diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 07412297f0..51690e480d 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -2523,6 +2523,7 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
 	int i, flags, left, seen_dashdash, got_rev_arg = 0, revarg_opt;
 	struct argv_array prune_data = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
 	const char *submodule = NULL;
+	int seen_end_of_options = 0;
 
 	if (opt)
 		submodule = opt->submodule;
@@ -2552,7 +2553,7 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
 		revarg_opt |= REVARG_CANNOT_BE_FILENAME;
 	for (left = i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 		const char *arg = argv[i];
-		if (*arg == '-') {
+		if (!seen_end_of_options && *arg == '-') {
 			int opts;
 
 			opts = handle_revision_pseudo_opt(submodule,
@@ -2574,6 +2575,11 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
 				continue;
 			}
 
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--end-of-options")) {
+				seen_end_of_options = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			opts = handle_revision_opt(revs, argc - i, argv + i,
 						   &left, argv, opt);
 			if (opts > 0) {
diff --git a/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh b/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh
index 52a9e38d66..b8cf82349b 100755
--- a/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh
+++ b/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh
@@ -140,4 +140,12 @@ test_expect_success '--header shows a NUL after each commit' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'rev-list --end-of-options' '
+	git update-ref refs/heads/--output=yikes HEAD &&
+	git rev-list --end-of-options --output=yikes >actual &&
+	test_path_is_missing yikes &&
+	git rev-list HEAD >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done