diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index d4b265ee62..5b4c370e07 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "../run-command.h"
 #include "../cache.h"
 #include "win32/exit-process.h"
+#include "../config.h"
 
 #define HCAST(type, handle) ((type)(intptr_t)handle)
 
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 981482ec28..d22732865a 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1536,6 +1536,8 @@ static int do_git_config_sequence(const struct config_options *opts,
 
 	if (opts->commondir)
 		repo_config = mkpathdup("%s/config", opts->commondir);
+	else if (opts->git_dir)
+		repo_config = mkpathdup("%s/config", opts->git_dir);
 	else
 		repo_config = NULL;