diff --git a/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts b/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
index 22b2a87aef1..b4dba92db69 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ export class ApiRepository implements Repository {
 	push(remoteName?: string, branchName?: string, setUpstream: boolean = false): Promise<void> {
 		return this._repository.pushTo(remoteName, branchName, setUpstream);
 	}
+
+	blame(path: string): Promise<string> {
+		return this._repository.blame(path);
+	}
 }
 
 export class ApiGit implements Git {
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts b/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
index 1a67f8e23f5..5943ebe4b96 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ export interface Repository {
 	fetch(remote?: string, ref?: string, depth?: number): Promise<void>;
 	pull(unshallow?: boolean): Promise<void>;
 	push(remoteName?: string, branchName?: string, setUpstream?: boolean): Promise<void>;
+	blame(path: string): Promise<string>;
 }
 
 export interface API {
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index 26f5ae804d8..4a7cf7b8fe8 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -1282,6 +1282,19 @@ export class Repository {
 		}
 	}
 
+	async blame(path: string): Promise<string> {
+		try {
+			const args = ['blame'];
+			args.push(path);
+
+			let result = await this.run(args);
+
+			return result.stdout.trim();
+		} catch (err) {
+			throw err;
+		}
+	}
+
 	async createStash(message?: string, includeUntracked?: boolean): Promise<void> {
 		try {
 			const args = ['stash', 'save'];
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
index 1fb29e03f67..8c32162f3f1 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ export const enum Operation {
 	GetObjectDetails = 'GetObjectDetails',
 	SubmoduleUpdate = 'SubmoduleUpdate',
 	RebaseContinue = 'RebaseContinue',
-	Apply = 'Apply'
+	Apply = 'Apply',
+	Blame = 'Blame'
 }
 
 function isReadOnly(operation: Operation): boolean {
@@ -999,6 +1000,10 @@ export class Repository implements Disposable {
 		await this.run(Operation.Push, () => this.repository.push(remote, undefined, false, true, forcePushMode));
 	}
 
+	async blame(path: string): Promise<string> {
+		return await this.run(Operation.Blame, () => this.repository.blame(path));
+	}
+
 	@throttle
 	sync(head: Branch): Promise<void> {
 		return this._sync(head, false);