diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index a64a4d6ee2..f5594114ed 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ is_abbreviated:
 				abbrev_flags = flags;
 				continue;
 			}
+			/* negation allowed? */
+			if (options->flags & PARSE_OPT_NONEG)
+				continue;
 			/* negated and abbreviated very much? */
 			if (!prefixcmp("no-", arg)) {
 				flags |= OPT_UNSET;
diff --git a/t/t0040-parse-options.sh b/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
index bbc821ef97..3d450ed379 100755
--- a/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
+++ b/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Magic arguments
     --quux                means --quux
     -NUM                  set integer to NUM
     +                     same as -b
+    --ambiguous           positive ambiguity
+    --no-ambiguous        negative ambiguity
 
 Standard options
     --abbrev[=<n>]        use <n> digits to display SHA-1s
@@ -315,4 +317,22 @@ test_expect_success 'OPT_NUMBER_CALLBACK() works' '
 	test_cmp expect output
 '
 
+cat >expect <<EOF
+boolean: 0
+integer: 0
+timestamp: 0
+string: (not set)
+abbrev: 7
+verbose: 0
+quiet: no
+dry run: no
+file: (not set)
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'negation of OPT_NONEG flags is not ambiguous' '
+	test-parse-options --no-ambig >output 2>output.err &&
+	test ! -s output.err &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/test-parse-options.c b/test-parse-options.c
index efa734b42e..acd1a2ba70 100644
--- a/test-parse-options.c
+++ b/test-parse-options.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ static int abbrev = 7;
 static int verbose = 0, dry_run = 0, quiet = 0;
 static char *string = NULL;
 static char *file = NULL;
+static int ambiguous;
 
 static int length_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 {
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 			number_callback),
 		{ OPTION_BOOLEAN, '+', NULL, &boolean, NULL, "same as -b",
 		  PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG | PARSE_OPT_NODASH },
+		{ OPTION_BOOLEAN, 0, "ambiguous", &ambiguous, NULL,
+		  "positive ambiguity", PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG },
+		{ OPTION_BOOLEAN, 0, "no-ambiguous", &ambiguous, NULL,
+		  "negative ambiguity", PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG },
 		OPT_GROUP("Standard options"),
 		OPT__ABBREV(&abbrev),
 		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose),