diff --git a/builtin/am.c b/builtin/am.c
index c973bd96dcb5d630d56e935733bfa4530ccd2872..6962d4db5ffceef3022b7f877a43c8833a839b31 100644
--- a/builtin/am.c
+++ b/builtin/am.c
@@ -431,6 +431,14 @@ static void am_load(struct am_state *state)
 	read_state_file(&sb, state, "utf8", 1);
 	state->utf8 = !strcmp(sb.buf, "t");
 
+	if (file_exists(am_path(state, "rerere-autoupdate"))) {
+		read_state_file(&sb, state, "rerere-autoupdate", 1);
+		state->allow_rerere_autoupdate = strcmp(sb.buf, "t") ?
+			RERERE_NOAUTOUPDATE : RERERE_AUTOUPDATE;
+	} else {
+		state->allow_rerere_autoupdate = 0;
+	}
+
 	read_state_file(&sb, state, "keep", 1);
 	if (!strcmp(sb.buf, "t"))
 		state->keep = KEEP_TRUE;
@@ -1003,6 +1011,10 @@ static void am_setup(struct am_state *state, enum patch_format patch_format,
 	write_state_bool(state, "sign", state->signoff);
 	write_state_bool(state, "utf8", state->utf8);
 
+	if (state->allow_rerere_autoupdate)
+		write_state_bool(state, "rerere-autoupdate",
+			 state->allow_rerere_autoupdate == RERERE_AUTOUPDATE);
+
 	switch (state->keep) {
 	case KEEP_FALSE:
 		str = "f";
diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index 16028b9ea82edee9cf41044c69a47e8994d78fc6..b9d927eb09c9ed87c84681df1396f4e6d9b13c97 100644
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ static int run_sequencer(int argc, const char **argv, struct replay_opts *opts)
 				"--strategy-option", opts->xopts ? 1 : 0,
 				"-x", opts->record_origin,
 				"--ff", opts->allow_ff,
+				"--rerere-autoupdate", opts->allow_rerere_auto == RERERE_AUTOUPDATE,
+				"--no-rerere-autoupdate", opts->allow_rerere_auto == RERERE_NOAUTOUPDATE,
 				NULL);
 	}
 
diff --git a/git-rebase--am.sh b/git-rebase--am.sh
index 375239341fbfe885e51a25e9e0dc2d4fee791345..319933e70a34f9da4ec93d063eb102eff33b6787 100644
--- a/git-rebase--am.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--am.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ then
 	# itself well to recording empty patches.  fortunately, cherry-pick
 	# makes this easy
 	git cherry-pick ${gpg_sign_opt:+"$gpg_sign_opt"} --allow-empty \
-		--right-only "$revisions" \
+		$allow_rerere_autoupdate --right-only "$revisions" \
 		${restrict_revision+^$restrict_revision}
 	ret=$?
 else
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ else
 	fi
 
 	git am $git_am_opt --rebasing --resolvemsg="$resolvemsg" \
+		$allow_rerere_autoupdate \
 		${gpg_sign_opt:+"$gpg_sign_opt"} <"$GIT_DIR/rebased-patches"
 	ret=$?
 
diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 90b1fbe9cf6e8dfb2f4331916809fa40bf9050d2..29b7e8824b53abeaa68780b95d5954f67f734098 100644
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ pick_one () {
 
 	test -d "$rewritten" &&
 		pick_one_preserving_merges "$@" && return
-	output eval git cherry-pick \
+	output eval git cherry-pick $allow_rerere_autoupdate \
 			${gpg_sign_opt:+$(git rev-parse --sq-quote "$gpg_sign_opt")} \
 			"$strategy_args" $empty_args $ff "$@"
 
