diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index f97de602d2..357330e02c 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
 		{ "rev-parse", cmd_rev_parse, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "rm", cmd_rm, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "runstatus", cmd_runstatus, RUN_SETUP },
-		{ "shortlog", cmd_shortlog, RUN_SETUP },
+		{ "shortlog", cmd_shortlog, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
 		{ "show-branch", cmd_show_branch, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "show", cmd_show, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
 		{ "stripspace", cmd_stripspace },