diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
index d461ba08b9..7c2a7c5a4d 100644
--- a/builtin/add.c
+++ b/builtin/add.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int renormalize_tracked_files(const struct pathspec *pathspec, int flags)
 			continue; /* do not touch non blobs */
 		if (pathspec && !ce_path_match(&the_index, ce, pathspec, NULL))
 			continue;
-		retval |= add_file_to_cache(ce->name, flags | HASH_RENORMALIZE);
+		retval |= add_file_to_cache(ce->name, flags | ADD_CACHE_RENORMALIZE);
 	}
 
 	return retval;
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 009e8b3b15..038e3764a9 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@ extern int index_name_pos(const struct index_state *, const char *name, int name
 #define ADD_CACHE_JUST_APPEND 8		/* Append only; tree.c::read_tree() */
 #define ADD_CACHE_NEW_ONLY 16		/* Do not replace existing ones */
 #define ADD_CACHE_KEEP_CACHE_TREE 32	/* Do not invalidate cache-tree */
+#define ADD_CACHE_RENORMALIZE 64        /* Pass along HASH_RENORMALIZE */
 extern int add_index_entry(struct index_state *, struct cache_entry *ce, int option);
 extern void rename_index_entry_at(struct index_state *, int pos, const char *new_name);
 
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index bfff271a3d..9783c493a3 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -703,10 +703,10 @@ int add_to_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path, struct stat *st,
 	int intent_only = flags & ADD_CACHE_INTENT;
 	int add_option = (ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_ADD|ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_REPLACE|
 			  (intent_only ? ADD_CACHE_NEW_ONLY : 0));
-	int newflags = HASH_WRITE_OBJECT;
+	int hash_flags = HASH_WRITE_OBJECT;
 
-	if (flags & HASH_RENORMALIZE)
-		newflags |= HASH_RENORMALIZE;
+	if (flags & ADD_CACHE_RENORMALIZE)
+		hash_flags |= HASH_RENORMALIZE;
 
 	if (!S_ISREG(st_mode) && !S_ISLNK(st_mode) && !S_ISDIR(st_mode))
 		return error(_("%s: can only add regular files, symbolic links or git-directories"), path);
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ int add_to_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path, struct stat *st,
 		}
 	}
 	if (!intent_only) {
-		if (index_path(istate, &ce->oid, path, st, newflags)) {
+		if (index_path(istate, &ce->oid, path, st, hash_flags)) {
 			discard_cache_entry(ce);
 			return error(_("unable to index file '%s'"), path);
 		}
diff --git a/t/t0025-crlf-renormalize.sh b/t/t0025-crlf-renormalize.sh
index 9d9e02a211..e13363ade5 100755
--- a/t/t0025-crlf-renormalize.sh
+++ b/t/t0025-crlf-renormalize.sh
@@ -27,4 +27,13 @@ test_expect_success 'renormalize CRLF in repo' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'ignore-errors not mistaken for renormalize' '
+	git reset --hard &&
+	echo "*.txt text=auto" >.gitattributes &&
+	git ls-files --eol >expect &&
+	git add --ignore-errors "*.txt" &&
+	git ls-files --eol >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done