diff --git a/builtin/stash.c b/builtin/stash.c
index b5a301f24d..56f3b551e4 100644
--- a/builtin/stash.c
+++ b/builtin/stash.c
@@ -1082,8 +1082,9 @@ static int stash_working_tree(struct stash_info *info, const struct pathspec *ps
 	}
 
 	cp_upd_index.git_cmd = 1;
-	argv_array_pushl(&cp_upd_index.args, "update-index", "-z", "--add",
-			 "--remove", "--stdin", NULL);
+	argv_array_pushl(&cp_upd_index.args, "update-index",
+			 "--ignore-skip-worktree-entries",
+			 "-z", "--add", "--remove", "--stdin", NULL);
 	argv_array_pushf(&cp_upd_index.env_array, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s",
 			 stash_index_path.buf);
 
diff --git a/git-legacy-stash.sh b/git-legacy-stash.sh
index f60e9b3e87..5398a5161d 100755
--- a/git-legacy-stash.sh
+++ b/git-legacy-stash.sh
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ create_stash () {
 			GIT_INDEX_FILE="$TMPindex" &&
 			export GIT_INDEX_FILE &&
 			git diff-index --name-only -z HEAD -- "$@" >"$TMP-stagenames" &&
-			git update-index -z --add --remove --stdin <"$TMP-stagenames" &&
+			git update-index --ignore-skip-worktree-entries \
+				-z --add --remove --stdin <"$TMP-stagenames" &&
 			git write-tree &&
 			rm -f "$TMPindex"
 		) ) ||
diff --git a/t/t3903-stash.sh b/t/t3903-stash.sh
index b8e337893f..1e977145b8 100755
--- a/t/t3903-stash.sh
+++ b/t/t3903-stash.sh
@@ -1241,4 +1241,15 @@ test_expect_success 'stash --keep-index with file deleted in index does not resu
 	test_path_is_missing to-remove
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'stash handles skip-worktree entries nicely' '
+	test_commit A &&
+	echo changed >A.t &&
+	git add A.t &&
+	git update-index --skip-worktree A.t &&
+	rm A.t &&
+	git stash &&
+
+	git rev-parse --verify refs/stash:A.t
+'
+
 test_done