diff --git a/cgit.h b/cgit.h
index 0eb5ed5..0c1585d 100644
--- a/cgit.h
+++ b/cgit.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ typedef void (*filepair_fn)(struct diff_filepair *pair);
 typedef void (*linediff_fn)(char *line, int len);
 
 typedef enum {
-	DIFF_UNIFIED, DIFF_SSDIFF
+	DIFF_UNIFIED, DIFF_SSDIFF, DIFF_STATONLY
 } diff_type;
 
 typedef enum {
diff --git a/ui-diff.c b/ui-diff.c
index a4ade4d..bf2ec57 100644
--- a/ui-diff.c
+++ b/ui-diff.c
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ void cgit_print_diff_ctrls()
 	curr = ctx.qry.has_difftype ? ctx.qry.difftype : ctx.cfg.difftype;
 	html_intoption(0, "unified", curr);
 	html_intoption(1, "ssdiff", curr);
+	html_intoption(2, "stat only", curr);
 	html("</select></td></tr>");
 	html("<tr><td/><td class='ctrl'>");
 	html("<noscript><input type='submit' value='reload'/></noscript>");
@@ -429,6 +430,9 @@ void cgit_print_diff(const char *new_rev, const char *old_rev,
 
 	cgit_print_diffstat(old_rev_sha1, new_rev_sha1, prefix);
 
+	if (difftype == DIFF_STATONLY)
+		return;
+
 	if (use_ssdiff) {
 		html("<table summary='ssdiff' class='ssdiff'>");
 	} else {