Hydraulic brake system for a land vehicle comprising a control unit ECU that is devised such that it supplies control signals ECU for controlling automatic braking operations of the brake system, a master cylinder, which has an output side, for generating brake pressure under the control of a driver, a first brake circuit I comprising a first controllable pump, which has an output side, for generating brake pressure in the first brake circuit I under the control of the control unit ECU, and a first valve arrangement having an input side, which is fluidically connected to the output side of the master cylinder, and an output side, which is fluidically connected to the output side of the first pump, wherein the first valve arrangement has an open operating state, in which the input side and the output side of the first valve arrangement are fluidically connected, and a closed operating state, in which the fluid connection between the input side and the output side of the first valve arrangement is interrupted, and method of controlling such a brake system, in which brake system and method during an automatic braking operation the first valve arrangement is opened and closed in such a way that a predetermined pressure is adjusted at the output side of the first valve arrangement.