diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/IndexDiff.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/IndexDiff.java
index 5d121dd92..af64f2094 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/IndexDiff.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/IndexDiff.java
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ public class IndexDiff {
 
 	private Set<String> conflicts = new HashSet<String>();
 
+	private Set<String> ignored;
+
 	private Set<String> assumeUnchanged;
 
 	private DirCache dirCache;
@@ -276,7 +278,8 @@ public class IndexDiff {
 		if (filter != null)
 			filters.add(filter);
 		filters.add(new SkipWorkTreeFilter(INDEX));
-		filters.add(new IndexDiffFilter(INDEX, WORKDIR));
+		IndexDiffFilter indexDiffFilter = new IndexDiffFilter(INDEX, WORKDIR);
+		filters.add(indexDiffFilter);
 		treeWalk.setFilter(AndTreeFilter.create(filters));
 		while (treeWalk.next()) {
 			AbstractTreeIterator treeIterator = treeWalk.getTree(TREE,
@@ -340,6 +343,7 @@ public class IndexDiff {
 		if (monitor != null)
 			monitor.endTask();
 
+		ignored = indexDiffFilter.getIgnoredPaths();
 		if (added.isEmpty() && changed.isEmpty() && removed.isEmpty()
 				&& missing.isEmpty() && modified.isEmpty()
 				&& untracked.isEmpty())
@@ -397,6 +401,19 @@ public class IndexDiff {
 		return conflicts;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * The method returns the list of ignored files and folders. Only the root
+	 * folder of an ignored folder hierarchy is reported. If a/b/c is listed in
+	 * the .gitignore then you should not expect a/b/c/d/e/f to be reported
+	 * here. Only a/b/c will be reported. Furthermore only ignored files /
+	 * folders are returned that are NOT in the index.
+	 *
+	 * @return list of files / folders that are ignored
+	 */
+	public Set<String> getIgnoredNotInIndex() {
+		return ignored;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @return list of files with the flag assume-unchanged
 	 */
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/filter/IndexDiffFilter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/filter/IndexDiffFilter.java
index 8499970ba..2f8608ee4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/filter/IndexDiffFilter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/filter/IndexDiffFilter.java
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 package org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk.filter;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheIterator;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.IncorrectObjectTypeException;
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ public class IndexDiffFilter extends TreeFilter {
 
 	private final boolean honorIgnores;
 
+	private final Set<String> ignoredPaths = new HashSet<String>();
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new instance of this filter. Do not use an instance of this
 	 * filter in multiple treewalks.
@@ -129,8 +133,10 @@ public class IndexDiffFilter extends TreeFilter {
 		// other tree.
 		final int cnt = tw.getTreeCount();
 		final int dm = tw.getRawMode(dirCache);
+		WorkingTreeIterator wi = workingTree(tw);
 		if (dm == 0) {
-			if (honorIgnores && workingTree(tw).isEntryIgnored()) {
+			if (honorIgnores && wi.isEntryIgnored()) {
+				ignoredPaths.add(wi.getEntryPathString());
 				int i = 0;
 				for (; i < cnt; i++) {
 					if (i == dirCache || i == workingTree)
@@ -166,7 +172,6 @@ public class IndexDiffFilter extends TreeFilter {
 		// Only one chance left to detect a diff: between index and working
 		// tree. Make use of the WorkingTreeIterator#isModified() method to
 		// avoid computing SHA1 on filesystem content if not really needed.
-		WorkingTreeIterator wi = workingTree(tw);
 		DirCacheIterator di = tw.getTree(dirCache, DirCacheIterator.class);
 		return wi.isModified(di.getDirCacheEntry(), true);
 	}
@@ -191,4 +196,17 @@ public class IndexDiffFilter extends TreeFilter {
 	public String toString() {
 		return "INDEX_DIFF_FILTER";
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The method returns the list of ignored files and folders. Only the root
+	 * folder of an ignored folder hierarchy is reported. If a/b/c is listed in
+	 * the .gitignore then you should not expect a/b/c/d/e/f to be reported
+	 * here. Only a/b/c will be reported. Furthermore only ignored files /
+	 * folders are returned that are NOT in the index.
+	 *
+	 * @return ignored paths
+	 */
+	public Set<String> getIgnoredPaths() {
+		return ignoredPaths;
+	}
 }