diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
index 9a47b4c397..363c36d694 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
@@ -65,11 +65,17 @@ OPTIONS
 -w::
 	Specify the location of the CVS checkout to use for the export. This
 	option does not require GIT_DIR to be set before execution if the
-	current directory is within a git repository.
+	current directory is within a git repository.  The default is the
+	value of 'cvsexportcommit.cvsdir'.
 
 -v::
 	Verbose.
 
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+cvsexportcommit.cvsdir::
+	The default location of the CVS checkout to use for the export.
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 
diff --git a/git-cvsexportcommit.perl b/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
index b6036bd4d3..c93bd9c9b5 100755
--- a/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
+++ b/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Data::Dumper;
 use File::Basename qw(basename dirname);
 use File::Spec;
+use Git;
 
 our ($opt_h, $opt_P, $opt_p, $opt_v, $opt_c, $opt_f, $opt_a, $opt_m, $opt_d, $opt_u, $opt_w);
 
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@
 
 die "Need at least one commit identifier!" unless @ARGV;
 
+# Get git-config settings
+my $repo = Git->repository();
+$opt_w = $repo->config('cvsexportcommit.cvsdir') unless defined $opt_w;
+
 if ($opt_w) {
 	# Remember where GIT_DIR is before changing to CVS checkout
 	unless ($ENV{GIT_DIR}) {