diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index af849c644f..2837195491 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ static int checkout_merged(int pos, const struct checkout *state, int *nr_checko
 	mmbuffer_t result_buf;
 	struct object_id threeway[3];
 	unsigned mode = 0;
+	struct ll_merge_options ll_opts;
+	int renormalize = 0;
 
 	memset(threeway, 0, sizeof(threeway));
 	while (pos < active_nr) {
@@ -259,13 +261,12 @@ static int checkout_merged(int pos, const struct checkout *state, int *nr_checko
 	read_mmblob(&ours, &threeway[1]);
 	read_mmblob(&theirs, &threeway[2]);
 
-	/*
-	 * NEEDSWORK: re-create conflicts from merges with
-	 * merge.renormalize set, too
-	 */
+	memset(&ll_opts, 0, sizeof(ll_opts));
+	git_config_get_bool("merge.renormalize", &renormalize);
+	ll_opts.renormalize = renormalize;
 	status = ll_merge(&result_buf, path, &ancestor, "base",
 			  &ours, "ours", &theirs, "theirs",
-			  state->istate, NULL);
+			  state->istate, &ll_opts);
 	free(ancestor.ptr);
 	free(ours.ptr);
 	free(theirs.ptr);
@@ -771,13 +772,6 @@ static int merge_working_tree(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
 			 */
 
 			add_files_to_cache(NULL, NULL, 0);
-			/*
-			 * NEEDSWORK: carrying over local changes
-			 * when branches have different end-of-line
-			 * normalization (or clean+smudge rules) is
-			 * a pain; plumb in an option to set
-			 * o.renormalize?
-			 */
 			init_merge_options(&o, the_repository);
 			o.verbosity = 0;
 			work = write_in_core_index_as_tree(the_repository);
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 7da707bf55..74829a838e 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ static const char **xopts;
 static size_t xopts_nr, xopts_alloc;
 static const char *branch;
 static char *branch_mergeoptions;
-static int option_renormalize;
 static int verbosity;
 static int allow_rerere_auto;
 static int abort_current_merge;
@@ -621,8 +620,6 @@ static int git_merge_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 		return git_config_string(&pull_octopus, k, v);
 	else if (!strcmp(k, "commit.cleanup"))
 		return git_config_string(&cleanup_arg, k, v);
-	else if (!strcmp(k, "merge.renormalize"))
-		option_renormalize = git_config_bool(k, v);
 	else if (!strcmp(k, "merge.ff")) {
 		int boolval = git_parse_maybe_bool(v);
 		if (0 <= boolval) {
@@ -721,7 +718,6 @@ static int try_merge_strategy(const char *strategy, struct commit_list *common,
 		if (!strcmp(strategy, "subtree"))
 			o.subtree_shift = "";
 
-		o.renormalize = option_renormalize;
 		o.show_rename_progress =
 			show_progress == -1 ? isatty(2) : show_progress;
 
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 01c633d807..d0214335a7 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -3792,9 +3792,12 @@ int merge_recursive_generic(struct merge_options *opt,
 static void merge_recursive_config(struct merge_options *opt)
 {
 	char *value = NULL;
+	int renormalize = 0;
 	git_config_get_int("merge.verbosity", &opt->verbosity);
 	git_config_get_int("diff.renamelimit", &opt->rename_limit);
 	git_config_get_int("merge.renamelimit", &opt->rename_limit);
+	git_config_get_bool("merge.renormalize", &renormalize);
+	opt->renormalize = renormalize;
 	if (!git_config_get_string("diff.renames", &value)) {
 		opt->detect_renames = git_config_rename("diff.renames", value);
 		free(value);
diff --git a/t/t6038-merge-text-auto.sh b/t/t6038-merge-text-auto.sh
index 5e8d5fa50c..89c86d4e56 100755
--- a/t/t6038-merge-text-auto.sh
+++ b/t/t6038-merge-text-auto.sh
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ test_expect_success 'Detect LF/CRLF conflict from addition of text=auto' '
 	compare_files expected file.fuzzy
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'checkout -m after setting text=auto' '
+test_expect_success 'checkout -m after setting text=auto' '
 	cat <<-\EOF >expected &&
 	first line
 	same line
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@ test_expect_failure 'checkout -m after setting text=auto' '
 	git rm -fr . &&
 	rm -f .gitattributes &&
 	git reset --hard initial &&
-	git checkout a -- . &&
+	git restore --source=a -- . &&
 	git checkout -m b &&
-	compare_files expected file
+	git diff --no-index --ignore-cr-at-eol expected file
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'checkout -m addition of text=auto' '
+test_expect_success 'checkout -m addition of text=auto' '
 	cat <<-\EOF >expected &&
 	first line
 	same line
@@ -183,23 +183,9 @@ test_expect_failure 'checkout -m addition of text=auto' '
 	git rm -fr . &&
 	rm -f .gitattributes file &&
 	git reset --hard initial &&
-	git checkout b -- . &&
+	git restore --source=b -- . &&
 	git checkout -m a &&
-	compare_files expected file
-'
-
-test_expect_failure 'cherry-pick patch from after text=auto was added' '
-	append_cr <<-\EOF >expected &&
-	first line
-	same line
-	EOF
-
-	git config merge.renormalize true &&
-	git rm -fr . &&
-	git reset --hard b &&
-	test_must_fail git cherry-pick a >err 2>&1 &&
-	grep "[Nn]othing added" err &&
-	compare_files expected file
+	git diff --no-index --ignore-cr-at-eol expected file
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'Test delete/normalize conflict' '