diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.adoc b/Documentation/git-stash.adoc
index 235d57ddd8f5d1..c379062110cad2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.adoc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ git stash [push [-p | --patch] [-S | --staged] [-k | --[no-]keep-index] [-q | --
 git stash save [-p | --patch] [-S | --staged] [-k | --[no-]keep-index] [-q | --quiet]
            [-u | --include-untracked] [-a | --all] [<message>]
 git stash clear
-git stash create [<message>]
+git stash create [-u | --include-untracked] [<message>]
 git stash store [(-m | --message) <message>] [-q | --quiet] <commit>
 git stash export (--print | --to-ref <ref>) [<stash>...]
 git stash import <commit>
@@ -140,10 +140,12 @@ with no conflicts.
 `drop [-q | --quiet] [<stash>]`::
 	Remove a single stash entry from the list of stash entries.
 
-`create`::
+`create [-u | --include-untracked]`::
 	Create a stash entry (which is a regular commit object) and
 	return its object name, without storing it anywhere in the ref
 	namespace.
+	If the `--include-untracked` option is used, all untracked files are
+	also included in the stash entry.
 	This is intended to be useful for scripts.  It is probably not
 	the command you want to use; see "push" above.
 
@@ -181,6 +183,9 @@ up with `git clean`.
 	all untracked files are also stashed and then cleaned up with
 	`git clean`.
 +
+When used with the `create` command, all untracked files are also included
+in the stash entry.
++
 When used with the `show` command, show the untracked files in the stash
 entry as part of the diff.
 
diff --git a/builtin/stash.c b/builtin/stash.c
index 95c5005b0b2197..419f70ea39a228 100644
--- a/builtin/stash.c
+++ b/builtin/stash.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 	N_("git stash save [-p | --patch] [-S | --staged] [-k | --[no-]keep-index] [-q | --quiet]\n" \
 	   "          [-u | --include-untracked] [-a | --all] [<message>]")
 #define BUILTIN_STASH_CREATE_USAGE \
-	N_("git stash create [<message>]")
+	N_("git stash create [-u | --include-untracked] [<message>]")
 #define BUILTIN_STASH_EXPORT_USAGE \
 	N_("git stash export (--print | --to-ref <ref>) [<stash>...]")
 #define BUILTIN_STASH_IMPORT_USAGE \
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ static const char * const git_stash_clear_usage[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
+static const char * const git_stash_create_usage[] = {
+	BUILTIN_STASH_CREATE_USAGE,
+	NULL
+};
+
 static const char * const git_stash_store_usage[] = {
 	BUILTIN_STASH_STORE_USAGE,
 	NULL
@@ -1570,22 +1575,30 @@ static int do_create_stash(const struct pathspec *ps, struct strbuf *stash_msg_b
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int create_stash(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix UNUSED,
+static int create_stash(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 			struct repository *repo UNUSED)
 {
 	int ret;
+	int include_untracked = 0;
+	struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_BOOL('u', "include-untracked", &include_untracked,
+			N_("include untracked files")),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
 	struct strbuf stash_msg_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct stash_info info = STASH_INFO_INIT;
 	struct pathspec ps;
 
-	/* Starting with argv[1], since argv[0] is "create" */
-	strbuf_join_argv(&stash_msg_buf, argc - 1, ++argv, ' ');
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, git_stash_create_usage, 0);
+
+	strbuf_join_argv(&stash_msg_buf, argc, argv, ' ');
 
 	memset(&ps, 0, sizeof(ps));
-	if (!check_changes_tracked_files(&ps))
+	if (!include_untracked && !check_changes_tracked_files(&ps))
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = do_create_stash(&ps, &stash_msg_buf, 0, 0, NULL, 0, &info,
+	ret = do_create_stash(&ps, &stash_msg_buf, include_untracked, 0, NULL, 0, &info,
 			      NULL, 0);
 	if (!ret)
 		printf_ln("%s", oid_to_hex(&info.w_commit));
diff --git a/t/t3903-stash.sh b/t/t3903-stash.sh
index 70879941c22f8c..4e0243e3154469 100755
--- a/t/t3903-stash.sh
+++ b/t/t3903-stash.sh
@@ -639,6 +639,39 @@ test_expect_success 'stash create - no changes' '
 	test_must_be_empty actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'stash create with --include-untracked' '
+	test_when_finished "git reset --hard && git clean -fd" &&
+	test_commit stash-create-untracked-1 file1 committed &&
+	echo staged >file2 &&
+	git add file2 &&
+	echo unstaged >file3 &&
+	echo untracked >untracked_file &&
+	STASH_ID=$(git stash create --include-untracked "test message") &&
+	git cat-file -p $STASH_ID >stash_commit &&
+	grep "test message" stash_commit &&
+	grep parent stash_commit >parents &&
+	test_line_count = 3 parents &&
+	UNTRACKED_TREE=$(git rev-parse $STASH_ID^3^{tree}) &&
+	git ls-tree $UNTRACKED_TREE >files &&
+	grep untracked_file files &&
+	test_path_is_file untracked_file
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'stash create without --include-untracked does not include untracked files' '
+	test_when_finished "git reset --hard && git clean -fd" &&
+	test_commit stash-create-no-untracked-1 file4 committed &&
+	echo staged >file5 &&
+	git add file5 &&
+	echo unstaged >file6 &&
+	echo untracked >untracked_file2 &&
+	STASH_ID=$(git stash create "test message") &&
+	git cat-file -p $STASH_ID >stash_commit &&
+	grep "test message" stash_commit &&
+	grep parent stash_commit >parents &&
+	test_line_count = 2 parents &&
+	test_path_is_file untracked_file2
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'stash branch - no stashes on stack, stash-like argument' '
 	git stash clear &&
 	test_when_finished "git reset --hard HEAD" &&