diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 7a50cf28ce..d94481da36 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ git-annex (7.20191231) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * add: --force-annex/--force-git options make it easier to override
     annex.largefiles configuration (and potentially safer as it avoids
     bugs like the smudge bug fixed in the last release).
+  * reinject --known: Fix bug that prevented it from working in a bare repo.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:51:40 -0400
 
diff --git a/Command/Reinject.hs b/Command/Reinject.hs
index d33817debf..a73253ba12 100644
--- a/Command/Reinject.hs
+++ b/Command/Reinject.hs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import Annex.Content
 import Backend
 import Types.KeySource
 import Utility.Metered
+import qualified Git
 
 cmd :: Command
 cmd = command "reinject" SectionUtility 
@@ -65,8 +66,13 @@ startKnown src = notAnnexed src $
 				)
 
 notAnnexed :: FilePath -> CommandStart -> CommandStart
-notAnnexed src = ifAnnexed (toRawFilePath src) $
-	giveup $ "cannot used annexed file as src: " ++ src
+notAnnexed src a = 
+	ifM (fromRepo Git.repoIsLocalBare)
+		( a
+		, ifAnnexed (toRawFilePath src)
+			(giveup $ "cannot used annexed file as src: " ++ src)
+			a
+		)
 
 perform :: FilePath -> Key -> CommandPerform
 perform src key = ifM move
diff --git a/doc/todo/git-annex-reinject_does_not_work_in_a_bare_repo.mdwn b/doc/todo/git-annex-reinject_does_not_work_in_a_bare_repo.mdwn
index dc46ac71ee..d4813403fc 100644
--- a/doc/todo/git-annex-reinject_does_not_work_in_a_bare_repo.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/git-annex-reinject_does_not_work_in_a_bare_repo.mdwn
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@
 Obviously this wasn't actually a file known to git-annex.  But I get the same error in a non-dummy bare repo I am trying to reinject.
 
 A workaround is to use `git worktree add` and run `git annex reinject` from there.
+
+> [[fixed|done]] --[[Joey]]