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ pick_one_preserving_merges () {
 			merge_args="--no-log --no-ff"
 			if ! do_with_author output eval \
 			'git merge ${gpg_sign_opt:+"$gpg_sign_opt"} \
-				$merge_args $strategy_args -m "$msg_content" $new_parents'
+				$allow_rerere_autoupdate $merge_args \
+				$strategy_args -m "$msg_content" $new_parents'
 			then
 				printf "%s\n" "$msg_content" > "$GIT_DIR"/MERGE_MSG
 				die_with_patch $sha1 "$(eval_gettext "Error redoing merge \$sha1")"
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@ pick_one_preserving_merges () {
 			echo "$sha1 $(git rev-parse HEAD^0)" >> "$rewritten_list"
 			;;
 		*)
-			output eval git cherry-pick \
+			output eval git cherry-pick $allow_rerere_autoupdate \
 				${gpg_sign_opt:+$(git rev-parse --sq-quote "$gpg_sign_opt")} \
 				"$strategy_args" "$@" ||
 				die_with_patch $sha1 "$(eval_gettext "Could not pick \$sha1")"
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 3010faf86398697469e903318a35421d911acb23..e0e66b987b27072da4aea6304a565ab708be91e4 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_onto, "rebase-merge/onto")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_autostash, "rebase-merge/autostash")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_strategy, "rebase-merge/strategy")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_strategy_opts, "rebase-merge/strategy_opts")
+static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_allow_rerere_autoupdate, "rebase-merge/allow_rerere_autoupdate")
 
 static inline int is_rebase_i(const struct replay_opts *opts)
 {
@@ -1438,7 +1439,11 @@ static int populate_opts_cb(const char *key, const char *value, void *data)
 	else if (!strcmp(key, "options.strategy-option")) {
 		ALLOC_GROW(opts->xopts, opts->xopts_nr + 1, opts->xopts_alloc);
 		opts->xopts[opts->xopts_nr++] = xstrdup(value);
-	} else
+	} else if (!strcmp(key, "options.allow-rerere-auto"))
+		opts->allow_rerere_auto =
+			git_config_bool_or_int(key, value, &error_flag) ?
+				RERERE_AUTOUPDATE : RERERE_NOAUTOUPDATE;
+	else
 		return error(_("invalid key: %s"), key);
 
 	if (!error_flag)
@@ -1479,6 +1484,15 @@ static int read_populate_opts(struct replay_opts *opts)
 				free(opts->gpg_sign);
 				opts->gpg_sign = xstrdup(buf.buf + 2);
 			}
+			strbuf_reset(&buf);
+		}
+
+		if (read_oneliner(&buf, rebase_path_allow_rerere_autoupdate(), 1)) {
+			if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "--rerere-autoupdate"))
+				opts->allow_rerere_auto = RERERE_AUTOUPDATE;
+			else if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "--no-rerere-autoupdate"))
+				opts->allow_rerere_auto = RERERE_NOAUTOUPDATE;
+			strbuf_reset(&buf);
 		}
 
