diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index baad1c8..d84b4be 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ static void config_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 		ctx.cfg.snapshots = cgit_parse_snapshots_mask(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-filter-overrides"))
 		ctx.cfg.enable_filter_overrides = atoi(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-follow-links"))
+		ctx.cfg.enable_follow_links = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-http-clone"))
 		ctx.cfg.enable_http_clone = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-index-links"))
@@ -333,6 +335,8 @@ static void querystring_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 		ctx.qry.context = atoi(value);
 	} else if (!strcmp(name, "ignorews")) {
 		ctx.qry.ignorews = atoi(value);
+	} else if (!strcmp(name, "follow")) {
+		ctx.qry.follow = atoi(value);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cgit.h b/cgit.h
index b2253d2..3120562 100644
--- a/cgit.h
+++ b/cgit.h
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ struct cgit_query {
 	int show_all;
 	int context;
 	int ignorews;
+	int follow;
 	char *vpath;
 };
 
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ struct cgit_config {
 	int case_sensitive_sort;
 	int embedded;
 	int enable_filter_overrides;
+	int enable_follow_links;
 	int enable_http_clone;
 	int enable_index_links;
 	int enable_index_owner;
diff --git a/cgitrc.5.txt b/cgitrc.5.txt
index e21ece9..759f353 100644
--- a/cgitrc.5.txt
+++ b/cgitrc.5.txt
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ enable-filter-overrides::
 	Flag which, when set to "1", allows all filter settings to be
 	overridden in repository-specific cgitrc files. Default value: none.
 
+enable-follow-links::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", allows users to follow a file in the log
+	view.  Default value: "0".
+
 enable-http-clone::
 	If set to "1", cgit will act as an dumb HTTP endpoint for git clones.
 	You can add "http://$HTTP_HOST$SCRIPT_NAME/$CGIT_REPO_URL" to clone-url
diff --git a/ui-diff.c b/ui-diff.c
index 1cf2ce0..caebd5d 100644
--- a/ui-diff.c
+++ b/ui-diff.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static struct fileinfo {
 
 static int use_ssdiff = 0;
 static struct diff_filepair *current_filepair;
+static const char *current_prefix;
 
 struct diff_filespec *cgit_get_current_old_file(void)
 {
@@ -132,11 +133,30 @@ static void count_diff_lines(char *line, int len)
 	}
 }
 
+static int show_filepair(struct diff_filepair *pair)
+{
+	/* Always show if we have no limiting prefix. */
+	if (!current_prefix)
+		return 1;
+
+	/* Show if either path in the pair begins with the prefix. */
+	if (starts_with(pair->one->path, current_prefix) ||
+	    starts_with(pair->two->path, current_prefix))
+		return 1;
+
+	/* Otherwise we don't want to show this filepair. */
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void inspect_filepair(struct diff_filepair *pair)
 {
 	int binary = 0;
 	unsigned long old_size = 0;
 	unsigned long new_size = 0;
+
+	if (!show_filepair(pair))
+		return;
+
 	files++;
 	lines_added = 0;
 	lines_removed = 0;
@@ -279,6 +299,9 @@ static void filepair_cb(struct diff_filepair *pair)
 	int binary = 0;
 	linediff_fn print_line_fn = print_line;
 
+	if (!show_filepair(pair))
+		return;
+
 	current_filepair = pair;
 	if (use_ssdiff) {
 		cgit_ssdiff_header_begin();
@@ -365,6 +388,18 @@ void cgit_print_diff(const char *new_rev, const char *old_rev,
 	const unsigned char *old_tree_sha1, *new_tree_sha1;
 	diff_type difftype;
 
