diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index 0b4ecac855..0315ad76f8 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ static int show_config(const char *key_, const char *value_, void *cb)
 	const char *vptr = value;
 	int must_free_vptr = 0;
 	int dup_error = 0;
+	int must_print_delim = 0;
 
 	if (!use_key_regexp && strcmp(key_, key))
 		return 0;
@@ -109,10 +110,8 @@ static int show_config(const char *key_, const char *value_, void *cb)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (show_keys) {
-		if (value_)
-			printf("%s%c", key_, key_delim);
-		else
-			printf("%s", key_);
+		printf("%s", key_);
+		must_print_delim = 1;
 	}
 	if (seen && !do_all)
 		dup_error = 1;
@@ -130,16 +129,23 @@ static int show_config(const char *key_, const char *value_, void *cb)
 	} else if (types == TYPE_PATH) {
 		git_config_pathname(&vptr, key_, value_);
 		must_free_vptr = 1;
+	} else if (value_) {
+		vptr = value_;
+	} else {
+		/* Just show the key name */
+		vptr = "";
+		must_print_delim = 0;
 	}
-	else
-		vptr = value_?value_:"";
 	seen++;
 	if (dup_error) {
 		error("More than one value for the key %s: %s",
 				key_, vptr);
 	}
-	else
+	else {
+		if (must_print_delim)
+			printf("%c", key_delim);
 		printf("%s%c", vptr, term);
+	}
 	if (must_free_vptr)
 		/* If vptr must be freed, it's a pointer to a
 		 * dynamically allocated buffer, it's safe to cast to
diff --git a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
index 3e140c18f4..dffccf84f8 100755
--- a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
@@ -333,6 +333,12 @@ test_expect_success 'get-regexp variable with no value' \
 	'git config --get-regexp novalue > output &&
 	 cmp output expect'
 
+echo 'novalue.variable true' > expect
+
+test_expect_success 'get-regexp --bool variable with no value' \
+	'git config --bool --get-regexp novalue > output &&
+	 cmp output expect'
+
 echo 'emptyvalue.variable ' > expect
 
 test_expect_success 'get-regexp variable with empty value' \