diff --git a/Documentation/config/log.txt b/Documentation/config/log.txt
index e9e1e397f3..208d5fdcaa 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/log.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ log.decorate::
 	names are shown. This is the same as the `--decorate` option
 	of the `git log`.
 
+log.excludeDecoration::
+	Exclude the specified patterns from the log decorations. This is
+	similar to the `--decorate-refs-exclude` command-line option, but
+	the config option can be overridden by the `--decorate-refs`
+	option.
+
 log.follow::
 	If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
 	a single <path> is given.  This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 619577f23b..20e6d21a74 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	If no `--decorate-refs` is given, pretend as if all refs were
 	included.  For each candidate, do not use it for decoration if it
 	matches any patterns given to `--decorate-refs-exclude` or if it
-	doesn't match any of the patterns given to `--decorate-refs`.
+	doesn't match any of the patterns given to `--decorate-refs`. The
+	`log.excludeDecoration` config option allows excluding refs from
+	the decorations, but an explicit `--decorate-refs` pattern will
+	override a match in `log.excludeDecoration`.
 
 --source::
 	Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index 390b6ca2ce..bef7403d5e 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -166,9 +166,11 @@ static void cmd_log_init_finish(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 	int quiet = 0, source = 0, mailmap;
 	static struct line_opt_callback_data line_cb = {NULL, NULL, STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP};
 	static struct string_list decorate_refs_exclude = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+	static struct string_list decorate_refs_exclude_config = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
 	static struct string_list decorate_refs_include = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
 	struct decoration_filter decoration_filter = {&decorate_refs_include,
-						      &decorate_refs_exclude};
+						      &decorate_refs_exclude,
+						      &decorate_refs_exclude_config};
 	static struct revision_sources revision_sources;
 
 	const struct option builtin_log_options[] = {
@@ -239,7 +241,19 @@ static void cmd_log_init_finish(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 	}
 
 	if (decoration_style) {
+		const struct string_list *config_exclude =
+			repo_config_get_value_multi(the_repository,
+						    "log.excludeDecoration");
+
+		if (config_exclude) {
+			struct string_list_item *item;
+			for_each_string_list_item(item, config_exclude)
+				string_list_append(&decorate_refs_exclude_config,
+						   item->string);
+		}
+
 		rev->show_decorations = 1;
+
 		load_ref_decorations(&decoration_filter, decoration_style);
 	}
 
diff --git a/log-tree.c b/log-tree.c
index 0064788b25..55a68d0c61 100644
--- a/log-tree.c
+++ b/log-tree.c
@@ -81,6 +81,56 @@ const struct name_decoration *get_name_decoration(const struct object *obj)
 	return lookup_decoration(&name_decoration, obj);
 }
 
+static int match_ref_pattern(const char *refname,
+			     const struct string_list_item *item)
+{
+	int matched = 0;
+	if (item->util == NULL) {
+		if (!wildmatch(item->string, refname, 0))
+			matched = 1;
+	} else {
+		const char *rest;
+		if (skip_prefix(refname, item->string, &rest) &&
+		    (!*rest || *rest == '/'))
+			matched = 1;
+	}
+	return matched;
+}
+
+static int ref_filter_match(const char *refname,
+			    const struct decoration_filter *filter)
+{
+	struct string_list_item *item;
+	const struct string_list *exclude_patterns = filter->exclude_ref_pattern;
+	const struct string_list *include_patterns = filter->include_ref_pattern;
+	const struct string_list *exclude_patterns_config =
+				filter->exclude_ref_config_pattern;
+
+	if (exclude_patterns && exclude_patterns->nr) {
+		for_each_string_list_item(item, exclude_patterns) {
+			if (match_ref_pattern(refname, item))
+				return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (include_patterns && include_patterns->nr) {
+		for_each_string_list_item(item, include_patterns) {
+			if (match_ref_pattern(refname, item))
+				return 1;
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (exclude_patterns_config && exclude_patterns_config->nr) {
+		for_each_string_list_item(item, exclude_patterns_config) {
+			if (match_ref_pattern(refname, item))
+				return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int add_ref_decoration(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 			      int flags, void *cb_data)
 {
@@ -88,9 +138,7 @@ static int add_ref_decoration(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 	enum decoration_type type = DECORATION_NONE;
 	struct decoration_filter *filter = (struct decoration_filter *)cb_data;
 
