diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 7573160f21..e244dd73f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ git-config - Get and set repository or global options
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--literal-value] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]]
 'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] --add name value
-'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] --replace-all name value [value_regex]
-'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex]
-'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex]
-'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--name-only] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--literal-value] --replace-all name value [value_regex]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--literal-value] --get name [value_regex]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--literal-value] --get-all name [value_regex]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--literal-value] [--name-only] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex]
 'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [-z|--null] --get-urlmatch name URL
-'git config' [<file-option>] --unset name [value_regex]
-'git config' [<file-option>] --unset-all name [value_regex]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--literal-value] --unset name [value_regex]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--literal-value] --unset-all name [value_regex]
 'git config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name
 'git config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name
 'git config' [<file-option>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--name-only] -l | --list
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
 --list::
 	List all variables set in config file, along with their values.
 
+--literal-value::
+	When used with the `value_regex` argument, treat `value_regex` as
+	an exact string instead of a regular expression. This will restrict
+	the name/value pairs that are matched to only those where the value
+	is exactly equal to the `value_regex`.
+
 --type <type>::
   'git config' will ensure that any input or output is valid under the given
   type constraint(s), and will canonicalize outgoing values in `<type>`'s
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index e7c7f3d455..ad6c695737 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ static int respect_includes_opt = -1;
 static struct config_options config_options;
 static int show_origin;
 static int show_scope;
+static int literal;
 
 #define ACTION_GET (1<<0)
 #define ACTION_GET_ALL (1<<1)
@@ -52,6 +53,16 @@ static int show_scope;
 #define ACTION_GET_COLORBOOL (1<<14)
 #define ACTION_GET_URLMATCH (1<<15)
 
+#define ACTION_LITERAL_ALLOWED (\
+	ACTION_GET |\
+	ACTION_GET_ALL |\
+	ACTION_GET_REGEXP |\
+	ACTION_REPLACE_ALL |\
+	ACTION_UNSET |\
+	ACTION_UNSET_ALL |\
+	ACTION_SET_ALL\
+)
+
 /*
  * The actions "ACTION_LIST | ACTION_GET_*" which may produce more than
  * one line of output and which should therefore be paged.
@@ -141,6 +152,7 @@ static struct option builtin_config_options[] = {
 	OPT_BIT(0, "rename-section", &actions, N_("rename section: old-name new-name"), ACTION_RENAME_SECTION),
 	OPT_BIT(0, "remove-section", &actions, N_("remove a section: name"), ACTION_REMOVE_SECTION),
 	OPT_BIT('l', "list", &actions, N_("list all"), ACTION_LIST),
+	OPT_BOOL(0, "literal-value", &literal, N_("use literal equality when matching values")),
 	OPT_BIT('e', "edit", &actions, N_("open an editor"), ACTION_EDIT),
 	OPT_BIT(0, "get-color", &actions, N_("find the color configured: slot [default]"), ACTION_GET_COLOR),
 	OPT_BIT(0, "get-colorbool", &actions, N_("find the color setting: slot [stdout-is-tty]"), ACTION_GET_COLORBOOL),
@@ -745,6 +757,11 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		usage_builtin_config();
 	}
 
+	if (literal && !(actions & ACTION_LITERAL_ALLOWED)) {
+		error(_("--literal only applies with 'value_regex'"));
+		usage_builtin_config();
+	}
+
 	if (actions & PAGING_ACTIONS)
 		setup_auto_pager("config", 1);
 
diff --git a/t/t1300-config.sh b/t/t1300-config.sh
index 74e0f84c0a..73f5ca4361 100755
--- a/t/t1300-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-config.sh
@@ -1965,4 +1965,17 @@ test_expect_success '--replace-all and value_regex' '
 	test_cmp expect .git/config
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'refuse --literal-value for incompatible actions' '
+	git config dev.null bogus &&
+	test_must_fail git config --literal-value --add dev.null bogus &&
+	test_must_fail git config --literal-value --get-urlmatch dev.null bogus &&
+	test_must_fail git config --literal-value --get-urlmatch dev.null bogus &&
+	test_must_fail git config --literal-value --rename-section dev null &&
+	test_must_fail git config --literal-value --remove-section dev &&
+	test_must_fail git config --literal-value --list &&
+	test_must_fail git config --literal-value --get-color dev.null &&
+	test_must_fail git config --literal-value --get-colorbool dev.null &&
+	test_must_fail git config --literal-value --edit
+'
+
 test_done
