store.touch(new_merge_request_pipelines_path(project))
     each_pipelines_merge_request_path(project, pipeline) do |path|
       store.touch(path)
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/commit.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/commit.rb
index e90b158fb34..145721dea76 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/commit.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/commit.rb
@@ -228,6 +228,19 @@ module Gitlab
             end
           end
         end
+
+        # Only to be used when the object ids will not necessarily have a
+        # relation to each other. The last 10 commits for a branch for example,
+        # should go through .where
+        def batch_by_oid(repo, oids)
+          repo.gitaly_migrate(:list_commits_by_oid) do |is_enabled|
+            if is_enabled
+              repo.gitaly_commit_client.list_commits_by_oid(oids)
+            else
+              oids.map { |oid| find(repo, oid) }.compact
+            end
+          end
+        end
       end
 
       def initialize(repository, raw_commit, head = nil)
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/commit_service.rb b/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/commit_service.rb
index 7985f5b5457..fb3e27770b4 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/commit_service.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/commit_service.rb
@@ -169,6 +169,15 @@ module Gitlab
         consume_commits_response(response)
       end
 
+      def list_commits_by_oid(oids)
+        request = Gitaly::ListCommitsByOidRequest.new(repository: @gitaly_repo, oid: oids)
+
+        response = GitalyClient.call(@repository.storage, :commit_service, :list_commits_by_oid, request, timeout: GitalyClient.medium_timeout)
+        consume_commits_response(response)
+      rescue GRPC::Unknown # If no repository is found, happens mainly during testing
+        []
+      end
+
       def commits_by_message(query, revision: '', path: '', limit: 1000, offset: 0)
         request = Gitaly::CommitsByMessageRequest.new(
           repository: @gitaly_repo,
diff --git a/spec/controllers/projects/pipelines_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/projects/pipelines_controller_spec.rb
index 1604a2da485..35ac999cc65 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/projects/pipelines_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/projects/pipelines_controller_spec.rb
@@ -17,13 +17,10 @@ describe Projects::PipelinesController do
 
   describe 'GET index.json' do
     before do
-      branch_head = project.commit
-      parent = branch_head.parent
-
-      create(:ci_empty_pipeline, status: 'pending', project: project, sha: branch_head.id)
-      create(:ci_empty_pipeline, status: 'running', project: project, sha: branch_head.id)
-      create(:ci_empty_pipeline, status: 'created', project: project, sha: parent.id)
-      create(:ci_empty_pipeline, status: 'success', project: project, sha: parent.id)
+      %w(pending running created success).each_with_index do |status, index|
+        sha = project.commit("HEAD~#{index}")
+        create(:ci_empty_pipeline, status: status, project: project, sha: sha)
+      end
     end
 
     subject do
@@ -46,7 +43,7 @@ describe Projects::PipelinesController do
 
     context 'when performing gitaly calls', :request_store do
       it 'limits the Gitaly requests' do
-        expect { subject }.to change { Gitlab::GitalyClient.get_request_count }.by(8)
+        expect { subject }.to change { Gitlab::GitalyClient.get_request_count }.by(3)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/commit_spec.rb b/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
index d18a5c9dfa6..cd955a5eb69 100644
--- a/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,45 @@ describe Commit do
     it { is_expected.to include_module(StaticModel) }
   end
 
+  describe '.lazy' do
+    set(:project) { create(:project, :repository) }
+
+    context 'when the commits are found' do
+      let(:oids) do
+        %w(
+          498214de67004b1da3d820901307bed2a68a8ef6
+          c642fe9b8b9f28f9225d7ea953fe14e74748d53b
+          6f6d7e7ed97bb5f0054f2b1df789b39ca89b6ff9
+          048721d90c449b244b7b4c53a9186b04330174ec
+          281d3a76f31c812dbf48abce82ccf6860adedd81
+        )
+      end
+
+      subject { oids.map { |oid| described_class.lazy(project, oid) } }
+
+      it 'batches requests for commits' do
+        expect(project.repository).to receive(:commits_by).once.and_call_original
+
+        subject.first.title
+        subject.last.title
+      end
+
+      it 'maintains ordering' do
+        subject.each_with_index do |commit, i|
+          expect(commit.id).to eq(oids[i])
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when not found' do
+      it 'returns nil as commit' do
+        commit = described_class.lazy(project, 'deadbeef').__sync
+
+        expect(commit).to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#author' do
     it 'looks up the author in a case-insensitive way' do
       user = create(:user, email: commit.author_email.upcase)
diff --git a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
index bdc430c9095..1d7069feebd 100644
--- a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
@@ -239,6 +239,54 @@ describe Repository do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#commits_by' do
+    set(:project) { create(:project, :repository) }
+
+    shared_examples 'batch commits fetching' do
+      let(:oids) { TestEnv::BRANCH_SHA.values }
+
+      subject { project.repository.commits_by(oids: oids) }
+
+      it 'finds each commit' do
+        expect(subject).not_to include(nil)
+        expect(subject.size).to eq(oids.size)
+      end
+
+      it 'returns only Commit instances' do
+        expect(subject).to all( be_a(Commit) )
+      end
+
+      context 'when some commits are not found ' do
+        let(:oids) do
+          ['deadbeef'] + TestEnv::BRANCH_SHA.values.first(10)
+        end
+
+        it 'returns only found commits' do
+          expect(subject).not_to include(nil)
+          expect(subject.size).to eq(10)
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when no oids are passed' do
+        let(:oids) { [] }
+
+        it 'does not call #batch_by_oid' do
+          expect(Gitlab::Git::Commit).not_to receive(:batch_by_oid)
+
+          subject
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when Gitaly list_commits_by_oid is enabled' do
+      it_behaves_like 'batch commits fetching'
+    end
+
+    context 'when Gitaly list_commits_by_oid is enabled', :disable_gitaly do
+      it_behaves_like 'batch commits fetching'
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#find_commits_by_message' do
     shared_examples 'finding commits by message' do
       it 'returns commits with messages containing a given string' do
diff --git a/spec/serializers/pipeline_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/serializers/pipeline_serializer_spec.rb
index 88d347322a6..c38795ad1a1 100644
--- a/spec/serializers/pipeline_serializer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/serializers/pipeline_serializer_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe PipelineSerializer do
+  set(:project) { create(:project, :repository) }
   set(:user) { create(:user) }
 
   let(:serializer) do
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ describe PipelineSerializer do
       end
 
       context 'when a single object is being serialized' do
-        let(:resource) { create(:ci_empty_pipeline) }
+        let(:resource) { create(:ci_empty_pipeline, project: project) }
 
         it 'serializers the pipeline object' do
           expect(subject[:id]).to eq resource.id
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ describe PipelineSerializer do
       end
 
       context 'when multiple objects are being serialized' do
-        let(:resource) { create_list(:ci_pipeline, 2) }
+        let(:resource) { create_list(:ci_pipeline, 2, project: project) }
 
         it 'serializers the array of pipelines' do
           expect(subject).not_to be_empty
@@ -100,7 +101,6 @@ describe PipelineSerializer do
 
     context 'number of queries' do
       let(:resource) { Ci::Pipeline.all }
-      let(:project) { create(:project) }
 
       before do
         # Since RequestStore.active? is true we have to allow the