-	if (filter && !ref_filter_match(refname,
-			      filter->include_ref_pattern,
-			      filter->exclude_ref_pattern))
+	if (filter && !ref_filter_match(refname, filter))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (starts_with(refname, git_replace_ref_base)) {
@@ -155,6 +203,9 @@ void load_ref_decorations(struct decoration_filter *filter, int flags)
 			for_each_string_list_item(item, filter->include_ref_pattern) {
 				normalize_glob_ref(item, NULL, item->string);
 			}
+			for_each_string_list_item(item, filter->exclude_ref_config_pattern) {
+				normalize_glob_ref(item, NULL, item->string);
+			}
 		}
 		decoration_loaded = 1;
 		decoration_flags = flags;
diff --git a/log-tree.h b/log-tree.h
index e668628074..8fa79289ec 100644
--- a/log-tree.h
+++ b/log-tree.h
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ struct log_info {
 };
 
 struct decoration_filter {
-	struct string_list *include_ref_pattern, *exclude_ref_pattern;
+	struct string_list *include_ref_pattern;
+	struct string_list *exclude_ref_pattern;
+	struct string_list *exclude_ref_config_pattern;
 };
 
 int parse_decorate_color_config(const char *var, const char *slot_name, const char *value);
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index b8759116cd..224ff66c7b 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -321,50 +321,6 @@ int ref_exists(const char *refname)
 	return refs_ref_exists(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), refname);
 }
 
-static int match_ref_pattern(const char *refname,
-			     const struct string_list_item *item)
-{
-	int matched = 0;
-	if (item->util == NULL) {
-		if (!wildmatch(item->string, refname, 0))
-			matched = 1;
-	} else {
-		const char *rest;
-		if (skip_prefix(refname, item->string, &rest) &&
-		    (!*rest || *rest == '/'))
-			matched = 1;
-	}
-	return matched;
-}
-
-int ref_filter_match(const char *refname,
-		     const struct string_list *include_patterns,
-		     const struct string_list *exclude_patterns)
-{
-	struct string_list_item *item;
-
-	if (exclude_patterns && exclude_patterns->nr) {
-		for_each_string_list_item(item, exclude_patterns) {
-			if (match_ref_pattern(refname, item))
-				return 0;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (include_patterns && include_patterns->nr) {
-		int found = 0;
-		for_each_string_list_item(item, include_patterns) {
-			if (match_ref_pattern(refname, item)) {
-				found = 1;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (!found)
-			return 0;
-	}
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static int filter_refs(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 			   int flags, void *data)
 {
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 545029c6d8..a92d2c74c8 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -361,18 +361,6 @@ int for_each_rawref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 void normalize_glob_ref(struct string_list_item *item, const char *prefix,
 			const char *pattern);
 
-/*
- * Returns 0 if refname matches any of the exclude_patterns, or if it doesn't
- * match any of the include_patterns. Returns 1 otherwise.
- *
- * If pattern list is NULL or empty, matching against that list is skipped.
- * This has the effect of matching everything by default, unless the user
- * specifies rules otherwise.
- */
-int ref_filter_match(const char *refname,
-		     const struct string_list *include_patterns,
-		     const struct string_list *exclude_patterns);
-
 static inline const char *has_glob_specials(const char *pattern)
 {
 	return strpbrk(pattern, "?*[");
diff --git a/t/t4202-log.sh b/t/t4202-log.sh
index 5eeb739f3e..f1ea7d97f5 100755
--- a/t/t4202-log.sh
+++ b/t/t4202-log.sh
@@ -742,8 +742,24 @@ test_expect_success 'decorate-refs with glob' '
 	octopus-a (octopus-a)
 	reach
 	EOF
+	cat >expect.no-decorate <<-\EOF &&
+	Merge-tag-reach
+	Merge-tags-octopus-a-and-octopus-b
+	seventh
+	octopus-b
+	octopus-a
+	reach
+	EOF
 	git log -n6 --decorate=short --pretty="tformat:%f%d" \
 		--decorate-refs="heads/octopus*" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect.decorate actual &&
+	git log -n6 --decorate=short --pretty="tformat:%f%d" \
+		--decorate-refs-exclude="heads/octopus*" \
+		--decorate-refs="heads/octopus*" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect.no-decorate actual &&
+	git -c log.excludeDecoration="heads/octopus*" log \
+		-n6 --decorate=short --pretty="tformat:%f%d" \
+		--decorate-refs="heads/octopus*" >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect.decorate actual
 '
 
