diff --git a/lisp/use-package/use-package-core.el b/lisp/use-package/use-package-core.el
index 1d637dbf3d0..e81e229a2f0 100644
--- a/lisp/use-package/use-package-core.el
+++ b/lisp/use-package/use-package-core.el
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ no keyword implies `:all'."
     (use-package-concat
      (when use-package-compute-statistics
        `((use-package-statistics-gather :config ',name nil)))
-     (if (or (null arg) (equal arg '(t)))
+     (if (and (or (null arg) (equal arg '(t))) (not use-package-inject-hooks))
          body
        (use-package-with-elapsed-timer
            (format "Configuring package %s" name-symbol)
diff --git a/test/lisp/use-package/use-package-tests.el b/test/lisp/use-package/use-package-tests.el
index 04a653e30e8..61438185373 100644
--- a/test/lisp/use-package/use-package-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/use-package/use-package-tests.el
@@ -1474,6 +1474,37 @@
              (config)
              t))))))
 
+(ert-deftest use-package-test/pre-post-hooks-with-:config ()
+  (let ((use-package-inject-hooks t))
+    (match-expansion
+     (use-package foo :config (config))
+     `(progn
+       (when
+           (run-hook-with-args-until-failure 'use-package--foo--pre-init-hook)
+         (run-hooks 'use-package--foo--post-init-hook))
+       (require 'foo nil nil)
+       (when
+           (run-hook-with-args-until-failure 'use-package--foo--pre-config-hook)
+         (config)
+         (run-hooks 'use-package--foo--post-config-hook))
+       t))))
+
+(ert-deftest use-package-test/pre-post-hooks-without-:config ()
+  ;; https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package/issues/785
+  (let ((use-package-inject-hooks t))
+    (match-expansion
+     (use-package foo)
+     `(progn
+        (when
+            (run-hook-with-args-until-failure 'use-package--foo--pre-init-hook)
+          (run-hooks 'use-package--foo--post-init-hook))
+        (require 'foo nil nil)
+        (when
+            (run-hook-with-args-until-failure 'use-package--foo--pre-config-hook)
+          t
+          (run-hooks 'use-package--foo--post-config-hook))
+        t))))
+
 (ert-deftest use-package-test-normalize/:diminish ()
   (should (equal (use-package-normalize-diminish 'foopkg :diminish nil)
                  '(foopkg-mode)))