+	/*
+	 * If "follow" is set then the diff machinery needs to examine the
+	 * entire commit to detect renames so we must limit the paths in our
+	 * own callbacks and not pass the prefix to the diff machinery.
+	 */
+	if (ctx.qry.follow && ctx.cfg.enable_follow_links) {
+		current_prefix = prefix;
+		prefix = "";
+	} else {
+		current_prefix = NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (!new_rev)
 		new_rev = ctx.qry.head;
 	if (get_sha1(new_rev, new_rev_sha1)) {
diff --git a/ui-log.c b/ui-log.c
index 8028b27..ff832ce 100644
--- a/ui-log.c
+++ b/ui-log.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "ui-shared.h"
 #include "argv-array.h"
 
-static int files, add_lines, rem_lines;
+static int files, add_lines, rem_lines, lines_counted;
 
 /*
  * The list of available column colors in the commit graph.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void show_commit_decorations(struct commit *commit)
 			strncpy(buf, deco->name + 11, sizeof(buf) - 1);
 			cgit_log_link(buf, NULL, "branch-deco", buf, NULL,
 				      ctx.qry.vpath, 0, NULL, NULL,
-				      ctx.qry.showmsg);
+				      ctx.qry.showmsg, 0);
 		}
 		else if (starts_with(deco->name, "tag: refs/tags/")) {
 			strncpy(buf, deco->name + 15, sizeof(buf) - 1);
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void show_commit_decorations(struct commit *commit)
 			cgit_log_link(buf, NULL, "remote-deco", NULL,
 				      sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1),
 				      ctx.qry.vpath, 0, NULL, NULL,
-				      ctx.qry.showmsg);
+				      ctx.qry.showmsg, 0);
 		}
 		else {
 			strncpy(buf, deco->name, sizeof(buf) - 1);
@@ -98,6 +98,74 @@ next:
 	html("</span>");
 }
 
+static void handle_rename(struct diff_filepair *pair)
+{
+	/*
+	 * After we have seen a rename, we generate links to the previous
+	 * name of the file so that commit & diff views get fed the path
+	 * that is correct for the commit they are showing, avoiding the
+	 * need to walk the entire history leading back to every commit we
+	 * show in order detect renames.
+	 */
+	if (0 != strcmp(ctx.qry.vpath, pair->two->path)) {
+		free(ctx.qry.vpath);
+		ctx.qry.vpath = xstrdup(pair->two->path);
+	}
+	inspect_files(pair);
+}
+
+static int show_commit(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *revs)
+{
+	struct commit_list *parents = commit->parents;
+	struct commit *parent;
+	int found = 0, saved_fmt;
+	unsigned saved_flags = revs->diffopt.flags;
+
+
+	/* Always show if we're not in "follow" mode with a single file. */
+	if (!ctx.qry.follow)
+		return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * In "follow" mode, we don't show merges.  This is consistent with
+	 * "git log --follow -- <file>".
+	 */
+	if (parents && parents->next)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * If this is the root commit, do what rev_info tells us.
+	 */
+	if (!parents)
+		return revs->show_root_diff;
+
+	/* When we get here we have precisely one parent. */
+	parent = parents->item;
+	parse_commit(parent);
+
+	files = 0;
+	add_lines = 0;
+	rem_lines = 0;
+
+	DIFF_OPT_SET(&revs->diffopt, RECURSIVE);
+	diff_tree_sha1(parent->tree->object.sha1,
+		       commit->tree->object.sha1,
+		       "", &revs->diffopt);
+	diffcore_std(&revs->diffopt);
+
+	found = !diff_queue_is_empty();
+	saved_fmt = revs->diffopt.output_format;
+	revs->diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_CALLBACK;
+	revs->diffopt.format_callback = cgit_diff_tree_cb;
+	revs->diffopt.format_callback_data = handle_rename;
+	diff_flush(&revs->diffopt);
+	revs->diffopt.output_format = saved_fmt;
+	revs->diffopt.flags = saved_flags;
+
+	lines_counted = 1;
+	return found;
+}
+
 static void print_commit(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *revs)
 {
 	struct commitinfo *info;
@@ -177,7 +245,8 @@ static void print_commit(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *revs)
 		cgit_print_age(commit->date, TM_WEEK * 2, FMT_SHORTDATE);
 	}
 
