diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index fca7ea0..7e8a1cf 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "unpack-trees.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "submodule.h"
+#include "gpg-interface.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_commit_usage[] = {
 	"git commit [options] [--] <filepattern>...",
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@
 static int quiet, verbose, no_verify, allow_empty, dry_run, renew_authorship;
 static int no_post_rewrite, allow_empty_message;
 static char *untracked_files_arg, *force_date, *ignore_submodule_arg;
+static char *sign_commit;
+
 /*
  * The default commit message cleanup mode will remove the lines
  * beginning with # (shell comments) and leading and trailing
@@ -144,6 +147,8 @@
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('e', "edit", &edit_flag, "force edit of commit"),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "cleanup", &cleanup_arg, "default", "how to strip spaces and #comments from message"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "status", &include_status, "include status in commit message template"),
+	{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &sign_commit, "key id",
+	  "GPG sign commit", PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t) "" },
 	/* end commit message options */
 
 	OPT_GROUP("Commit contents options"),
@@ -1324,6 +1329,7 @@
 static int git_commit_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 {
 	struct wt_status *s = cb;
+	int status;
 
 	if (!strcmp(k, "commit.template"))
 		return git_config_pathname(&template_file, k, v);
@@ -1332,6 +1338,9 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	status = git_gpg_config(k, v, NULL);
+	if (status)
+		return status;
 	return git_status_config(k, v, s);
 }
 
@@ -1488,7 +1497,7 @@
 		extra = read_commit_extra_headers(current_head);
 
 	if (commit_tree_extended(sb.buf, active_cache_tree->sha1, parents, sha1,
-				 author_ident.buf, extra)) {
+				 author_ident.buf, sign_commit, extra)) {
 		rollback_index_files();
 		die(_("failed to write commit object"));
 	}