diff --git a/git-gui.sh b/git-gui.sh
index 33ab5dc..21033cb 100755
--- a/git-gui.sh
+++ b/git-gui.sh
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@
 	{fontui   font_ui   {mc "Main Font"}}
 	{fontdiff font_diff {mc "Diff/Console Font"}}
 }
+set default_config(gui.stageuntracked) ask
 
 ######################################################################
 ##
diff --git a/lib/index.tcl b/lib/index.tcl
index e38b647..8efbbdd 100644
--- a/lib/index.tcl
+++ b/lib/index.tcl
@@ -356,21 +356,33 @@
 	global file_states
 
 	set paths [list]
-	set unknown_paths [list]
+	set untracked_paths [list]
 	foreach path [array names file_states] {
 		switch -glob -- [lindex $file_states($path) 0] {
 		U? {continue}
 		?M -
 		?T -
 		?D {lappend paths $path}
-		?O {lappend unknown_paths $path}
+		?O {lappend untracked_paths $path}
 		}
 	}
-	if {[llength $unknown_paths]} {
-		set reply [ask_popup [mc "There are unknown files do you also want
-to stage those?"]]
+	if {[llength $untracked_paths]} {
+		set reply 0
+		switch -- [get_config gui.stageuntracked] {
+		no {
+			set reply 0
+		}
+		yes {
+			set reply 1
+		}
+		ask -
+		default {
+			set reply [ask_popup [mc "Stage %d untracked files?" \
+									  [llength $untracked_paths]]]
+		}
+		}
 		if {$reply} {
-			set paths [concat $paths $unknown_paths]
+			set paths [concat $paths $untracked_paths]
 		}
 	}
 	add_helper {Adding all changed files} $paths
diff --git a/lib/option.tcl b/lib/option.tcl
index 3807c8d..719103a 100644
--- a/lib/option.tcl
+++ b/lib/option.tcl
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@
 		{i-0..99 gui.commitmsgwidth {mc "Commit Message Text Width"}}
 		{t gui.newbranchtemplate {mc "New Branch Name Template"}}
 		{c gui.encoding {mc "Default File Contents Encoding"}}
+		{s gui.stageuntracked {mc "Staging of untracked files"} {list "yes" "no" "ask"}}
 		} {
 		set type [lindex $option 0]
 		set name [lindex $option 1]
@@ -208,6 +209,23 @@
 				}
 				pack $w.$f.$optid -side top -anchor w -fill x
 			}
+			s {
+				set opts [eval [lindex $option 3]]
+				${NS}::frame $w.$f.$optid
+				${NS}::label $w.$f.$optid.l -text "$text:"
+				if {$use_ttk} {
+					ttk::combobox $w.$f.$optid.v \
+						-textvariable ${f}_config_new($name) \
+						-values $opts -state readonly
+				} else {
+					eval tk_optionMenu $w.$f.$optid.v \
+						${f}_config_new($name) \
+						$opts
+				}
+				pack $w.$f.$optid.l -side left -anchor w -fill x
+				pack $w.$f.$optid.v -side right -anchor e -padx 5
+				pack $w.$f.$optid -side top -anchor w -fill x
+			}
 			}
 		}
 	}