 		if (file_exists(rebase_path_verbose()))
@@ -1742,6 +1756,10 @@ static int save_opts(struct replay_opts *opts)
 							"options.strategy-option",
 							opts->xopts[i], "^$", 0);
 	}
+	if (opts->allow_rerere_auto)
+		res |= git_config_set_in_file_gently(opts_file, "options.allow-rerere-auto",
+						     opts->allow_rerere_auto == RERERE_AUTOUPDATE ?
+						     "true" : "false");
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh b/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
index 4428b9086e8bcb383df801834d0de323f316f4fa..fcfdd197bd352a9dca10233c2ba6d2aa4a66149e 100755
--- a/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
+++ b/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
@@ -40,25 +40,6 @@ test_expect_success 'non-interactive rebase --continue works with touched file'
 	git rebase --continue
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'non-interactive rebase --continue with rerere enabled' '
-	test_config rerere.enabled true &&
-	test_when_finished "test_might_fail git rebase --abort" &&
-	git reset --hard commit-new-file-F2-on-topic-branch &&
-	git checkout master &&
-	rm -fr .git/rebase-* &&
-
-	test_must_fail git rebase --onto master master topic &&
-	echo "Resolved" >F2 &&
-	git add F2 &&
-	cp F2 F2.expected &&
-	git rebase --continue &&
-
-	git reset --hard commit-new-file-F2-on-topic-branch &&
-	git checkout master &&
-	test_must_fail git rebase --onto master master topic &&
-	test_cmp F2.expected F2
-'
-
 test_expect_success 'rebase --continue can not be used with other options' '
 	test_must_fail git rebase -v --continue &&
 	test_must_fail git rebase --continue -v
@@ -93,25 +74,75 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase --continue remembers merge strategy and options' '
 	test -f funny.was.run
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'rebase --continue remembers --rerere-autoupdate' '
+test_expect_success 'setup rerere database' '
 	rm -fr .git/rebase-* &&
 	git reset --hard commit-new-file-F3-on-topic-branch &&
 	git checkout master &&
 	test_commit "commit-new-file-F3" F3 3 &&
-	git config rerere.enabled true &&
+	test_config rerere.enabled true &&
 	test_must_fail git rebase -m master topic &&
 	echo "Resolved" >F2 &&
+	cp F2 expected-F2 &&
 	git add F2 &&
 	test_must_fail git rebase --continue &&
 	echo "Resolved" >F3 &&
+	cp F3 expected-F3 &&
 	git add F3 &&
 	git rebase --continue &&
-	git reset --hard topic@{1} &&
-	test_must_fail git rebase -m --rerere-autoupdate master &&
-	test "$(cat F2)" = "Resolved" &&
-	test_must_fail git rebase --continue &&
-	test "$(cat F3)" = "Resolved" &&
-	git rebase --continue
+	git reset --hard topic@{1}
 '
 
+prepare () {
+	rm -fr .git/rebase-* &&
+	git reset --hard commit-new-file-F3-on-topic-branch &&
+	git checkout master &&
+	test_config rerere.enabled true
+}
+
+test_rerere_autoupdate () {
+	action=$1 &&
+	test_expect_success "rebase $action --continue remembers --rerere-autoupdate" '
+		prepare &&
+		test_must_fail git rebase $action --rerere-autoupdate master topic &&
+		test_cmp expected-F2 F2 &&
+		git diff-files --quiet &&
+		test_must_fail git rebase --continue &&
+		test_cmp expected-F3 F3 &&
+		git diff-files --quiet &&
+		git rebase --continue
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "rebase $action --continue honors rerere.autoUpdate" '
+		prepare &&
+		test_config rerere.autoupdate true &&
+		test_must_fail git rebase $action master topic &&
+		test_cmp expected-F2 F2 &&
+		git diff-files --quiet &&
+		test_must_fail git rebase --continue &&
+		test_cmp expected-F3 F3 &&
+		git diff-files --quiet &&
+		git rebase --continue
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "rebase $action --continue remembers --no-rerere-autoupdate" '
+		prepare &&
+		test_config rerere.autoupdate true &&
+		test_must_fail git rebase $action --no-rerere-autoupdate master topic &&
+		test_cmp expected-F2 F2 &&
+		test_must_fail git diff-files --quiet &&
+		git add F2 &&
+		test_must_fail git rebase --continue &&
+		test_cmp expected-F3 F3 &&
+		test_must_fail git diff-files --quiet &&
+		git add F3 &&
+		git rebase --continue
+	'
+}
+
+test_rerere_autoupdate
+test_rerere_autoupdate -m
+GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR=: && export GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR
+test_rerere_autoupdate -i
+test_rerere_autoupdate --preserve-merges
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3504-cherry-pick-rerere.sh b/t/t3504-cherry-pick-rerere.sh
index e6a64816efef0e53018c7a56784d1af62602e9d3..a267b2d144df4a84f18ba4907b317e757ba98f16 100755
--- a/t/t3504-cherry-pick-rerere.sh
+++ b/t/t3504-cherry-pick-rerere.sh
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ test_description='cherry-pick should rerere for conflicts'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success setup '
-	echo foo >foo &&
-	git add foo && test_tick && git commit -q -m 1 &&
-	echo foo-master >foo &&
-	git add foo && test_tick && git commit -q -m 2 &&
-
-	git checkout -b dev HEAD^ &&
-	echo foo-dev >foo &&
-	git add foo && test_tick && git commit -q -m 3 &&
+	test_commit foo &&
+	test_commit foo-master foo &&
+	test_commit bar-master bar &&
+
+	git checkout -b dev foo &&
+	test_commit foo-dev foo &&
+	test_commit bar-dev bar &&
 	git config rerere.enabled true
 '
 
