diff --git a/src/libexpr/flake/config.cc b/src/libexpr/flake/config.cc
index 41b6f78ed..c03f4106c 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/flake/config.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/flake/config.cc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "flake.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
 
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
@@ -52,21 +53,19 @@ void ConfigFile::apply()
             auto trustedList = readTrustedList();
 
             bool trusted = false;
-
-            if (auto saved = get(get(trustedList, name).value_or(std::map<std::string, bool>()), valueS)) {
+            if (nix::settings.acceptFlakeConfig){
+                trusted = true;
+            } else if (auto saved = get(get(trustedList, name).value_or(std::map<std::string, bool>()), valueS)) {
                 trusted = *saved;
+                warn("Using saved setting for '%s = %s' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.", name,valueS);
             } else {
                 // FIXME: filter ANSI escapes, newlines, \r, etc.
-                if (std::tolower(logger->ask(fmt("do you want to allow configuration setting '%s' to be set to '" ANSI_RED "%s" ANSI_NORMAL "' (y/N)?", name, valueS)).value_or('n')) != 'y') {
-                    if (std::tolower(logger->ask("do you want to permanently mark this value as untrusted (y/N)?").value_or('n')) == 'y') {
-                        trustedList[name][valueS] = false;
-                        writeTrustedList(trustedList);
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    if (std::tolower(logger->ask("do you want to permanently mark this value as trusted (y/N)?").value_or('n')) == 'y') {
-                        trustedList[name][valueS] = trusted = true;
-                        writeTrustedList(trustedList);
-                    }
+                if (std::tolower(logger->ask(fmt("do you want to allow configuration setting '%s' to be set to '" ANSI_RED "%s" ANSI_NORMAL "' (y/N)?", name, valueS)).value_or('n')) == 'y') {
+                    trusted = true;
+                }
+                if (std::tolower(logger->ask(fmt("do you want to permanently mark this value as %s (y/N)?",  trusted ? "trusted": "untrusted" )).value_or('n')) == 'y') {
+                    trustedList[name][valueS] = trusted;
+                    writeTrustedList(trustedList);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index 165639261..a50eb6803 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -951,6 +951,9 @@ public:
 
     Setting<bool> useRegistries{this, true, "use-registries",
         "Whether to use flake registries to resolve flake references."};
+
+    Setting<bool> acceptFlakeConfig{this, false, "accept-flake-config",
+        "Whether to accept nix configuration from a flake without prompting."};
 };
 
 
diff --git a/tests/flake-local-settings.sh b/tests/flake-local-settings.sh
index c037431c8..6ee6b17d6 100644
--- a/tests/flake-local-settings.sh
+++ b/tests/flake-local-settings.sh
@@ -25,11 +25,5 @@ cat <<EOF > flake.nix
 }
 EOF
 
-# Ugly hack for testing
-mkdir -p .local/share/nix
-cat <<EOF > .local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json
-{"post-build-hook":{"$PWD/echoing-post-hook.sh":true}}
-EOF
-
-nix build
+nix build --accept-flake-config
 test -f post-hook-ran || fail "The post hook should have ran"