diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 6f7685f53d..89ddc85c2e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,15 @@ OPTIONS
 	`reset.quiet` config option. `--quiet` and `--no-quiet` will
 	override the default behavior.
 
+--refresh::
+--no-refresh::
+	Proactively refresh the index after a mixed reset. If unspecified, the
+	behavior falls back on the `reset.refresh` config option. If neither
+	`--[no-]refresh` nor `reset.refresh` are set, the default behavior is
+	decided by the `--[no-]quiet` option and/or `reset.quiet` config.
+	If `--quiet` is specified or `reset.quiet` is set with no command-line
+	"quiet" setting, refresh is disabled. Otherwise, refresh is enabled.
+
 --pathspec-from-file=<file>::
 	Pathspec is passed in `<file>` instead of commandline args. If
 	`<file>` is exactly `-` then standard input is used. Pathspec
diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c
index a420497a14..7f667e13d7 100644
--- a/builtin/reset.c
+++ b/builtin/reset.c
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ static int git_reset_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int reset_type = NONE, update_ref_status = 0, quiet = 0;
+	int refresh = -1;
 	int patch_mode = 0, pathspec_file_nul = 0, unborn;
 	const char *rev, *pathspec_from_file = NULL;
 	struct object_id oid;
@@ -399,6 +400,8 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int intent_to_add = 0;
 	const struct option options[] = {
 		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("be quiet, only report errors")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "refresh", &refresh,
+				N_("skip refreshing the index after reset")),
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "mixed", &reset_type,
 						N_("reset HEAD and index"), MIXED),
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "soft", &reset_type, N_("reset only HEAD"), SOFT),
@@ -421,11 +424,19 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	git_config(git_reset_config, NULL);
 	git_config_get_bool("reset.quiet", &quiet);
+	git_config_get_bool("reset.refresh", &refresh);
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, git_reset_usage,
 						PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
 	parse_args(&pathspec, argv, prefix, patch_mode, &rev);
 
+	/*
+	 * If refresh is completely unspecified (either by config or by command
+	 * line option), decide based on 'quiet'.
+	 */
+	if (refresh < 0)
+		refresh = !quiet;
+
 	if (pathspec_from_file) {
 		if (patch_mode)
 			die(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"), "--pathspec-from-file", "--patch");
@@ -517,7 +528,7 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			if (read_from_tree(&pathspec, &oid, intent_to_add))
 				return 1;
 			the_index.updated_skipworktree = 1;
-			if (!quiet && get_git_work_tree()) {
+			if (refresh && get_git_work_tree()) {
 				uint64_t t_begin, t_delta_in_ms;
 
 				t_begin = getnanotime();
diff --git a/t/t7102-reset.sh b/t/t7102-reset.sh
index d05426062e..1dc3911a06 100755
--- a/t/t7102-reset.sh
+++ b/t/t7102-reset.sh
@@ -462,14 +462,73 @@ test_expect_success 'resetting an unmodified path is a no-op' '
 	git diff-index --cached --exit-code HEAD
 '
 
+test_reset_refreshes_index () {
+
+	# To test whether the index is refreshed in `git reset --mixed` with
+	# the given options, create a scenario where we clearly see different
+	# results depending on whether the refresh occurred or not.
+
+	# Step 0: start with a clean index
+	git reset --hard HEAD &&
+
+	# Step 1: remove file2, but only in the index (no change to worktree)
+	git rm --cached file2 &&
+
+	# Step 2: reset index & leave worktree unchanged from HEAD
+	git $1 reset $2 --mixed HEAD &&
+
+	# Step 3: verify whether the index is refreshed by checking whether
+	# file2 still has staged changes in the index differing from HEAD (if
+	# the refresh occurred, there should be no such changes)
+	git diff-files >output.log &&
+	test_must_be_empty output.log
+}
+
 test_expect_success '--mixed refreshes the index' '
-	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
-	Unstaged changes after reset:
-	M	file2
-	EOF
-	echo 123 >>file2 &&
-	git reset --mixed HEAD >output &&
-	test_cmp expect output
+	# Verify default behavior (with no config settings or command line
+	# options)
+	test_reset_refreshes_index
+'
+test_expect_success '--mixed --[no-]quiet sets default refresh behavior' '
+	# Verify that --[no-]quiet and `reset.quiet` (without --[no-]refresh)
+	# determine refresh behavior
+
+	# Config setting
+	! test_reset_refreshes_index "-c reset.quiet=true" &&
+	test_reset_refreshes_index "-c reset.quiet=false" &&
+
+	# Command line option
+	! test_reset_refreshes_index "" --quiet &&
+	test_reset_refreshes_index "" --no-quiet &&
+
+	# Command line option overrides config setting
+	! test_reset_refreshes_index "-c reset.quiet=false" --quiet &&
+	test_reset_refreshes_index "-c reset.refresh=true" --no-quiet
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--mixed --[no-]refresh sets refresh behavior' '
+	# Verify that --[no-]refresh and `reset.refresh` control index refresh
+
+	# Config setting
+	test_reset_refreshes_index "-c reset.refresh=true" &&
+	! test_reset_refreshes_index "-c reset.refresh=false" &&
+
+	# Command line option
+	test_reset_refreshes_index "" --refresh &&
+	! test_reset_refreshes_index "" --no-refresh &&
+
+	# Command line option overrides config setting
+	test_reset_refreshes_index "-c reset.refresh=false" --refresh &&
+	! test_reset_refreshes_index "-c reset.refresh=true" --no-refresh
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--mixed --refresh overrides --quiet refresh behavior' '
+	# Verify that *both* --refresh and `reset.refresh` override the
+	# default non-refresh behavior of --quiet
+	test_reset_refreshes_index "" "--quiet --refresh" &&
+	test_reset_refreshes_index "-c reset.quiet=true" --refresh &&
+	test_reset_refreshes_index "-c reset.refresh=true" --quiet &&
+	test_reset_refreshes_index "-c reset.refresh=true -c reset.quiet=true"
 '
 
 test_expect_success '--mixed preserves skip-worktree' '