diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 5c3fb67c01..3cf957d2ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
 	branch after fetching. If there is a remote-tracking branch
 	corresponding to the upstream branch and the upstream branch
 	was rebased since last fetched, the rebase uses that information
-	to avoid rebasing non-local changes.
+	to avoid rebasing non-local changes. Implies --ff.
 +
 When set to `merges`, rebase using `git rebase --rebase-merges` so that
 the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index 0b9c89c48a..337e8f342b 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ void NORETURN die_conclude_merge(void)
 	die(_("Exiting because of unfinished merge."));
 }
 
+void NORETURN die_ff_impossible(void)
+{
+	die(_("Not possible to fast-forward, aborting."));
+}
+
 void advise_on_updating_sparse_paths(struct string_list *pathspec_list)
 {
 	struct string_list_item *item;
diff --git a/advice.h b/advice.h
index bd26c385d0..1624043838 100644
--- a/advice.h
+++ b/advice.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ void advise_if_enabled(enum advice_type type, const char *advice, ...);
 int error_resolve_conflict(const char *me);
 void NORETURN die_resolve_conflict(const char *me);
 void NORETURN die_conclude_merge(void);
+void NORETURN die_ff_impossible(void);
 void advise_on_updating_sparse_paths(struct string_list *pathspec_list);
 void detach_advice(const char *new_name);
 
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index a8a843b1f5..aa920ac524 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (fast_forward == FF_ONLY)
-		die(_("Not possible to fast-forward, aborting."));
+		die_ff_impossible();
 
 	if (autostash)
 		create_autostash(the_repository,
diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index 3e13f81084..256b96633e 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -55,12 +55,17 @@ static enum rebase_type parse_config_rebase(const char *key, const char *value,
 static int parse_opt_rebase(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 {
 	enum rebase_type *value = opt->value;
+	char **ff_value = (char **)opt->extra;
 
 	if (arg)
 		*value = parse_config_rebase("--rebase", arg, 0);
 	else
 		*value = unset ? REBASE_FALSE : REBASE_TRUE;
-	return *value == REBASE_INVALID ? -1 : 0;
+	if (*value == REBASE_INVALID)
+		return -1;
+	if (*value != REBASE_FALSE)
+		*ff_value = xstrdup("--ff");
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const char * const pull_usage[] = {
@@ -125,10 +130,11 @@ static struct option pull_options[] = {
 
 	/* Options passed to git-merge or git-rebase */
 	OPT_GROUP(N_("Options related to merging")),
-	OPT_CALLBACK_F('r', "rebase", &opt_rebase,
+	{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'r', "rebase", &opt_rebase,
 		"(false|true|merges|preserve|interactive)",
 		N_("incorporate changes by rebasing rather than merging"),
-		PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, parse_opt_rebase),
+		PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, parse_opt_rebase, REBASE_FALSE, NULL,
+		(intptr_t)&opt_ff },
 	OPT_PASSTHRU('n', NULL, &opt_diffstat, NULL,
 		N_("do not show a diffstat at the end of the merge"),
 		PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
@@ -1046,9 +1052,14 @@ int cmd_pull(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	can_ff = get_can_ff(&orig_head, &merge_heads.oid[0]);
 
-	if (rebase_unspecified && !opt_ff && !can_ff) {
-		if (opt_verbosity >= 0)
-			show_advice_pull_non_ff();
+	if (!can_ff) {
+		if (opt_ff) {
+			if (!strcmp(opt_ff, "--ff-only"))
+				die_ff_impossible();
+		} else {
+			if (rebase_unspecified && opt_verbosity >= 0)
+				show_advice_pull_non_ff();
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (opt_rebase) {
diff --git a/t/t7601-merge-pull-config.sh b/t/t7601-merge-pull-config.sh
index 52e8ccc933..8922aa6f7c 100755
--- a/t/t7601-merge-pull-config.sh
+++ b/t/t7601-merge-pull-config.sh
@@ -183,6 +183,41 @@ test_expect_success 'pull prevents non-fast-forward with "only" in pull.ff' '
 	test_must_fail git pull . c3
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'pull prevents non-fast-forward with pull.ff=only and pull.rebase=true' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	test_config pull.ff only &&
+	test_config pull.rebase true &&
+	test_must_fail git pull . c3
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'pull prevents non-fast-forward with pull.ff=only and pull.rebase=false' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	test_config pull.ff only &&
+	test_config pull.rebase false &&
+	test_must_fail git pull . c3
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'pull prevents non-fast-forward with --rebase --ff-only' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	test_must_fail git pull --rebase --ff-only . c3
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'pull prevents non-fast-forward with --no-rebase --ff-only' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	test_must_fail git pull --no-rebase --ff-only . c3
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'pull allows non-fast-forward with --ff-only --rebase' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	git pull --ff-only --rebase . c3
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'pull allows non-fast-forward with pull.ff=only and --rebase' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	test_config pull.ff only &&
+	git pull --rebase . c3
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c2 (ours in pull.twohead)' '
 	git reset --hard c1 &&
 	git config pull.twohead ours &&