@@ -21,23 +20,80 @@ test_expect_success 'conflicting merge' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'fixup' '
-	echo foo-dev >foo &&
-	git add foo && test_tick && git commit -q -m 4 &&
-	git reset --hard HEAD^ &&
-	echo foo-dev >expect
+	echo foo-resolved >foo &&
+	echo bar-resolved >bar &&
+	git commit -am resolved &&
+	cp foo foo-expect &&
+	cp bar bar-expect &&
+	git reset --hard HEAD^
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'cherry-pick conflict' '
-	test_must_fail git cherry-pick master &&
-	test_cmp expect foo
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick conflict with --rerere-autoupdate' '
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --rerere-autoupdate foo..bar-master &&
+	test_cmp foo-expect foo &&
+	git diff-files --quiet &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --continue &&
+	test_cmp bar-expect bar &&
+	git diff-files --quiet &&
+	git cherry-pick --continue &&
+	git reset --hard bar-dev
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick conflict repsects rerere.autoUpdate' '
+	test_config rerere.autoUpdate true &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick foo..bar-master &&
+	test_cmp foo-expect foo &&
+	git diff-files --quiet &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --continue &&
+	test_cmp bar-expect bar &&
+	git diff-files --quiet &&
+	git cherry-pick --continue &&
+	git reset --hard bar-dev
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick conflict with --no-rerere-autoupdate' '
+	test_config rerere.autoUpdate true &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --no-rerere-autoupdate foo..bar-master &&
+	test_cmp foo-expect foo &&
+	test_must_fail git diff-files --quiet &&
+	git add foo &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --continue &&
+	test_cmp bar-expect bar &&
+	test_must_fail git diff-files --quiet &&
+	git add bar &&
+	git cherry-pick --continue &&
+	git reset --hard bar-dev
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick --continue rejects --rerere-autoupdate' '
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --rerere-autoupdate foo..bar-master &&
+	test_cmp foo-expect foo &&
+	git diff-files --quiet &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --continue --rerere-autoupdate >actual 2>&1 &&
+	echo "fatal: cherry-pick: --rerere-autoupdate cannot be used with --continue" >expect &&
+	test_i18ncmp expect actual &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --continue --no-rerere-autoupdate >actual 2>&1 &&
+	echo "fatal: cherry-pick: --no-rerere-autoupdate cannot be used with --continue" >expect &&
+	test_i18ncmp expect actual &&
+	git cherry-pick --abort
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'reconfigure' '
-	git config rerere.enabled false &&
-	git reset --hard
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick --rerere-autoupdate more than once' '
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --rerere-autoupdate --rerere-autoupdate foo..bar-master &&
+	test_cmp foo-expect foo &&
+	git diff-files --quiet &&
+	git cherry-pick --abort &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --rerere-autoupdate --no-rerere-autoupdate --rerere-autoupdate foo..bar-master &&
+	test_cmp foo-expect foo &&
+	git diff-files --quiet &&
+	git cherry-pick --abort &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --rerere-autoupdate --no-rerere-autoupdate foo..bar-master &&
+	test_must_fail git diff-files --quiet &&
+	git cherry-pick --abort
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'cherry-pick conflict without rerere' '
+	test_config rerere.enabled false &&
 	test_must_fail git cherry-pick master &&
 	test_must_fail test_cmp expect foo
 '