diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e744475059..4e1a682e89 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ branch.<name>.rebase::
 	instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
 	"git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
 	branch-specific manner.
+	When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
 +
 	When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
 	so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 200eb22260..2f626dc0e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Options related to merging
 include::merge-options.txt[]
 
 -r::
---rebase[=false|true|preserve]::
+--rebase[=false|true|preserve|interactive]::
 	When true, rebase the current branch on top of the upstream
 	branch after fetching. If there is a remote-tracking branch
 	corresponding to the upstream branch and the upstream branch
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ locally created merge commits will not be flattened.
 +
 When false, merge the current branch into the upstream branch.
 +
+When `interactive`, enable the interactive mode of rebase.
++
 See `pull.rebase`, `branch.<name>.rebase` and `branch.autosetuprebase` in
 linkgit:git-config[1] if you want to make `git pull` always use
 `--rebase` instead of merging.
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index b3ab4cf8f6..c30ad0c168 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static int add(int argc, const char **argv)
 struct branch_info {
 	char *remote_name;
 	struct string_list merge;
-	int rebase;
+	enum { NO_REBASE, NORMAL_REBASE, INTERACTIVE_REBASE } rebase;
 };
 
 static struct string_list branch_list;
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ static int config_read_branches(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
 				info->rebase = v;
 			else if (!strcmp(value, "preserve"))
 				info->rebase = 1;
+			else if (!strcmp(value, "interactive"))
+				info->rebase = INTERACTIVE_REBASE;
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -990,7 +992,9 @@ static int show_local_info_item(struct string_list_item *item, void *cb_data)
 
 	printf("    %-*s ", show_info->width, item->string);
 	if (branch_info->rebase) {
-		printf_ln(_("rebases onto remote %s"), merge->items[0].string);
+		printf_ln(_(branch_info->rebase == INTERACTIVE_REBASE ?
+			"rebases interactively onto remote %s" :
+			"rebases onto remote %s"), merge->items[0].string);
 		return 0;
 	} else if (show_info->any_rebase) {
 		printf_ln(_(" merges with remote %s"), merge->items[0].string);
diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index 0a5aa2c821..a482d91a90 100755
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ do
 		;;
 	--no-r|--no-re|--no-reb|--no-reba|--no-rebas|--no-rebase)
 		rebase=false
+
 		;;
 	--recurse-submodules)
 		recurse_submodules=--recurse-submodules
@@ -153,6 +154,10 @@ do
 done
 
 case "$rebase" in
+i|interactive)
+	rebase=true
+	rebase_args=-i
+	;;
 preserve)
 	rebase=true
 	rebase_args=--preserve-merges
@@ -160,7 +165,7 @@ preserve)
 true|false|'')
 	;;
 *)
-	echo "Invalid value for --rebase, should be true, false, or preserve"
+	echo "Invalid value for --rebase, should be true, false, interactive or preserve"
 	usage
 	exit 1
 	;;