diff --git a/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/changesView.ts b/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/changesView.ts
index bb3322d1838..1d0b7bb50d4 100644
--- a/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/changesView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/changesView.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ const enum ChangesVersionMode {
 const changesVersionModeContextKey = new RawContextKey<ChangesVersionMode>('sessions.changesVersionMode', ChangesVersionMode.AllChanges);
 const isMergeBaseBranchProtectedContextKey = new RawContextKey<boolean>('sessions.isMergeBaseBranchProtected', false);
 const hasOpenPullRequestContextKey = new RawContextKey<boolean>('sessions.hasOpenPullRequest', false);
+const hasIncomingChangesContextKey = new RawContextKey<boolean>('sessions.hasIncomingChanges', false);
+const hasOutgoingChangesContextKey = new RawContextKey<boolean>('sessions.hasOutgoingChanges', false);
 
 // --- List Item
 
@@ -646,6 +648,18 @@ export class ChangesViewPane extends ViewPane {
 				return metadata?.pullRequestUrl !== undefined;
 			}));
 
+			this.renderDisposables.add(bindContextKey(hasIncomingChangesContextKey, this.scopedContextKeyService, reader => {
+				const repository = this.viewModel.activeSessionRepositoryObs.read(reader);
+				const repositoryState = repository?.state.read(reader);
+				return (repositoryState?.HEAD?.behind ?? 0) > 0;
+			}));
+
+			this.renderDisposables.add(bindContextKey(hasOutgoingChangesContextKey, this.scopedContextKeyService, reader => {
+				const repository = this.viewModel.activeSessionRepositoryObs.read(reader);
+				const repositoryState = repository?.state.read(reader);
+				return (repositoryState?.HEAD?.ahead ?? 0) > 0;
+			}));
+
 			const scopedServiceCollection = new ServiceCollection([IContextKeyService, this.scopedContextKeyService]);
 			const scopedInstantiationService = this.instantiationService.createChild(scopedServiceCollection);
 			this.renderDisposables.add(scopedInstantiationService);