diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
index 3fd7f475f1..2ae740a71e 100644
--- a/archive.c
+++ b/archive.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static int parse_archive_args(int argc, const char **argv,
 			"prepend prefix to each pathname in the archive"),
 		OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output, "file",
 			"write the archive to this file"),
-		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "worktree-attributes", &worktree_attributes,
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "worktree-attributes", &worktree_attributes,
 			"read .gitattributes in working directory"),
 		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "report archived files on stderr"),
 		OPT__COMPR('0', &compression_level, "store only", 0),
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static int parse_archive_args(int argc, const char **argv,
 		OPT__COMPR_HIDDEN('8', &compression_level, 8),
 		OPT__COMPR('9', &compression_level, "compress better", 9),
 		OPT_GROUP(""),
-		OPT_BOOLEAN('l', "list", &list,
+		OPT_BOOL('l', "list", &list,
 			"list supported archive formats"),
 		OPT_GROUP(""),
 		OPT_STRING(0, "remote", &remote, "repo",
diff --git a/t/t5001-archive-attr.sh b/t/t5001-archive-attr.sh
index 02d4d2284d..f47d8717fd 100755
--- a/t/t5001-archive-attr.sh
+++ b/t/t5001-archive-attr.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ test_expect_missing	worktree/ignored
 test_expect_exists	worktree/ignored-by-tree
 test_expect_missing	worktree/ignored-by-worktree
 
+test_expect_success 'git archive --worktree-attributes option' '
+	git archive --worktree-attributes --worktree-attributes HEAD >worktree.tar &&
+	(mkdir worktree2 && cd worktree2 && "$TAR" xf -) <worktree.tar
+'
+
+test_expect_missing	worktree2/ignored
+test_expect_exists	worktree2/ignored-by-tree
+test_expect_missing	worktree2/ignored-by-worktree
+
 test_expect_success 'git archive vs. bare' '
 	(cd bare && git archive HEAD) >bare-archive.tar &&
 	test_cmp archive.tar bare-archive.tar