A brake control apparatus for a vehicle configured to detect an amount of brake-pedal operation by means of an electric signal, then to calculate a braking force demanded by a driver from the electric signal, and thereby to generate the demanded braking force, wherein a control mode according to which a braking force is generated by the brake control apparatus is switched from a normal control mode to a stationary-vehicle control mode, if a determination that the vehicle is in a stationary state is followed by another determination that an electric signal corresponding to an actual braking force exceeds a command value for a stationary-vehicle braking force to be generated while the vehicle is in the stationary state, and the control mode according to which a braking force is generated by the brake control apparatus is switched from the stationary-vehicle control mode to the normal control mode, if it is determined that the demanded braking force calculated from the amount of the driver's brake-pedal operation becomes smaller than the command value for the stationary-vehicle braking force, wherein, in the stationary-vehicle control mode, a braking force generated by a means for braking is equal to the command value for the stationary-vehicle braking force, whereas, in the normal control mode, the braking force generated by the means for braking is equal to the demanded braking force, characterized in that the brake control apparatus has a function of prohibiting further depression of the brake pedal by the driver, and the braking force is increased by the driver further depressing the brake pedal during operation in the stationary-vehicle control mode, unless prohibition is imposed on the further depression of the brake pedal. a control mode according to which a braking force is generated by the brake control apparatus is switched from a normal control mode to a stationary-vehicle control mode, if a determination that the vehicle is in a stationary state is followed by another determination that an electric signal corresponding to an actual braking force exceeds a command value for a stationary-vehicle braking force to be generated while the vehicle is in the stationary state, and the control mode according to which a braking force is generated by the brake control apparatus is switched from the stationary-vehicle control mode to the normal control mode, if it is determined that the demanded braking force calculated from the amount of the driver's brake-pedal operation becomes smaller than the command value for the stationary-vehicle braking force, wherein, in the stationary-vehicle control mode, a braking force generated by a means for braking is equal to the command value for the stationary-vehicle braking force, whereas, in the normal control mode, the braking force generated by the means for braking is equal to the demanded braking force, characterized in that the brake control apparatus has a function of prohibiting further depression of the brake pedal by the driver, and the braking force is increased by the driver further depressing the brake pedal during operation in the stationary-vehicle control mode, unless prohibition is imposed on the further depression of the brake pedal.