diff --git a/t/t3426-rebase-submodule.sh b/t/t3426-rebase-submodule.sh
index ebf4f5e4b2..a2bba04ba9 100755
--- a/t/t3426-rebase-submodule.sh
+++ b/t/t3426-rebase-submodule.sh
@@ -40,4 +40,21 @@ git_rebase_interactive () {
 
 test_submodule_switch "git_rebase_interactive"
 
+test_expect_success 'rebase interactive ignores modified submodules' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf super sub" &&
+	git init sub &&
+	git -C sub commit --allow-empty -m "Initial commit" &&
+	git init super &&
+	git -C super submodule add ../sub &&
+	git -C super config submodule.sub.ignore dirty &&
+	>super/foo &&
+	git -C super add foo &&
+	git -C super commit -m "Initial commit" &&
+	test_commit -C super a &&
+	test_commit -C super b &&
+	test_commit -C super/sub c &&
+	set_fake_editor &&
+	git -C super rebase -i HEAD^^
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 29bc64cc02..94e5ebaf8b 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -2262,8 +2262,10 @@ int has_unstaged_changes(int ignore_submodules)
 	int result;
 
 	init_revisions(&rev_info, NULL);
-	if (ignore_submodules)
+	if (ignore_submodules) {
 		DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev_info.diffopt, IGNORE_SUBMODULES);
+		DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev_info.diffopt, OVERRIDE_SUBMODULE_CONFIG);
+	}
 	DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev_info.diffopt, QUICK);
 	diff_setup_done(&rev_info.diffopt);
 	result = run_diff_files(&rev_info, 0);