diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 0cc87a6f6..e935cbdc0 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2587,6 +2587,16 @@ status.submoduleSummary::
 	submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
 	not honor these settings.
 
+stash.showPatch::
+	If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
+	option will show the stash in patch form.  Defaults to false.
+	See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
+
+stash.showStat::
+	If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
+	option will show diffstat of the stash.  Defaults to true.
+	See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
+
 submodule.<name>.path::
 submodule.<name>.url::
 	The path within this project and URL for a submodule. These
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index 375213fe4..92df596e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ show [<stash>]::
 	shows the latest one. By default, the command shows the diffstat, but
 	it will accept any format known to 'git diff' (e.g., `git stash show
 	-p stash@{1}` to view the second most recent stash in patch form).
+	You can use stash.showStat and/or stash.showPatch config variables
+	to change the default behavior.
 
 pop [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]::
 
diff --git a/git-stash.sh b/git-stash.sh
index 1d5ba7a4f..c7c65e25f 100755
--- a/git-stash.sh
+++ b/git-stash.sh
@@ -305,7 +305,25 @@ show_stash () {
 	ALLOW_UNKNOWN_FLAGS=t
 	assert_stash_like "$@"
 
-	git diff ${FLAGS:---stat} $b_commit $w_commit
+	if test -z "$FLAGS"
+	then
+		if test "$(git config --bool stash.showStat || echo true)" = "true"
+		then
+			FLAGS=--stat
+		fi
+
+		if test "$(git config --bool stash.showPatch || echo false)" = "true"
+		then
+			FLAGS=${FLAGS}${FLAGS:+ }-p
+		fi
+
+		if test -z "$FLAGS"
+		then
+			return 0
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	git diff ${FLAGS} $b_commit $w_commit
 }
 
 show_help () {