diff --git a/builtin/ls-files.c b/builtin/ls-files.c
index 7f9919a36234f6..2787453eb1df71 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-files.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-files.c
@@ -548,15 +548,16 @@ int cmd_ls_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *cmd_prefix)
 			    N_("show resolve-undo information")),
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'x', "exclude", &exclude_list, N_("pattern"),
 			N_("skip files matching pattern"),
-			0, option_parse_exclude },
+			PARSE_OPT_NONEG, option_parse_exclude },
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'X', "exclude-from", &dir, N_("file"),
 			N_("exclude patterns are read from <file>"),
-			0, option_parse_exclude_from },
+			PARSE_OPT_NONEG, option_parse_exclude_from },
 		OPT_STRING(0, "exclude-per-directory", &dir.exclude_per_dir, N_("file"),
 			N_("read additional per-directory exclude patterns in <file>")),
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "exclude-standard", &dir, NULL,
 			N_("add the standard git exclusions"),
-			PARSE_OPT_NOARG, option_parse_exclude_standard },
+			PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
+			option_parse_exclude_standard },
 		OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "full-name", &prefix_len,
 			      N_("make the output relative to the project top directory"),
 			      0, PARSE_OPT_NONEG),