diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index ba56169de3..80e29e3985 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -292,6 +292,23 @@ dimmed_zebra::
 	blocks are considered interesting, the rest is uninteresting.
 --
 
+--color-moved-ws=<modes>::
+	This configures how white spaces are ignored when performing the
+	move detection for `--color-moved`. These modes can be given
+	as a comma separated list:
++
+--
+ignore-space-at-eol::
+	Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL.
+ignore-space-change::
+	Ignore changes in amount of whitespace.  This ignores whitespace
+	at line end, and considers all other sequences of one or
+	more whitespace characters to be equivalent.
+ignore-all-space::
+	Ignore whitespace when comparing lines. This ignores differences
+	even if one line has whitespace where the other line has none.
+--
+
 --word-diff[=<mode>]::
 	Show a word diff, using the <mode> to delimit changed words.
 	By default, words are delimited by whitespace; see
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 95c51c0b7d..70eeb40c5f 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -283,6 +283,36 @@ static int parse_color_moved(const char *arg)
 		return error(_("color moved setting must be one of 'no', 'default', 'blocks', 'zebra', 'dimmed_zebra', 'plain'"));
 }
 
+static int parse_color_moved_ws(const char *arg)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct string_list l = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
+	struct string_list_item *i;
+
+	string_list_split(&l, arg, ',', -1);
+
+	for_each_string_list_item(i, &l) {
+		struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+		strbuf_addstr(&sb, i->string);
+		strbuf_trim(&sb);
+
+		if (!strcmp(sb.buf, "ignore-space-change"))
+			ret |= XDF_IGNORE_WHITESPACE_CHANGE;
+		else if (!strcmp(sb.buf, "ignore-space-at-eol"))
+			ret |= XDF_IGNORE_WHITESPACE_AT_EOL;
+		else if (!strcmp(sb.buf, "ignore-all-space"))
+			ret |= XDF_IGNORE_WHITESPACE;
+		else
+			error(_("ignoring unknown color-moved-ws mode '%s'"), sb.buf);
+
+		strbuf_release(&sb);
+	}
+
+	string_list_clear(&l, 0);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int git_diff_ui_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.color") || !strcmp(var, "color.diff")) {
@@ -717,10 +747,12 @@ static int moved_entry_cmp(const void *hashmap_cmp_fn_data,
 	const struct diff_options *diffopt = hashmap_cmp_fn_data;
 	const struct moved_entry *a = entry;
 	const struct moved_entry *b = entry_or_key;
+	unsigned flags = diffopt->color_moved_ws_handling
+			 & XDF_WHITESPACE_FLAGS;
 
 	return !xdiff_compare_lines(a->es->line, a->es->len,
 				    b->es->line, b->es->len,
-				    diffopt->xdl_opts);
+				    flags);
 }
 
 static struct moved_entry *prepare_entry(struct diff_options *o,
@@ -728,8 +760,9 @@ static struct moved_entry *prepare_entry(struct diff_options *o,
 {
 	struct moved_entry *ret = xmalloc(sizeof(*ret));
 	struct emitted_diff_symbol *l = &o->emitted_symbols->buf[line_no];
+	unsigned flags = o->color_moved_ws_handling & XDF_WHITESPACE_FLAGS;
 
-	ret->ent.hash = xdiff_hash_string(l->line, l->len, o->xdl_opts);
+	ret->ent.hash = xdiff_hash_string(l->line, l->len, flags);
 	ret->es = l;
 	ret->next_line = NULL;
 
@@ -4710,6 +4743,8 @@ int diff_opt_parse(struct diff_options *options,
 		if (cm < 0)
 			die("bad --color-moved argument: %s", arg);
 		options->color_moved = cm;
+	} else if (skip_prefix(arg, "--color-moved-ws=", &arg)) {
+		options->color_moved_ws_handling = parse_color_moved_ws(arg);
 	} else if (skip_to_optional_arg_default(arg, "--color-words", &options->word_regex, NULL)) {
 		options->use_color = 1;
 		options->word_diff = DIFF_WORDS_COLOR;
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index 7bd4f182c3..de5dc68005 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ struct diff_options {
 	} color_moved;
 	#define COLOR_MOVED_DEFAULT COLOR_MOVED_ZEBRA
 	#define COLOR_MOVED_MIN_ALNUM_COUNT 20
+	int color_moved_ws_handling;
 };
 
 void diff_emit_submodule_del(struct diff_options *o, const char *line);
diff --git a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
index e54529f026..000c3a2b7d 100755
--- a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
+++ b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
@@ -1460,7 +1460,8 @@ test_expect_success 'move detection ignoring whitespace ' '
 	EOF
 	test_cmp expected actual &&
 
