diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c
index fc3f96eaef..13db4a6455 100644
--- a/builtin-add.c
+++ b/builtin-add.c
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int add_new_files;
 	int require_pathspec;
 
+	git_config(add_config, NULL);
+
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, builtin_add_options,
 			  builtin_add_usage, 0);
 	if (patch_interactive)
@@ -254,8 +256,6 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (add_interactive)
 		exit(interactive_add(argc, argv, prefix));
 
-	git_config(add_config, NULL);
-
 	if (addremove && take_worktree_changes)
 		die("-A and -u are mutually incompatible");
 	if (addremove && !argc) {
diff --git a/t/t3700-add.sh b/t/t3700-add.sh
index 2ac93a346d..060a6ecabe 100755
--- a/t/t3700-add.sh
+++ b/t/t3700-add.sh
@@ -221,6 +221,19 @@ test_expect_success 'git add (add.ignore-errors = false)' '
 	test_must_fail git add --verbose . &&
 	! ( git ls-files foo1 | grep foo1 )
 '
+rm -f foo2
+
+test_expect_success '--no-ignore-errors overrides config' '
+       git config add.ignore-errors 1 &&
+       git reset --hard &&
+       date >foo1 &&
+       date >foo2 &&
+       chmod 0 foo2 &&
+       test_must_fail git add --verbose --no-ignore-errors . &&
+       ! ( git ls-files foo1 | grep foo1 ) &&
+       git config add.ignore-errors 0
+'
+rm -f foo2
 
 test_expect_success 'git add '\''fo\[ou\]bar'\'' ignores foobar' '
 	git reset --hard &&