diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index e05455f74c..d612ae8729 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ sub usage {
 
   Composing:
     --from                  <str>  * Email From:
-    --to                    <str>  * Email To:
-    --cc                    <str>  * Email Cc:
-    --bcc                   <str>  * Email Bcc:
+    --[no-]to               <str>  * Email To:
+    --[no-]cc               <str>  * Email Cc:
+    --[no-]bcc              <str>  * Email Bcc:
     --subject               <str>  * Email "Subject:"
     --in-reply-to           <str>  * Email "In-Reply-To:"
     --annotate                     * Review each patch that will be sent in an editor.
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ sub format_2822_time {
 sub cleanup_compose_files();
 
 # Variables we fill in automatically, or via prompting:
-my (@to,@cc,@initial_cc,@bcclist,@xh,
+my (@to,$no_to,@cc,$no_cc,@initial_cc,@bcclist,$no_bcc,@xh,
 	$initial_reply_to,$initial_subject,@files,
 	$author,$sender,$smtp_authpass,$annotate,$compose,$time);
 
@@ -261,8 +261,11 @@ sub signal_handler {
                     "in-reply-to=s" => \$initial_reply_to,
 		    "subject=s" => \$initial_subject,
 		    "to=s" => \@to,
+		    "no-to" => \$no_to,
 		    "cc=s" => \@initial_cc,
+		    "no-cc" => \$no_cc,
 		    "bcc=s" => \@bcclist,
+		    "no-bcc" => \$no_bcc,
 		    "chain-reply-to!" => \$chain_reply_to,
 		    "smtp-server=s" => \$smtp_server,
 		    "smtp-server-port=s" => \$smtp_server_port,
@@ -305,6 +308,9 @@ sub read_config {
 
 	foreach my $setting (keys %config_settings) {
 		my $target = $config_settings{$setting};
+		next if $setting eq "to" and defined $no_to;
+		next if $setting eq "cc" and defined $no_cc;
+		next if $setting eq "bcc" and defined $no_bcc;
 		if (ref($target) eq "ARRAY") {
 			unless (@$target) {
 				my @values = Git::config(@repo, "$prefix.$setting");
diff --git a/t/t9001-send-email.sh b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
index c09f375288..640b3d2bb4 100755
--- a/t/t9001-send-email.sh
+++ b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
@@ -852,4 +852,70 @@ test_expect_success 'no warning with sendemail.chainreplyto = true' '
 	! grep "no-chain-reply-to" errors
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'sendemail.to works' '
+	git config --replace-all sendemail.to "Somebody <somebody@ex.com>" &&
+	git send-email \
+		--dry-run \
+		--from="Example <nobody@example.com>" \
+		$patches $patches >stdout &&
+	grep "To: Somebody <somebody@ex.com>" stdout
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--no-to overrides sendemail.to' '
+	git send-email \
+		--dry-run \
+		--from="Example <nobody@example.com>" \
+		--no-to \
+		--to=nobody@example.com \
+		$patches $patches >stdout &&
+	grep "To: nobody@example.com" stdout &&
+	! grep "To: Somebody <somebody@ex.com>" stdout
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'sendemail.cc works' '
+	git config --replace-all sendemail.cc "Somebody <somebody@ex.com>" &&
+	git send-email \
+		--dry-run \
+		--from="Example <nobody@example.com>" \
+		--to=nobody@example.com \
+		$patches $patches >stdout &&
+	grep "Cc: Somebody <somebody@ex.com>" stdout
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--no-cc overrides sendemail.cc' '
+	git send-email \
+		--dry-run \
+		--from="Example <nobody@example.com>" \
+		--no-cc \
+		--cc=bodies@example.com \
+		--to=nobody@example.com \
+		$patches $patches >stdout &&
+	grep "Cc: bodies@example.com" stdout &&
+	! grep "Cc: Somebody <somebody@ex.com>" stdout
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'sendemail.bcc works' '
+	git config --replace-all sendemail.bcc "Other <other@ex.com>" &&
+	git send-email \
+		--dry-run \
+		--from="Example <nobody@example.com>" \
+		--to=nobody@example.com \
+		--smtp-server relay.example.com \
+		$patches $patches >stdout &&
+	grep "RCPT TO:<other@ex.com>" stdout
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--no-bcc overrides sendemail.bcc' '
+	git send-email \
+		--dry-run \
+		--from="Example <nobody@example.com>" \
+		--no-bcc \
+		--bcc=bodies@example.com \
+		--to=nobody@example.com \
+		--smtp-server relay.example.com \
+		$patches $patches >stdout &&
+	grep "RCPT TO:<bodies@example.com>" stdout &&
+	! grep "RCPT TO:<other@ex.com>" stdout
+'
+
 test_done