diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
index ea680ccbfa..e2a22e0869 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-tree - Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree object
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-diff-tree' [-p] [-r] [-z] [--stdin] [-M] [-R] [-C] [-S<string>] [-m] [-s] [-v] <tree-ish> <tree-ish> [<pattern>]\*
+'git-diff-tree' [-p] [-r] [-z] [--stdin] [-M] [-R] [-C] [-S<string>] [-m] [-s] [-v] [-t] <tree-ish> <tree-ish> [<pattern>]\*
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ OPTIONS
 -r::
 	recurse
 
+-t::
+	show tree entry itself as well as subtrees.  Implies -r.
+
 -z::
 	\0 line termination on output
 
diff --git a/diff-tree.c b/diff-tree.c
index 266528a143..7e16be4261 100644
--- a/diff-tree.c
+++ b/diff-tree.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ static int show_root_diff = 0;
 static int verbose_header = 0;
 static int ignore_merges = 1;
 static int recursive = 0;
+static int show_tree_entry_in_recursive = 0;
 static int read_stdin = 0;
 static int diff_output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_HUMAN;
 static int detect_rename = 0;
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ static int compare_tree_entry(void *tree1, unsigned long size1, void *tree2, uns
 	if (recursive && S_ISDIR(mode1)) {
 		int retval;
 		char *newbase = malloc_base(base, path1, pathlen1);
+		if (show_tree_entry_in_recursive)
+			diff_change(mode1, mode2, sha1, sha2, base, path1);
 		retval = diff_tree_sha1(sha1, sha2, newbase);
 		free(newbase);
 		return retval;
@@ -463,7 +466,7 @@ static int diff_tree_stdin(char *line)
 }
 
 static char *diff_tree_usage =
-"git-diff-tree [-p] [-r] [-z] [--stdin] [-M] [-C] [-R] [-S<string>] [-m] [-s] [-v] <tree-ish> <tree-ish>";
+"git-diff-tree [-p] [-r] [-z] [--stdin] [-M] [-C] [-R] [-S<string>] [-m] [-s] [-v] [-t] <tree-ish> <tree-ish>";
 
 int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
@@ -498,6 +501,10 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 			recursive = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "-t")) {
+			recursive = show_tree_entry_in_recursive = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "-R")) {
 			reverse_diff = 1;
 			continue;