diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
index ca11db185b..8da820d1ce 100644
--- a/archive.c
+++ b/archive.c
@@ -685,6 +685,8 @@ static int parse_archive_args(int argc, const char **argv,
 		base = "";
 
 	if (list) {
+		if (argc)
+			die(_("extra command line parameter '%s'"), *argv);
 		for (i = 0; i < nr_archivers; i++)
 			if (!is_remote || archivers[i]->flags & ARCHIVER_REMOTE)
 				printf("%s\n", archivers[i]->name);
diff --git a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
index 4b4c3315d8..72b8d0ff02 100755
--- a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
+++ b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
@@ -124,6 +124,16 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	EOF
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--list notices extra parameters' '
+	test_must_fail git archive --list blah &&
+	test_must_fail git archive --remote=. --list blah
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'end-of-options is correctly eaten' '
+	git archive --list --end-of-options &&
+	git archive --remote=. --list --end-of-options
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'populate workdir' '
 	mkdir a &&
 	echo simple textfile >a/a &&