diff --git a/notmuch-config.c b/notmuch-config.c
index d9390c4d..e5b4db45 100644
--- a/notmuch-config.c
+++ b/notmuch-config.c
@@ -538,11 +538,18 @@ notmuch_config_command_get (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, char *item)
 {
     notmuch_config_values_t *list;
 
-    for (list = notmuch_config_get_values_string (notmuch, item);
-	 notmuch_config_values_valid (list);
-	 notmuch_config_values_move_to_next (list)) {
-	const char *val = notmuch_config_values_get (list);
-	puts (val);
+    if (STRNCMP_LITERAL (item, BUILT_WITH_PREFIX) == 0) {
+	if (notmuch_built_with (item + strlen (BUILT_WITH_PREFIX)))
+	    puts ("true");
+	else
+	    puts ("false");
+    } else {
+	for (list = notmuch_config_get_values_string (notmuch, item);
+	     notmuch_config_values_valid (list);
+	     notmuch_config_values_move_to_next (list)) {
+	    const char *val = notmuch_config_values_get (list);
+	    puts (val);
+	}
     }
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/test/T030-config.sh b/test/T030-config.sh
index bc9904b8..f8897471 100755
--- a/test/T030-config.sh
+++ b/test/T030-config.sh
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ test_begin_subtest "set built_with.* yields error"
 test_expect_code 1 "notmuch config set built_with.compact false"
 
 test_begin_subtest "get built_with.{compact,field_processor} prints true"
-test_subtest_known_broken
 for key in compact field_processor; do
     notmuch config get built_with.${key}
 done > OUTPUT
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ EOF
 test_expect_equal_file EXPECTED OUTPUT
 
 test_begin_subtest "get built_with.nonexistent prints false"
-test_subtest_known_broken
 output=$(notmuch config get built_with.nonexistent)
 test_expect_equal "$output" "false"