diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.txt b/Documentation/config/format.txt
index 73678d88a1..8cf6f00d93 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/format.txt
@@ -144,3 +144,10 @@ will only show notes from `refs/notes/bar`.
 format.mboxrd::
 	A boolean value which enables the robust "mboxrd" format when
 	`--stdout` is in use to escape "^>+From " lines.
+
+format.noprefix::
+	If set, do not show any source or destination prefix in patches.
+	This is equivalent to the `diff.noprefix` option used by `git
+	diff` (but which is not respected by `format-patch`). Note that
+	by setting this, the receiver of any patches you generate will
+	have to apply them using the `-p0` option.
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index eaf511aab8..b1f59062f4 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ static int stdout_mboxrd;
 static const char *fmt_patch_subject_prefix = "PATCH";
 static int fmt_patch_name_max = FORMAT_PATCH_NAME_MAX_DEFAULT;
 static const char *fmt_pretty;
+static int format_no_prefix;
 
 static const char * const builtin_log_usage[] = {
 	N_("git log [<options>] [<revision-range>] [[--] <path>...]"),
@@ -1084,6 +1085,10 @@ static int git_format_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		stdout_mboxrd = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "format.noprefix")) {
+		format_no_prefix = 1;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * ignore some porcelain config which would otherwise be parsed by
@@ -2002,6 +2007,9 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	s_r_opt.def = "HEAD";
 	s_r_opt.revarg_opt = REVARG_COMMITTISH;
 
+	if (format_no_prefix)
+		diff_set_noprefix(&rev.diffopt);
+
 	if (default_attach) {
 		rev.mime_boundary = default_attach;
 		rev.no_inline = 1;
diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index f5a41fd47e..2711fd09ca 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -2391,4 +2391,15 @@ test_expect_success 'format-patch does not respect diff.noprefix' '
 	grep "^--- a/blorp" actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'format-patch respects format.noprefix' '
+	git -c format.noprefix format-patch -1 --stdout >actual &&
+	grep "^--- blorp" actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'format-patch --default-prefix overrides format.noprefix' '
+	git -c format.noprefix \
+		format-patch -1 --default-prefix --stdout >actual &&
+	grep "^--- a/blorp" actual
+'
+
 test_done