-	if (ctx.repo->enable_log_filecount || ctx.repo->enable_log_linecount) {
+	if (!lines_counted && (ctx.repo->enable_log_filecount ||
+			       ctx.repo->enable_log_linecount)) {
 		files = 0;
 		add_lines = 0;
 		rem_lines = 0;
@@ -325,7 +394,17 @@ void cgit_print_log(const char *tip, int ofs, int cnt, char *grep, char *pattern
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if (commit_graph) {
+
+	if (!path || !ctx.cfg.enable_follow_links) {
+		/*
+		 * If we don't have a path, "follow" is a no-op so make sure
+		 * the variable is set to false to avoid needing to check
+		 * both this and whether we have a path everywhere.
+		 */
+		ctx.qry.follow = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (commit_graph && !ctx.qry.follow) {
 		argv_array_push(&rev_argv, "--graph");
 		argv_array_push(&rev_argv, "--color");
 		graph_set_column_colors(column_colors_html,
@@ -337,6 +416,8 @@ void cgit_print_log(const char *tip, int ofs, int cnt, char *grep, char *pattern
 	else if (commit_sort == 2)
 		argv_array_push(&rev_argv, "--topo-order");
 
+	if (path && ctx.qry.follow)
+		argv_array_push(&rev_argv, "--follow");
 	argv_array_push(&rev_argv, "--");
 	if (path)
 		argv_array_push(&rev_argv, path);
@@ -347,10 +428,17 @@ void cgit_print_log(const char *tip, int ofs, int cnt, char *grep, char *pattern
 	rev.verbose_header = 1;
 	rev.show_root_diff = 0;
 	rev.ignore_missing = 1;
+	rev.simplify_history = 1;
 	setup_revisions(rev_argv.argc, rev_argv.argv, &rev, NULL);
 	load_ref_decorations(DECORATE_FULL_REFS);
 	rev.show_decorations = 1;
 	rev.grep_filter.regflags |= REG_ICASE;
+
+	rev.diffopt.detect_rename = 1;
+	rev.diffopt.rename_limit = ctx.cfg.renamelimit;
+	if (ctx.qry.ignorews)
+		DIFF_XDL_SET(&rev.diffopt, IGNORE_WHITESPACE);
+
 	compile_grep_patterns(&rev.grep_filter);
 	prepare_revision_walk(&rev);
 
