diff --git a/mercurial/subrepo.py b/mercurial/subrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/subrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/subrepo.py
@@ -982,7 +982,13 @@ class hgsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):
         if len(self._repo) == 0:
             # use self._repo.vfs instead of self.wvfs to remove .hg only
             self._repo.vfs.rmtree()
-            if parentrepo.shared():
+
+            # A remote subrepo could be shared if there is a local copy
+            # relative to the parent's share source.  But clone pooling doesn't
+            # assemble the repos in a tree, so that can't be consistently done.
+            # A simpler option is for the user to configure clone pooling, and
+            # work with that.
+            if parentrepo.shared() and hg.islocal(srcurl):
                 self.ui.status(_('sharing subrepo %s from %s\n')
                                % (subrelpath(self), srcurl))
                 shared = hg.share(self._repo._subparent.baseui,
diff --git a/tests/test-subrepo-recursion.t b/tests/test-subrepo-recursion.t
--- a/tests/test-subrepo-recursion.t
+++ b/tests/test-subrepo-recursion.t
@@ -307,9 +307,21 @@ from there.
   searching for changes
   no changes found
   updating working directory
-  sharing subrepo foo from http://localhost:$HGPORT/foo
-  abort: can only share local repositories (in subrepository "foo")
-  [255]
+  cloning subrepo foo from http://localhost:$HGPORT/foo
+  requesting all changes
+  adding changesets
+  adding manifests
+  adding file changes
+  added 4 changesets with 7 changes to 3 files
+  new changesets af048e97ade2:65903cebad86
+  cloning subrepo foo/bar from http://localhost:$HGPORT/foo/bar
+  requesting all changes
+  adding changesets
+  adding manifests
+  adding file changes
+  added 3 changesets with 3 changes to 1 files
+  new changesets 4904098473f9:31ecbdafd357
+  3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
 
   $ cat access.log
   * "GET /?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1" 200 - (glob)
@@ -329,6 +341,11 @@ from there.
   $LOCALIP - - [$LOGDATE$] "GET /?cmd=batch HTTP/1.1" 200 - x-hgarg-1:cmds=heads+%3Bknown+nodes%3D1326fa26d0c00d2146c63b56bb6a45149d7325ac x-hgproto-1:0.1 0.2 comp=$USUAL_COMPRESSIONS$ (glob)
   $LOCALIP - - [$LOGDATE$] "GET /?cmd=getbundle HTTP/1.1" 200 - x-hgarg-1:bookmarks=1&$USUAL_BUNDLE_CAPS$&cg=0&common=1326fa26d0c00d2146c63b56bb6a45149d7325ac&heads=1326fa26d0c00d2146c63b56bb6a45149d7325ac&listkeys=bookmarks&phases=1 x-hgproto-1:0.1 0.2 comp=$USUAL_COMPRESSIONS$ (glob)
   $LOCALIP - - [$LOGDATE$] "GET /foo?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1" 200 - (glob)
+  $LOCALIP - - [$LOGDATE$] "GET /foo?cmd=batch HTTP/1.1" 200 - x-hgarg-1:cmds=heads+%3Bknown+nodes%3D x-hgproto-1:0.1 0.2 comp=$USUAL_COMPRESSIONS$ (glob)
+  $LOCALIP - - [$LOGDATE$] "GET /foo?cmd=getbundle HTTP/1.1" 200 - x-hgarg-1:bookmarks=1&$USUAL_BUNDLE_CAPS$&cg=1&common=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000&heads=65903cebad86f1a84bd4f1134f62fa7dcb7a1c98&listkeys=bookmarks&phases=1 x-hgproto-1:0.1 0.2 comp=$USUAL_COMPRESSIONS$ (glob)
+  $LOCALIP - - [$LOGDATE$] "GET /foo/bar?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1" 200 - (glob)
+  $LOCALIP - - [$LOGDATE$] "GET /foo/bar?cmd=batch HTTP/1.1" 200 - x-hgarg-1:cmds=heads+%3Bknown+nodes%3D x-hgproto-1:0.1 0.2 comp=$USUAL_COMPRESSIONS$ (glob)
+  $LOCALIP - - [$LOGDATE$] "GET /foo/bar?cmd=getbundle HTTP/1.1" 200 - x-hgarg-1:bookmarks=1&$USUAL_BUNDLE_CAPS$&cg=1&common=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000&heads=31ecbdafd357f54b281c9bd1d681bb90de219e22&listkeys=bookmarks&phases=1 x-hgproto-1:0.1 0.2 comp=$USUAL_COMPRESSIONS$ (glob)
 
   $ killdaemons.py
   $ rm hg1.pid error.log access.log
diff --git a/tests/test-subrepo-relative-path.t b/tests/test-subrepo-relative-path.t
--- a/tests/test-subrepo-relative-path.t
+++ b/tests/test-subrepo-relative-path.t
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ Test sharing with a remote URL reference
   adding .hgsub
   $ cd ..
 
-BUG: Remote subrepos cannot be shared, and pooled repos don't have their
-relative subrepos in the relative location stated in .hgsub.
+Clone pooling works for local clones with a remote subrepo reference.
+
+BUG: subrepos should be shared out of the pool.
 
   $ hg --config extensions.share= --config share.pool=$TESTTMP/pool \
   >    clone absolute_subrepo cloned_from_abs
@@ -99,31 +100,55 @@ relative subrepos in the relative locati
   searching for changes
   no changes found
   updating working directory
-  sharing subrepo sub from http://localhost:$HGPORT/sub
-  abort: can only share local repositories (in subrepository "sub")
-  [255]
+  cloning subrepo sub from http://localhost:$HGPORT/sub
+  requesting all changes
+  adding changesets
+  adding manifests
+  adding file changes
+  added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
+  new changesets 863c1745b441
+  3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+
+Vanilla sharing with a subrepo remote path reference will clone the subrepo.
+Each share of these top level repos will end up with independent subrepo copies
+(potentially leaving the shared parent with dangling cset references).
 
   $ hg --config extensions.share= share absolute_subrepo shared_from_abs
   updating working directory
-  sharing subrepo sub from http://localhost:$HGPORT/sub
-  abort: can only share local repositories (in subrepository "sub")
-  [255]
+  cloning subrepo sub from http://localhost:$HGPORT/sub
+  requesting all changes
+  adding changesets
+  adding manifests
+  adding file changes
+  added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
+  new changesets 863c1745b441
+  3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
 
   $ hg --config extensions.share= share -U absolute_subrepo shared_from_abs2
   $ hg -R shared_from_abs2 update -r tip
-  sharing subrepo sub from http://localhost:$HGPORT/sub
-  abort: can only share local repositories (in subrepository "sub")
-  [255]
+  cloning subrepo sub from http://localhost:$HGPORT/sub
+  requesting all changes
+  adding changesets
+  adding manifests
+  adding file changes
+  added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
+  new changesets 863c1745b441
+  3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
 
-BUG: A repo without its subrepo available locally should be sharable if the
+A parent repo without its subrepo available locally can be shared if the
 subrepo is referenced by absolute path.
 
   $ hg clone -U absolute_subrepo cloned_null_from_abs
   $ hg --config extensions.share= share cloned_null_from_abs shared_from_null_abs
   updating working directory
-  sharing subrepo sub from http://localhost:$HGPORT/sub
-  abort: can only share local repositories (in subrepository "sub")
-  [255]
+  cloning subrepo sub from http://localhost:$HGPORT/sub
+  requesting all changes
+  adding changesets
+  adding manifests
+  adding file changes
+  added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
+  new changesets 863c1745b441
+  3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
 
   $ killdaemons.py