A brake control device for a vehicle, which controls a pressure difference control valve and a pump provided at a main and a auxiliary conduits respectively to control a flow of brake fluid supplied from a master cylinder to a wheel cylinder, includes a determining step for determining whether or not to execute a brake control in an emergency situation, a first control step for controlling the pressure difference control valve to be in a pressure difference generating state and for controlling the pump to supply the brake fluid to the main conduit through the auxiliary conduit, and a second control step for controlling the pressure difference control valve to be in a fluid communicating state, and for controlling the pump to supply the brake fluid to the main conduit through the auxiliary conduit, wherein the second control means is executed before the first control means in the emergency situation.