-	git diff HEAD --no-renames -w --color-moved --color >actual.raw &&
+	git diff HEAD --no-renames --color-moved --color \
+		--color-moved-ws=ignore-all-space >actual.raw &&
 	grep -v "index" actual.raw | test_decode_color >actual &&
 	cat <<-\EOF >expected &&
 	<BOLD>diff --git a/lines.txt b/lines.txt<RESET>
@@ -1522,7 +1523,8 @@ test_expect_success 'move detection ignoring whitespace changes' '
 	EOF
 	test_cmp expected actual &&
 
-	git diff HEAD --no-renames -b --color-moved --color >actual.raw &&
+	git diff HEAD --no-renames --color-moved --color \
+		--color-moved-ws=ignore-space-change >actual.raw &&
 	grep -v "index" actual.raw | test_decode_color >actual &&
 	cat <<-\EOF >expected &&
 	<BOLD>diff --git a/lines.txt b/lines.txt<RESET>
@@ -1587,7 +1589,8 @@ test_expect_success 'move detection ignoring whitespace at eol' '
 	EOF
 	test_cmp expected actual &&
 
-	git diff HEAD --no-renames --ignore-space-at-eol --color-moved --color >actual.raw &&
+	git diff HEAD --no-renames --color-moved --color \
+		--color-moved-ws=ignore-space-at-eol >actual.raw &&
 	grep -v "index" actual.raw | test_decode_color >actual &&
 	cat <<-\EOF >expected &&
 	<BOLD>diff --git a/lines.txt b/lines.txt<RESET>
@@ -1757,7 +1760,58 @@ test_expect_success 'move detection with submodules' '
 
 	# nor did we mess with it another way
 	git diff --submodule=diff --color | test_decode_color >expect &&
-	test_cmp expect decoded_actual
+	test_cmp expect decoded_actual &&
+	rm -rf bananas &&
+	git submodule deinit bananas
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'only move detection ignores white spaces' '
+	git reset --hard &&
+	q_to_tab <<-\EOF >text.txt &&
+		a long line to exceed per-line minimum
+		another long line to exceed per-line minimum
+		original file
+	EOF
+	git add text.txt &&
+	git commit -m "add text" &&
+	q_to_tab <<-\EOF >text.txt &&
+		Qa long line to exceed per-line minimum
+		Qanother long line to exceed per-line minimum
+		new file
+	EOF
+
+	# Make sure we get a different diff using -w
+	git diff --color --color-moved -w >actual.raw &&
+	grep -v "index" actual.raw | test_decode_color >actual &&
+	q_to_tab <<-\EOF >expected &&
+	<BOLD>diff --git a/text.txt b/text.txt<RESET>
+	<BOLD>--- a/text.txt<RESET>
+	<BOLD>+++ b/text.txt<RESET>
+	<CYAN>@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@<RESET>
+	 Qa long line to exceed per-line minimum<RESET>
+	 Qanother long line to exceed per-line minimum<RESET>
+	<RED>-original file<RESET>
+	<GREEN>+<RESET><GREEN>new file<RESET>
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expected actual &&
+
+	# And now ignoring white space only in the move detection
+	git diff --color --color-moved \
+		--color-moved-ws=ignore-all-space,ignore-space-change,ignore-space-at-eol >actual.raw &&
+	grep -v "index" actual.raw | test_decode_color >actual &&
+	q_to_tab <<-\EOF >expected &&
+	<BOLD>diff --git a/text.txt b/text.txt<RESET>
+	<BOLD>--- a/text.txt<RESET>
+	<BOLD>+++ b/text.txt<RESET>
+	<CYAN>@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@<RESET>
+	<BOLD;MAGENTA>-a long line to exceed per-line minimum<RESET>
+	<BOLD;MAGENTA>-another long line to exceed per-line minimum<RESET>
+	<RED>-original file<RESET>
+	<BOLD;YELLOW>+<RESET>Q<BOLD;YELLOW>a long line to exceed per-line minimum<RESET>
+	<BOLD;YELLOW>+<RESET>Q<BOLD;YELLOW>another long line to exceed per-line minimum<RESET>
+	<GREEN>+<RESET><GREEN>new file<RESET>
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
 test_done