diff --git a/t/t4049-diff-stat-count.sh b/t/t4049-diff-stat-count.sh
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright (c) 2011, Google Inc.
+
+test_description='diff --stat-count'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+ >a &&
+ >b &&
+ >c &&
+ >d &&
+ git add a b c d &&
+ chmod +x c d &&
+ echo a >a &&
+ echo b >b &&
+ cat >expect <<-\EOF
+ a | 1 +
+ b | 1 +
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
+ EOF
+ git diff --stat --stat-count=2 >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_done