diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index a0487b5cc5..b48e622576 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -622,6 +622,14 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
 --no-reschedule-failed-exec::
 	Automatically reschedule `exec` commands that failed. This only makes
 	sense in interactive mode (or when an `--exec` option was provided).
++
+Even though this option applies once a rebase is started, it's set for
+the whole rebase at the start based on either the
+`rebase.rescheduleFailedExec` configuration (see linkgit:git-config[1]
+or "CONFIGURATION" below) or whether this option is
+provided. Otherwise an explicit `--no-reschedule-failed-exec` at the
+start would be overridden by the presence of
+`rebase.rescheduleFailedExec=true` configuration.
 
 INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS
 --------------------
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 848204d3dc..59735fdff6 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_strategy, "rebase-merge/strategy")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_strategy_opts, "rebase-merge/strategy_opts")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_allow_rerere_autoupdate, "rebase-merge/allow_rerere_autoupdate")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_reschedule_failed_exec, "rebase-merge/reschedule-failed-exec")
+static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_no_reschedule_failed_exec, "rebase-merge/no-reschedule-failed-exec")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_drop_redundant_commits, "rebase-merge/drop_redundant_commits")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_keep_redundant_commits, "rebase-merge/keep_redundant_commits")
 
@@ -2672,6 +2673,8 @@ static int read_populate_opts(struct replay_opts *opts)
 
 		if (file_exists(rebase_path_reschedule_failed_exec()))
 			opts->reschedule_failed_exec = 1;
+		else if (file_exists(rebase_path_no_reschedule_failed_exec()))
+			opts->reschedule_failed_exec = 0;
 
 		if (file_exists(rebase_path_drop_redundant_commits()))
 			opts->drop_redundant_commits = 1;
@@ -2772,6 +2775,8 @@ int write_basic_state(struct replay_opts *opts, const char *head_name,
 		write_file(rebase_path_ignore_date(), "%s", "");
 	if (opts->reschedule_failed_exec)
 		write_file(rebase_path_reschedule_failed_exec(), "%s", "");
+	else
+		write_file(rebase_path_no_reschedule_failed_exec(), "%s", "");
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh b/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
index fe407e63cf..f4c2ee02bc 100755
--- a/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
+++ b/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
@@ -290,4 +290,27 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase.rescheduleFailedExec only affects `rebase -i`' '
 	git rebase HEAD^
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'rebase.rescheduleFailedExec=true & --no-reschedule-failed-exec' '
+	test_when_finished "git rebase --abort" &&
+	test_config rebase.rescheduleFailedExec true &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase -x false --no-reschedule-failed-exec HEAD~2 &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase --continue 2>err &&
+	! grep "has been rescheduled" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'new rebase.rescheduleFailedExec=true setting in an ongoing rebase is ignored' '
+	test_when_finished "git rebase --abort" &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase -x false HEAD~2 &&
+	test_config rebase.rescheduleFailedExec true &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase --continue 2>err &&
+	! grep "has been rescheduled" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'there is no --no-reschedule-failed-exec in an ongoing rebase' '
+	test_when_finished "git rebase --abort" &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase -x false HEAD~2 &&
+	test_expect_code 129 git rebase --continue --no-reschedule-failed-exec &&
+	test_expect_code 129 git rebase --edit-todo --no-reschedule-failed-exec
+'
+
 test_done