A hydraulic brake control apparatus in which a master cylinder is connected to wheel cylinders via a master cylinder cut valve, and the wheel cylinders are connected to a reservoir tank via a switching valve, includes a check valve provided between the master cylinder and the wheel cylinders in parallel with the master cylinder cut valve, the check valve provided in a bypass passage of the master cylinder cut valve, the check valve allowing a flow of a brake fluid from the master cylinder to the wheel cylinders and inhibiting a flow of the brake fluid from the wheel cylinders to the master cylinder. A valve control unit controls the switching valve when it is detected that a closed-position defect in the master cylinder cut valve has occurred and a pressure of the brake fluid in the master cylinder is decreasing, so that the switching valve is set at an open position to allow a flow of the brake fluid from the wheel cylinders to the reservoir tank through the switching valve and reduce a pressure of the brake fluid in the wheel cylinders.