diff --git a/Documentation/config/commitgraph.adoc b/Documentation/config/commitgraph.adoc
index 7f8c9d6638f1a1..70a56c53d2a109 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/commitgraph.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/commitgraph.adoc
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ commitGraph.maxNewFilters::
 	Specifies the default value for the `--max-new-filters` option of `git
 	commit-graph write` (c.f., linkgit:git-commit-graph[1]).
 
+commitGraph.changedPaths::
+	If true, then `git commit-graph write` will compute and write
+	changed-path Bloom filters by default, equivalent to passing
+	`--changed-paths`. If false or unset, changed-paths Bloom filters will
+	be written during `git commit-graph write` only if the filters already
+	exist in the current commit-graph file. This matches the default
+	behavior of `git commit-graph write` without any `--[no-]changed-paths`
+	option. To rewrite a commit-graph file without any filters, use the
+	`--no-changed-paths` option. Command-line option `--[no-]changed-paths`
+	always takes precedence over this configuration. Defaults to unset.
+
 commitGraph.readChangedPaths::
 	Deprecated. Equivalent to commitGraph.changedPathsVersion=-1 if true, and
 	commitGraph.changedPathsVersion=0 if false. (If commitGraph.changedPathVersion
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.adoc b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.adoc
index e9558173c001f1..6d19026035f96a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.adoc
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ take a while on large repositories. It provides significant performance gains
 for getting history of a directory or a file with `git log -- <path>`. If
 this option is given, future commit-graph writes will automatically assume
 that this option was intended. Use `--no-changed-paths` to stop storing this
-data.
+data. `--changed-paths` is implied by config `commitGraph.changedPaths=true`.
 +
 With the `--max-new-filters=<n>` option, generate at most `n` new Bloom
 filters (if `--changed-paths` is specified). If `n` is `-1`, no limit is
diff --git a/builtin/commit-graph.c b/builtin/commit-graph.c
index fe3ebaadadadb6..d62005edc0469c 100644
--- a/builtin/commit-graph.c
+++ b/builtin/commit-graph.c
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ static int git_commit_graph_write_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 {
 	if (!strcmp(var, "commitgraph.maxnewfilters"))
 		write_opts.max_new_filters = git_config_int(var, value, ctx->kvi);
+	else if (!strcmp(var, "commitgraph.changedpaths"))
+		opts.enable_changed_paths = git_config_bool(var, value) ? 1 : -1;
 	/*
 	 * No need to fall-back to 'git_default_config', since this was already
 	 * called in 'cmd_commit_graph()'.
diff --git a/scalar.c b/scalar.c
index 4a373c133d8562..f7543116272b77 100644
--- a/scalar.c
+++ b/scalar.c
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ static int set_recommended_config(int reconfigure)
 #endif
 		/* Optional */
 		{ "status.aheadBehind", "false" },
+		{ "commitGraph.changedPaths", "true" },
 		{ "commitGraph.generationVersion", "1" },
 		{ "core.autoCRLF", "false" },
 		{ "core.safeCRLF", "false" },
diff --git a/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh b/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh
index 0b3404f58fe5f9..98c69109632c2d 100755
--- a/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh
+++ b/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh
@@ -946,4 +946,48 @@ test_expect_success 'stale commit cannot be parsed when traversing graph' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'config commitGraph.changedPaths acts like --changed-paths' '
+	git init config-changed-paths &&
+	(
+		cd config-changed-paths &&
+
+		# commitGraph.changedPaths is not set and it should not write Bloom filters
+		test_commit first &&
+		GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git commit-graph write --reachable --progress 2>error &&
+		test_grep ! "Bloom filters" error &&
+
+		# Set commitGraph.changedPaths to true and it should write Bloom filters
+		test_commit second &&
+		git config commitGraph.changedPaths true &&
+		GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git commit-graph write --reachable --progress 2>error &&
+		test_grep "Bloom filters" error &&
+
+		# Add one more config commitGraph.changedPaths as false to disable the previous true config value
+		# It should still write Bloom filters due to existing filters
+		test_commit third &&
+		git config --add commitGraph.changedPaths false &&
+		GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git commit-graph write --reachable --progress 2>error &&
+		test_grep "Bloom filters" error &&
+
+		# commitGraph.changedPaths is still false and command line options should take precedence
+		test_commit fourth &&
+		GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git commit-graph write --no-changed-paths --reachable --progress 2>error &&
+		test_grep ! "Bloom filters" error &&
+		GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git commit-graph write --reachable --progress 2>error &&
+		test_grep ! "Bloom filters" error &&
+
+		# commitGraph.changedPaths is all cleared and then set to false again, command line options should take precedence
+		test_commit fifth &&
+		git config --unset-all commitGraph.changedPaths &&
+		git config commitGraph.changedPaths false &&
+		GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git commit-graph write --changed-paths --reachable --progress 2>error &&
+		test_grep "Bloom filters" error &&
+
+		# commitGraph.changedPaths is still false and it should write Bloom filters due to existing filters
+		test_commit sixth &&
+		GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git commit-graph write --reachable --progress 2>error &&
+		test_grep "Bloom filters" error
+	)
+'
+
 test_done