diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 8ea55d46ad..01d5fabc4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1098,6 +1098,12 @@ All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
 access method.
 
+grep.lineNumber::
+	If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
+
+grep.extendedRegexp::
+	If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default.
+
 gui.commitmsgwidth::
 	Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
 	linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 132505eb4f..d7523b3e45 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ Look for specified patterns in the tracked files in the work tree, blobs
 registered in the index file, or blobs in given tree objects.
 
 
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+grep.lineNumber::
+	If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
+
+grep.extendedRegexp::
+	If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default.
+
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 --cached::
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index 85e9583a13..5743d920d4 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -302,6 +302,19 @@ static int grep_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 	default: return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!strcmp(var, "grep.extendedregexp")) {
+		if (git_config_bool(var, value))
+			opt->regflags |= REG_EXTENDED;
+		else
+			opt->regflags &= ~REG_EXTENDED;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!strcmp(var, "grep.linenumber")) {
+		opt->linenum = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (!strcmp(var, "color.grep"))
 		opt->color = git_config_colorbool(var, value, -1);
 	else if (!strcmp(var, "color.grep.context"))
diff --git a/t/t7810-grep.sh b/t/t7810-grep.sh
index dbc6cd8a77..8184c264cf 100755
--- a/t/t7810-grep.sh
+++ b/t/t7810-grep.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,29 @@ do
 			echo ${HC}file:4:foo mmap bar_mmap
 			echo ${HC}file:5:foo_mmap bar mmap baz
 		} >expected &&
-		git grep -n -w -e mmap $H >actual &&
+		git -c grep.linenumber=false grep -n -w -e mmap $H >actual &&
+		test_cmp expected actual
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "grep -w $L" '
+		{
+			echo ${HC}file:1:foo mmap bar
+			echo ${HC}file:3:foo_mmap bar mmap
+			echo ${HC}file:4:foo mmap bar_mmap
+			echo ${HC}file:5:foo_mmap bar mmap baz
+		} >expected &&
+		git -c grep.linenumber=true grep -w -e mmap $H >actual &&
+		test_cmp expected actual
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "grep -w $L" '
+		{
+			echo ${HC}file:foo mmap bar
+			echo ${HC}file:foo_mmap bar mmap
+			echo ${HC}file:foo mmap bar_mmap
+			echo ${HC}file:foo_mmap bar mmap baz
+		} >expected &&
+		git -c grep.linenumber=true grep --no-line-number -w -e mmap $H >actual &&
 		test_cmp expected actual
 	'