diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/stash.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/stash.go
index e3a91c887..10af0cc1c 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/stash.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/stash.go
@@ -81,9 +81,11 @@ func (self *StashCommands) Hash(index int) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func (self *StashCommands) ShowStashEntryCmdObj(index int) oscommands.ICmdObj {
+	// "-u" is the same as "--include-untracked", but the latter fails in older git versions for some reason
 	cmdArgs := NewGitCmd("stash").Arg("show").
 		Arg("-p").
 		Arg("--stat").
+		Arg("-u").
 		Arg(fmt.Sprintf("--color=%s", self.UserConfig().Git.Paging.ColorArg)).
 		Arg(fmt.Sprintf("--unified=%d", self.AppState.DiffContextSize)).
 		ArgIf(self.AppState.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView, "--ignore-all-space").
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/stash_test.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/stash_test.go
index 874b47a9d..e1ad19466 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/stash_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/stash_test.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestStashStashEntryCmdObj(t *testing.T) {
 			contextSize:         3,
 			similarityThreshold: 50,
 			ignoreWhitespace:    false,
-			expected:            []string{"git", "-C", "/path/to/worktree", "stash", "show", "-p", "--stat", "--color=always", "--unified=3", "--find-renames=50%", "stash@{5}"},
+			expected:            []string{"git", "-C", "/path/to/worktree", "stash", "show", "-p", "--stat", "-u", "--color=always", "--unified=3", "--find-renames=50%", "stash@{5}"},
 		},
 		{
 			testName:            "Show diff with custom context size",
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func TestStashStashEntryCmdObj(t *testing.T) {
 			contextSize:         77,
 			similarityThreshold: 50,
 			ignoreWhitespace:    false,
-			expected:            []string{"git", "-C", "/path/to/worktree", "stash", "show", "-p", "--stat", "--color=always", "--unified=77", "--find-renames=50%", "stash@{5}"},
+			expected:            []string{"git", "-C", "/path/to/worktree", "stash", "show", "-p", "--stat", "-u", "--color=always", "--unified=77", "--find-renames=50%", "stash@{5}"},
 		},
 		{
 			testName:            "Show diff with custom similarity threshold",
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func TestStashStashEntryCmdObj(t *testing.T) {
 			contextSize:         3,
 			similarityThreshold: 33,
 			ignoreWhitespace:    false,
-			expected:            []string{"git", "-C", "/path/to/worktree", "stash", "show", "-p", "--stat", "--color=always", "--unified=3", "--find-renames=33%", "stash@{5}"},
+			expected:            []string{"git", "-C", "/path/to/worktree", "stash", "show", "-p", "--stat", "-u", "--color=always", "--unified=3", "--find-renames=33%", "stash@{5}"},
 		},
 		{
 			testName:            "Default case",
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func TestStashStashEntryCmdObj(t *testing.T) {
 			contextSize:         3,
 			similarityThreshold: 50,
 			ignoreWhitespace:    true,
-			expected:            []string{"git", "-C", "/path/to/worktree", "stash", "show", "-p", "--stat", "--color=always", "--unified=3", "--ignore-all-space", "--find-renames=50%", "stash@{5}"},
+			expected:            []string{"git", "-C", "/path/to/worktree", "stash", "show", "-p", "--stat", "-u", "--color=always", "--unified=3", "--ignore-all-space", "--find-renames=50%", "stash@{5}"},
 		},
 	}