@@ -368,11 +456,12 @@ void cgit_print_log(const char *tip, int ofs, int cnt, char *grep, char *pattern
 		cgit_log_link(ctx.qry.showmsg ? "Collapse" : "Expand", NULL,
 			      NULL, ctx.qry.head, ctx.qry.sha1,
 			      ctx.qry.vpath, ctx.qry.ofs, ctx.qry.grep,
-			      ctx.qry.search, ctx.qry.showmsg ? 0 : 1);
+			      ctx.qry.search, ctx.qry.showmsg ? 0 : 1,
+			      ctx.qry.follow);
 		html(")");
 	}
 	html("</th><th class='left'>Author</th>");
-	if (commit_graph)
+	if (rev.graph)
 		html("<th class='left'>Age</th>");
 	if (ctx.repo->enable_log_filecount) {
 		html("<th class='left'>Files</th>");
@@ -388,13 +477,30 @@ void cgit_print_log(const char *tip, int ofs, int cnt, char *grep, char *pattern
 		ofs = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ofs && (commit = get_revision(&rev)) != NULL; i++) {
+		if (show_commit(commit, &rev))
+			i++;
 		free_commit_buffer(commit);
 		free_commit_list(commit->parents);
 		commit->parents = NULL;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < cnt && (commit = get_revision(&rev)) != NULL; i++) {
-		print_commit(commit, &rev);
+		/*
+		 * In "follow" mode, we must count the files and lines the
+		 * first time we invoke diff on a given commit, and we need
+		 * to do that to see if the commit touches the path we care
+		 * about, so we do it in show_commit.  Hence we must clear
+		 * lines_counted here.
+		 *
+		 * This has the side effect of avoiding running diff twice
+		 * when we are both following renames and showing file
+		 * and/or line counts.
+		 */
+		lines_counted = 0;
+		if (show_commit(commit, &rev)) {
+			i++;
+			print_commit(commit, &rev);
+		}
 		free_commit_buffer(commit);
 		free_commit_list(commit->parents);
 		commit->parents = NULL;
@@ -406,7 +512,8 @@ void cgit_print_log(const char *tip, int ofs, int cnt, char *grep, char *pattern
 			cgit_log_link("[prev]", NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.head,
 				      ctx.qry.sha1, ctx.qry.vpath,
 				      ofs - cnt, ctx.qry.grep,
-				      ctx.qry.search, ctx.qry.showmsg);
+				      ctx.qry.search, ctx.qry.showmsg,
+				      ctx.qry.follow);
 			html("</li>");
 		}
 		if ((commit = get_revision(&rev)) != NULL) {
@@ -414,14 +521,16 @@ void cgit_print_log(const char *tip, int ofs, int cnt, char *grep, char *pattern
 			cgit_log_link("[next]", NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.head,
 				      ctx.qry.sha1, ctx.qry.vpath,
 				      ofs + cnt, ctx.qry.grep,
-				      ctx.qry.search, ctx.qry.showmsg);
+				      ctx.qry.search, ctx.qry.showmsg,
+				      ctx.qry.follow);
 			html("</li>");
 		}
 		html("</ul>");
 	} else if ((commit = get_revision(&rev)) != NULL) {
 		htmlf("<tr class='nohover'><td colspan='%d'>", columns);
 		cgit_log_link("[...]", NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.head, NULL,
-			      ctx.qry.vpath, 0, NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.showmsg);
+			      ctx.qry.vpath, 0, NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.showmsg,
+			      ctx.qry.follow);
 		html("</td></tr>\n");
 	}
 
diff --git a/ui-refs.c b/ui-refs.c
index d3d71dd..73a187b 100644
--- a/ui-refs.c
+++ b/ui-refs.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static int print_branch(struct refinfo *ref)
 		return 1;
 	html("<tr><td>");
 	cgit_log_link(name, NULL, NULL, name, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL,
-		      ctx.qry.showmsg);
+		      ctx.qry.showmsg, 0);
 	html("</td><td>");
 
 	if (ref->object->type == OBJ_COMMIT) {
diff --git a/ui-repolist.c b/ui-repolist.c
index 2453a7f..edefc4c 100644
--- a/ui-repolist.c
+++ b/ui-repolist.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ void cgit_print_repolist(void)
 			html("<td>");
 			cgit_summary_link("summary", NULL, "button", NULL);
 			cgit_log_link("log", NULL, "button", NULL, NULL, NULL,
-				      0, NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.showmsg);
+				      0, NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.showmsg, 0);
 			cgit_tree_link("tree", NULL, "button", NULL, NULL, NULL);
 			html("</td>");
 		}
diff --git a/ui-shared.c b/ui-shared.c
index 4f84b7c..6be0c2e 100644
--- a/ui-shared.c
+++ b/ui-shared.c
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ void cgit_plain_link(const char *name, const char *title, const char *class,
 
 void cgit_log_link(const char *name, const char *title, const char *class,
 		   const char *head, const char *rev, const char *path,
-		   int ofs, const char *grep, const char *pattern, int showmsg)
+		   int ofs, const char *grep, const char *pattern, int showmsg,
+		   int follow)
 {
 	char *delim;
 
