diff --git a/notmuch-reindex.c b/notmuch-reindex.c
index 9d337c48..fa84d4fc 100644
--- a/notmuch-reindex.c
+++ b/notmuch-reindex.c
@@ -83,10 +83,9 @@ reindex_query (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, const char *query_string,
 }
 
 int
-notmuch_reindex_command (notmuch_config_t *config, unused(notmuch_database_t *notmuch), int argc, char *argv[])
+notmuch_reindex_command (unused(notmuch_config_t *config), notmuch_database_t *notmuch, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     char *query_string = NULL;
-    notmuch_database_t *notmuch;
     struct sigaction action;
     int opt_index;
     int ret;
@@ -111,10 +110,6 @@ notmuch_reindex_command (notmuch_config_t *config, unused(notmuch_database_t *no
 
     notmuch_process_shared_options (argv[0]);
 
-    if (notmuch_database_open (notmuch_config_get_database_path (config),
-			       NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE, &notmuch))
-	return EXIT_FAILURE;
-
     notmuch_exit_if_unmatched_db_uuid (notmuch);
 
     status = notmuch_process_shared_indexing_options (notmuch);
@@ -124,7 +119,7 @@ notmuch_reindex_command (notmuch_config_t *config, unused(notmuch_database_t *no
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
-    query_string = query_string_from_args (config, argc - opt_index, argv + opt_index);
+    query_string = query_string_from_args (notmuch, argc - opt_index, argv + opt_index);
     if (query_string == NULL) {
 	fprintf (stderr, "Out of memory\n");
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/notmuch.c b/notmuch.c
index 8e697396..82d68681 100644
--- a/notmuch.c
+++ b/notmuch.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static command_t commands[] = {
       "Restore the tags from the given dump file (see 'dump')." },
     { "compact", notmuch_compact_command, NOTMUCH_COMMAND_CONFIG_OPEN,
       "Compact the notmuch database." },
-    { "reindex", notmuch_reindex_command, NOTMUCH_COMMAND_CONFIG_OPEN,
+    { "reindex", notmuch_reindex_command, NOTMUCH_COMMAND_DATABASE_EARLY | NOTMUCH_COMMAND_DATABASE_WRITE,
       "Re-index all messages matching the search terms." },
     { "config", notmuch_config_command, NOTMUCH_COMMAND_CONFIG_OPEN,
       "Get or set settings in the notmuch configuration file." },
diff --git a/test/T035-read-config.sh b/test/T035-read-config.sh
index 0aa2e553..1e740eba 100755
--- a/test/T035-read-config.sh
+++ b/test/T035-read-config.sh
@@ -180,4 +180,34 @@ EOF
 restore_config
 test_expect_equal_file EXPECTED OUTPUT
 
+test_begin_subtest "reindex with saved query from config file"
+backup_config
+query_name="test${RANDOM}"
+count1=$(notmuch count --lastmod '*' | cut -f3)
+printf "\n[query]\n${query_name} = tag:inbox\n" >> notmuch-config
+notmuch reindex query:$query_name
+count2=$(notmuch count --lastmod '*' | cut -f3)
+restore_config
+test_expect_success "test '$count2 -gt $count1'"
+
+test_begin_subtest "reindex with saved query from config file (xdg)"
+query_name="test${RANDOM}"
+count1=$(notmuch count --lastmod '*' | cut -f3)
+xdg_config
+printf "\n[query]\n${query_name} = tag:inbox\n" >> ${CONFIG_PATH}
+notmuch reindex query:$query_name
+count2=$(notmuch count --lastmod '*' | cut -f3)
+restore_config
+test_expect_success "test '$count2 -gt $count1'"
+
+test_begin_subtest "reindex with saved query from config file (xdg+profile)"
+query_name="test${RANDOM}"
+count1=$(notmuch count --lastmod '*' | cut -f3)
+xdg_config $query_name
+printf "\n[query]\n${query_name} = tag:inbox\n" >> ${CONFIG_PATH}
+notmuch reindex query:$query_name
+count2=$(notmuch count --lastmod '*' | cut -f3)
+restore_config
+test_expect_success "test '$count2 -gt $count1'"
+
 test_done