diff --git a/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/configfile.go b/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/configfile.go
index 0d10447d7f..49ada47897 100644
--- a/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/configfile.go
+++ b/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/configfile.go
@@ -883,6 +883,13 @@ func NewGetLabelsLoader(cmd *Cmd, ngName string) ClusterConfigLoader {
 	return l
 }
 
+// NewGetClusterLoader will load config or use flags for 'eksctl get cluster(s)'
+func NewGetClusterLoader(cmd *Cmd) ClusterConfigLoader {
+	l := newCommonClusterConfigLoader(cmd)
+
+	return l
+}
+
 // validateSupportedConfigFields parses a config file's fields, evaluates if non-empty fields are supported,
 // and returns an error if a field is not supported.
 func validateSupportedConfigFields(obj interface{}, supportedFields []string, unsupportedFields []string) ([]string, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/ctl/get/cluster.go b/pkg/ctl/get/cluster.go
index e58b180884..3c87f5bc16 100644
--- a/pkg/ctl/get/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/ctl/get/cluster.go
@@ -40,12 +40,16 @@ func getClusterCmd(cmd *cmdutils.Cmd) {
 		cmdutils.AddRegionFlag(fs, &cmd.ProviderConfig)
 		cmdutils.AddCommonFlagsForGetCmd(fs, &params.chunkSize, &params.output)
 		cmdutils.AddTimeoutFlag(fs, &cmd.ProviderConfig.WaitTimeout)
+		cmdutils.AddConfigFileFlag(fs, &cmd.ClusterConfigFile)
 	})
 
 	cmdutils.AddCommonFlagsForAWS(cmd.FlagSetGroup, &cmd.ProviderConfig, false)
 }
 
 func doGetCluster(cmd *cmdutils.Cmd, params *getCmdParams, listAllRegions bool) error {
+	if err := cmdutils.NewGetClusterLoader(cmd).Load(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	cfg := cmd.ClusterConfig
 	regionGiven := cfg.Metadata.Region != "" // eks.New resets this field, so we need to check if it was set in the first place
 
diff --git a/pkg/ctl/get/cluster_test.go b/pkg/ctl/get/cluster_test.go
index 2286010455..af6115c322 100644
--- a/pkg/ctl/get/cluster_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ctl/get/cluster_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package get
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -10,8 +12,24 @@ var _ = Describe("get", func() {
 		It("with invalid flags", func() {
 			cmd := newMockCmd("cluster", "--invalid", "dummy")
 			_, err := cmd.execute()
-			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
-			Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring("Error: unknown flag: --invalid"))
+			Expect(err).To(MatchError(ContainSubstring("Error: unknown flag: --invalid")))
+		})
+		It("--name and --config-file together", func() {
+			f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "configfile")
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			_, err = f.WriteString(getClusterConfigFile)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			cmd := newMockCmd("cluster", "--name", "dummy", "--config-file", f.Name())
+			_, err = cmd.execute()
+			Expect(err).To(MatchError(ContainSubstring("Error: cannot use --name when --config-file/-f is set")))
 		})
 	})
 })
+
+var getClusterConfigFile = `apiVersion: eksctl.io/v1alpha5
+kind: ClusterConfig
+metadata:
+  name: test-nodegroup-cluster-config
+  region: us-west-2
+  version: '1.20'
+`
diff --git a/pkg/ctl/get/nodegroup_test.go b/pkg/ctl/get/nodegroup_test.go
index ba365dd54a..e89922c904 100644
--- a/pkg/ctl/get/nodegroup_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ctl/get/nodegroup_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var _ = Describe("get", func() {
 		It("setting --name and --config-file at the same time", func() {
 			f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "configfile")
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-			_, err = f.WriteString(configFile)
+			_, err = f.WriteString(nodegroupConfigFile)
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			cmd := newMockCmd("nodegroup", "--name", "name", "--config-file", f.Name())
 			_, err = cmd.execute()
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var _ = Describe("get", func() {
 		It("setting --cluster and --config-file at the same time", func() {
 			f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "configfile")
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-			_, err = f.WriteString(configFile)
+			_, err = f.WriteString(nodegroupConfigFile)
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			cmd := newMockCmd("nodegroup", "--cluster", "name", "--config-file", f.Name())
 			_, err = cmd.execute()
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var _ = Describe("get", func() {
 	})
 })
 
-var configFile = `apiVersion: eksctl.io/v1alpha5
+var nodegroupConfigFile = `apiVersion: eksctl.io/v1alpha5
 kind: ClusterConfig
 
 metadata:
diff --git a/pkg/eks/mocks/KubeNodeGroup.go b/pkg/eks/mocks/KubeNodeGroup.go
index 49e2ea4f2b..c4714e2b50 100644
--- a/pkg/eks/mocks/KubeNodeGroup.go
+++ b/pkg/eks/mocks/KubeNodeGroup.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Code generated by mockery v1.0.0. DO NOT EDIT.
+// Code generated by mockery v0.0.0-dev. DO NOT EDIT.
 
 package mocks