diff --git a/t/perf/run b/t/perf/run
index 43e4de49ef..214d658172 100755
--- a/t/perf/run
+++ b/t/perf/run
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ get_var_from_env_or_config () {
 	env_var="$1"
 	conf_sec="$2"
 	conf_var="$3"
-	# $4 can be set to a default value
+	conf_opts="$4" # optional
+	# $5 can be set to a default value
 
 	# Do nothing if the env variable is already set
 	eval "test -z \"\${$env_var+x}\"" || return
@@ -116,18 +117,18 @@ get_var_from_env_or_config () {
 	if test -n "$GIT_PERF_SUBSECTION"
 	then
 		var="$conf_sec.$GIT_PERF_SUBSECTION.$conf_var"
-		conf_value=$(git config -f "$GIT_PERF_CONFIG_FILE" "$var") &&
+		conf_value=$(git config $conf_opts -f "$GIT_PERF_CONFIG_FILE" "$var") &&
 		eval "$env_var=\"$conf_value\"" && return
 	fi
 	var="$conf_sec.$conf_var"
-	conf_value=$(git config -f "$GIT_PERF_CONFIG_FILE" "$var") &&
+	conf_value=$(git config $conf_opts -f "$GIT_PERF_CONFIG_FILE" "$var") &&
 	eval "$env_var=\"$conf_value\"" && return
 
-	test -n "${4+x}" && eval "$env_var=\"$4\""
+	test -n "${5+x}" && eval "$env_var=\"$5\""
 }
 
 run_subsection () {
-	get_var_from_env_or_config "GIT_PERF_REPEAT_COUNT" "perf" "repeatCount" 3
+	get_var_from_env_or_config "GIT_PERF_REPEAT_COUNT" "perf" "repeatCount" "--int" 3
 	export GIT_PERF_REPEAT_COUNT
 
 	get_var_from_env_or_config "GIT_PERF_DIRS_OR_REVS" "perf" "dirsOrRevs"