@@ -787,6 +803,9 @@ test_expect_success 'decorate-refs-exclude with glob' '
 	EOF
 	git log -n6 --decorate=short --pretty="tformat:%f%d" \
 		--decorate-refs-exclude="heads/octopus*" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect.decorate actual &&
+	git -c log.excludeDecoration="heads/octopus*" log \
+		-n6 --decorate=short --pretty="tformat:%f%d" >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect.decorate actual
 '
 
@@ -801,6 +820,9 @@ test_expect_success 'decorate-refs-exclude without globs' '
 	EOF
 	git log -n6 --decorate=short --pretty="tformat:%f%d" \
 		--decorate-refs-exclude="tags/reach" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect.decorate actual &&
+	git -c log.excludeDecoration="tags/reach" log \
+		-n6 --decorate=short --pretty="tformat:%f%d" >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect.decorate actual
 '
 
@@ -816,11 +838,19 @@ test_expect_success 'multiple decorate-refs-exclude' '
 	git log -n6 --decorate=short --pretty="tformat:%f%d" \
 		--decorate-refs-exclude="heads/octopus*" \
 		--decorate-refs-exclude="tags/reach" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect.decorate actual &&
+	git -c log.excludeDecoration="heads/octopus*" \
+		-c log.excludeDecoration="tags/reach" log \
+		-n6 --decorate=short --pretty="tformat:%f%d" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect.decorate actual &&
+	git -c log.excludeDecoration="heads/octopus*" log \
+		--decorate-refs-exclude="tags/reach" \
+		-n6 --decorate=short --pretty="tformat:%f%d" >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect.decorate actual
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'decorate-refs and decorate-refs-exclude' '
-	cat >expect.decorate <<-\EOF &&
+	cat >expect.no-decorate <<-\EOF &&
 	Merge-tag-reach (master)
 	Merge-tags-octopus-a-and-octopus-b
 	seventh
@@ -831,6 +861,21 @@ test_expect_success 'decorate-refs and decorate-refs-exclude' '
 	git log -n6 --decorate=short --pretty="tformat:%f%d" \
 		--decorate-refs="heads/*" \
 		--decorate-refs-exclude="heads/oc*" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect.no-decorate actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'deocrate-refs and log.excludeDecoration' '
+	cat >expect.decorate <<-\EOF &&
+	Merge-tag-reach (master)
+	Merge-tags-octopus-a-and-octopus-b
+	seventh
+	octopus-b (octopus-b)
+	octopus-a (octopus-a)
+	reach (reach)
+	EOF
+	git -c log.excludeDecoration="heads/oc*" log \
+		--decorate-refs="heads/*" \
+		-n6 --decorate=short --pretty="tformat:%f%d" >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect.decorate actual
 '
 
@@ -846,6 +891,10 @@ test_expect_success 'decorate-refs-exclude and simplify-by-decoration' '
 	git log -n6 --decorate=short --pretty="tformat:%f%d" \
 		--decorate-refs-exclude="*octopus*" \
 		--simplify-by-decoration >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect.decorate actual &&
+	git -c log.excludeDecoration="*octopus*" log \
+		-n6 --decorate=short --pretty="tformat:%f%d" \
+		--simplify-by-decoration >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect.decorate actual
 '