diff --git a/news/short-config-settings-option.feature.rst b/news/short-config-settings-option.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0da7f86373e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/short-config-settings-option.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add ``-C`` as a short version of the ``--config-settings`` option.
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py b/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
index 1f804097e86..6a33cf48dc5 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
@@ -816,6 +816,7 @@ def _handle_config_settings(
 
 config_settings: Callable[..., Option] = partial(
     Option,
+    "-C",
     "--config-settings",
     dest="config_settings",
     type=str,