diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index adc7727..0f14220 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "color.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "urlmatch.h"
+#include "quote.h"
 
 static const char *const builtin_config_usage[] = {
 	N_("git config [<options>]"),
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
 static const char *get_color_slot, *get_colorbool_slot;
 static int end_null;
 static int respect_includes = -1;
+static int show_origin;
 
 #define ACTION_GET (1<<0)
 #define ACTION_GET_ALL (1<<1)
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@
 	OPT_BOOL('z', "null", &end_null, N_("terminate values with NUL byte")),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "name-only", &omit_values, N_("show variable names only")),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "includes", &respect_includes, N_("respect include directives on lookup")),
+	OPT_BOOL(0, "show-origin", &show_origin, N_("show origin of config (file, standard input, blob, command line)")),
 	OPT_END(),
 };
 
@@ -91,8 +94,28 @@
 	usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
 }
 
+static void show_config_origin(struct strbuf *buf)
+{
+	const char term = end_null ? '\0' : '\t';
+
+	strbuf_addstr(buf, current_config_origin_type());
+	strbuf_addch(buf, ':');
+	if (end_null)
+		strbuf_addstr(buf, current_config_name());
+	else
+		quote_c_style(current_config_name(), buf, NULL, 0);
+	strbuf_addch(buf, term);
+}
+
 static int show_all_config(const char *key_, const char *value_, void *cb)
 {
+	if (show_origin) {
+		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+		show_config_origin(&buf);
+		/* Use fwrite as "buf" can contain \0's if "end_null" is set. */
+		fwrite(buf.buf, 1, buf.len, stdout);
+		strbuf_release(&buf);
+	}
 	if (!omit_values && value_)
 		printf("%s%c%s%c", key_, delim, value_, term);
 	else
@@ -108,6 +131,8 @@
 
 static int format_config(struct strbuf *buf, const char *key_, const char *value_)
 {
+	if (show_origin)
+		show_config_origin(buf);
 	if (show_keys)
 		strbuf_addstr(buf, key_);
 	if (!omit_values) {
@@ -538,6 +563,14 @@
 		error("--name-only is only applicable to --list or --get-regexp");
 		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
 	}
+
+	if (show_origin && !(actions &
+		(ACTION_GET|ACTION_GET_ALL|ACTION_GET_REGEXP|ACTION_LIST))) {
+		error("--show-origin is only applicable to --get, --get-all, "
+			  "--get-regexp, and --list.");
+		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
+	}
+
 	if (actions == ACTION_LIST) {
 		check_argc(argc, 0, 0);
 		if (git_config_with_options(show_all_config, NULL,