diff --git a/builtin/send-pack.c b/builtin/send-pack.c
index b961e5ae78..23b2962cb0 100644
--- a/builtin/send-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/send-pack.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "transport.h"
 #include "version.h"
 #include "sha1-array.h"
+#include "gpg-interface.h"
 
 static const char send_pack_usage[] =
 "git send-pack [--all | --mirror] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [--atomic] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...]\n"
@@ -113,6 +114,8 @@ int cmd_send_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int from_stdin = 0;
 	struct push_cas_option cas = {0};
 
+	git_config(git_gpg_config, NULL);
+
 	argv++;
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++, argv++) {
 		const char *arg = *argv;