diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 63910b5d21..016cbe931b 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static inline enum object_type object_type(unsigned int mode)
  * environment creation or simple walk of the list.
  * The number of non-NULL entries is available as a macro.
  */
-#define LOCAL_REPO_ENV_SIZE 8
+#define LOCAL_REPO_ENV_SIZE 9
 extern const char *const local_repo_env[LOCAL_REPO_ENV_SIZE + 1];
 
 extern int is_bare_repository_cfg;
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 83d38d3c23..a199f6372b 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ static char *git_object_dir, *git_index_file, *git_refs_dir, *git_graft_file;
 const char * const local_repo_env[LOCAL_REPO_ENV_SIZE + 1] = {
 	ALTERNATE_DB_ENVIRONMENT,
 	CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT,
+	CONFIG_DATA_ENVIRONMENT,
 	DB_ENVIRONMENT,
 	GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT,
 	GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT,
diff --git a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
index c718253673..5bcf0b867a 100755
--- a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
+++ b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
@@ -94,6 +94,29 @@ test_expect_success 'refuse deleting push with denyDeletes' '
 	test_must_fail git send-pack ./victim :extra master
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'cannot override denyDeletes with git -c send-pack' '
+	(
+		cd victim &&
+		test_might_fail git branch -D extra &&
+		git config receive.denyDeletes true &&
+		git branch extra master
+	) &&
+	test_must_fail git -c receive.denyDeletes=false \
+					send-pack ./victim :extra master
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'override denyDeletes with git -c receive-pack' '
+	(
+		cd victim &&
+		test_might_fail git branch -D extra &&
+		git config receive.denyDeletes true &&
+		git branch extra master
+	) &&
+	git send-pack \
+		--receive-pack="git -c receive.denyDeletes=false receive-pack" \
+		./victim :extra master
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'denyNonFastforwards trumps --force' '
 	(
 	    cd victim &&