diff --git a/builtin/rerere.c b/builtin/rerere.c
index 0048f9ef7f..295fe75d8f 100644
--- a/builtin/rerere.c
+++ b/builtin/rerere.c
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "dir.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "rerere.h"
 #include "xdiff/xdiff.h"
 #include "xdiff-interface.h"
 
-static const char git_rerere_usage[] =
-"git rerere [clear | status | diff | gc]";
+static const char * const rerere_usage[] = {
+	"git rerere [clear | status | diff | gc]",
+	NULL,
+};
 
 /* these values are days */
 static int cutoff_noresolve = 15;
@@ -103,25 +106,26 @@ static int diff_two(const char *file1, const char *label1,
 int cmd_rerere(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct string_list merge_rr = { NULL, 0, 0, 1 };
-	int i, fd, flags = 0;
-
-	if (2 < argc) {
-		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
-			usage(git_rerere_usage);
-		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--rerere-autoupdate"))
-			flags = RERERE_AUTOUPDATE;
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--no-rerere-autoupdate"))
-			flags = RERERE_NOAUTOUPDATE;
-		if (flags) {
-			argc--;
-			argv++;
-		}
-	}
-	if (argc < 2)
+	int i, fd, autoupdate = -1, flags = 0;
+
+	struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_SET_INT(0, "rerere-autoupdate", &autoupdate,
+			"register clean resolutions in index", 1),
+		OPT_END(),
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, rerere_usage, 0);
+
+	if (autoupdate == 1)
+		flags = RERERE_AUTOUPDATE;
+	if (autoupdate == 0)
+		flags = RERERE_NOAUTOUPDATE;
+
+	if (argc < 1)
 		return rerere(flags);
 
-	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "forget")) {
-		const char **pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv + 2);
+	if (!strcmp(argv[0], "forget")) {
+		const char **pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv + 1);
 		return rerere_forget(pathspec);
 	}
 
@@ -129,26 +133,26 @@ int cmd_rerere(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "clear")) {
+	if (!strcmp(argv[0], "clear")) {
 		for (i = 0; i < merge_rr.nr; i++) {
 			const char *name = (const char *)merge_rr.items[i].util;
 			if (!has_rerere_resolution(name))
 				unlink_rr_item(name);
 		}
 		unlink_or_warn(git_path("rr-cache/MERGE_RR"));
-	} else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "gc"))
+	} else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "gc"))
 		garbage_collect(&merge_rr);
-	else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "status"))
+	else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "status"))
 		for (i = 0; i < merge_rr.nr; i++)
 			printf("%s\n", merge_rr.items[i].string);
-	else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "diff"))
+	else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "diff"))
 		for (i = 0; i < merge_rr.nr; i++) {
 			const char *path = merge_rr.items[i].string;
 			const char *name = (const char *)merge_rr.items[i].util;
 			diff_two(rerere_path(name, "preimage"), path, path, path);
 		}
 	else
-		usage(git_rerere_usage);
+		usage_with_options(rerere_usage, options);
 
 	string_list_clear(&merge_rr, 1);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/t/t4200-rerere.sh b/t/t4200-rerere.sh
index 3ed4d1a59c..876f09a6fe 100755
--- a/t/t4200-rerere.sh
+++ b/t/t4200-rerere.sh
@@ -292,4 +292,95 @@ test_expect_success 'merge --no-rerere-autoupdate' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'set up an unresolved merge' '
+	headblob=$(git rev-parse version2:file3) &&
+	mergeblob=$(git rev-parse fifth:file3) &&
+	cat >expected.unresolved <<-EOF &&
+	100644 $headblob 2	file3
+	100644 $mergeblob 3	file3
+	EOF
+
+	test_might_fail git config --unset rerere.autoupdate &&
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout version2 &&
+	fifth=$(git rev-parse fifth) &&
+	echo "$fifth		branch 'fifth' of ." |
+	git fmt-merge-msg >msg &&
+	ancestor=$(git merge-base version2 fifth) &&
+	test_must_fail git merge-recursive "$ancestor" -- HEAD fifth &&
+
+	git ls-files --stage >failedmerge &&
+	cp file3 file3.conflict &&
+
+	git ls-files -u >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected.unresolved actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'explicit rerere' '
+	test_might_fail git config --unset rerere.autoupdate &&
+	git rm -fr --cached . &&
+	git update-index --index-info <failedmerge &&
+	cp file3.conflict file3 &&
+	test_must_fail git update-index --refresh -q &&
+
+	git rerere &&
+	git ls-files -u >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected.unresolved actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'explicit rerere with autoupdate' '
+	git config rerere.autoupdate true &&
+	git rm -fr --cached . &&
+	git update-index --index-info <failedmerge &&
+	cp file3.conflict file3 &&
+	test_must_fail git update-index --refresh -q &&
+
+	git rerere &&
+	git update-index --refresh
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'explicit rerere --rerere-autoupdate overrides' '
+	git config rerere.autoupdate false &&
+	git rm -fr --cached . &&
+	git update-index --index-info <failedmerge &&
+	cp file3.conflict file3 &&
+	git rerere &&
+	git ls-files -u >actual1 &&
+
+	git rm -fr --cached . &&
+	git update-index --index-info <failedmerge &&
+	cp file3.conflict file3 &&
+	git rerere --rerere-autoupdate &&
+	git update-index --refresh &&
+
+	git rm -fr --cached . &&
+	git update-index --index-info <failedmerge &&
+	cp file3.conflict file3 &&
+	git rerere --rerere-autoupdate --no-rerere-autoupdate &&
+	git ls-files -u >actual2 &&
+
+	git rm -fr --cached . &&
+	git update-index --index-info <failedmerge &&
+	cp file3.conflict file3 &&
+	git rerere --rerere-autoupdate --no-rerere-autoupdate --rerere-autoupdate &&
+	git update-index --refresh &&
+
+	test_cmp expected.unresolved actual1 &&
+	test_cmp expected.unresolved actual2
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rerere --no-no-rerere-autoupdate' '
+	git rm -fr --cached . &&
+	git update-index --index-info <failedmerge &&
+	cp file3.conflict file3 &&
+	test_must_fail git rerere --no-no-rerere-autoupdate 2>err &&
+	grep [Uu]sage err &&
+	test_must_fail git update-index --refresh
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rerere -h' '
+	test_must_fail git rerere -h >help &&
+	grep [Uu]sage help
+'
+
 test_done