@@ -332,6 +333,11 @@ void cgit_log_link(const char *name, const char *title, const char *class,
 	if (showmsg) {
 		html(delim);
 		html("showmsg=1");
+		delim = "&amp;";
+	}
+	if (follow) {
+		html(delim);
+		html("follow=1");
 	}
 	html("'>");
 	html_txt(name);
@@ -373,6 +379,10 @@ void cgit_commit_link(char *name, const char *title, const char *class,
 		html("ignorews=1");
 		delim = "&amp;";
 	}
+	if (ctx.qry.follow) {
+		html(delim);
+		html("follow=1");
+	}
 	html("'>");
 	if (name[0] != '\0')
 		html_txt(name);
@@ -429,6 +439,10 @@ void cgit_diff_link(const char *name, const char *title, const char *class,
 		html("ignorews=1");
 		delim = "&amp;";
 	}
+	if (ctx.qry.follow) {
+		html(delim);
+		html("follow=1");
+	}
 	html("'>");
 	html_txt(name);
 	html("</a>");
@@ -469,7 +483,7 @@ static void cgit_self_link(char *name, const char *title, const char *class)
 			      ctx.qry.has_sha1 ? ctx.qry.sha1 : NULL,
 			      ctx.qry.path, ctx.qry.ofs,
 			      ctx.qry.grep, ctx.qry.search,
-			      ctx.qry.showmsg);
+			      ctx.qry.showmsg, ctx.qry.follow);
 	else if (!strcmp(ctx.qry.page, "commit"))
 		cgit_commit_link(name, title, class, ctx.qry.head,
 				 ctx.qry.has_sha1 ? ctx.qry.sha1 : NULL,
@@ -945,7 +959,7 @@ void cgit_print_pageheader(void)
 			       ctx.qry.sha1, NULL);
 		cgit_log_link("log", NULL, hc("log"), ctx.qry.head,
 			      NULL, ctx.qry.vpath, 0, NULL, NULL,
-			      ctx.qry.showmsg);
+			      ctx.qry.showmsg, ctx.qry.follow);
 		cgit_tree_link("tree", NULL, hc("tree"), ctx.qry.head,
 			       ctx.qry.sha1, ctx.qry.vpath);
 		cgit_commit_link("commit", NULL, hc("commit"),
@@ -993,6 +1007,14 @@ void cgit_print_pageheader(void)
 		html("<div class='path'>");
 		html("path: ");
 		cgit_print_path_crumbs(ctx.qry.vpath);
+		if (ctx.cfg.enable_follow_links && !strcmp(ctx.qry.page, "log")) {
+			html(" (");
+			ctx.qry.follow = !ctx.qry.follow;
+			cgit_self_link(ctx.qry.follow ? "follow" : "unfollow",
+					NULL, NULL);
+			ctx.qry.follow = !ctx.qry.follow;
+			html(")");
+		}
 		html("</div>");
 	}
 	html("<div class='content'>");
diff --git a/ui-shared.h b/ui-shared.h
index 43d0fa6..788b1bc 100644
--- a/ui-shared.h
+++ b/ui-shared.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ extern void cgit_plain_link(const char *name, const char *title,
 extern void cgit_log_link(const char *name, const char *title,
 			  const char *class, const char *head, const char *rev,
 			  const char *path, int ofs, const char *grep,
-			  const char *pattern, int showmsg);
+			  const char *pattern, int showmsg, int follow);
 extern void cgit_commit_link(char *name, const char *title,
 			     const char *class, const char *head,
 			     const char *rev, const char *path);
diff --git a/ui-tree.c b/ui-tree.c
index bbc468e..c8d24f6 100644
--- a/ui-tree.c
+++ b/ui-tree.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int ls_item(const unsigned char *sha1, struct strbuf *base,
 	html("<td>");
 	cgit_log_link("log", NULL, "button", ctx.qry.head,
 		      walk_tree_ctx->curr_rev, fullpath.buf, 0, NULL, NULL,
-		      ctx.qry.showmsg);
+		      ctx.qry.showmsg, 0);
 	if (ctx.repo->max_stats)
 		cgit_stats_link("stats", NULL, "button", ctx.qry.head,
 				fullpath.buf);