diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java
index bd8fc1583..201c7a3fd 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public File getDirectory() {
 	/**
 	 * @return the configuration of this repository
 	 */
-	public abstract FileBasedConfig getConfig();
+	public abstract Config getConfig();
 
 	/**
 	 * @return the used file system abstraction