A vehicle control system for a vehicle includes an engine control device configured to automatically stop an engine of the vehicle during running of the vehicle; and a brake control device configured to execute an assisting control for increasing an output of a brake for restraining rotation of a wheel of the vehicle when a starting condition for starting the assisting control is satisfied, such that an amount of the output increased by execution of the assisting control becomes larger than an amount corresponding to an operational state of a brake operating member of the vehicle. The brake control device includes an automatic-stop assisting control portion configured, during an automatic stop state in which the engine is automatically stopped by the engine control device, to execute the assisting control in a manner different from a manner in which the assisting control is executed during an activation state of the engine.