diff --git a/src/subcommand/status_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/status_subcommand.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 #include "status_subcommand.hpp"
 #include "../wrapper/status_wrapper.hpp"
+#include "../wrapper/refs_wrapper.hpp"
+
 
 status_subcommand::status_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
 {
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ status_subcommand::status_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
     //     This is similar to the short output, but will remain stable across Git versions and regardless of user configuration.
     //     See below for details. The version parameter is used to specify the format version. This is optional and defaults
     //     to the original version v1 format.");
+    sub->add_flag("-b,--branch", branch_flag, "Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format.");
 
     sub->callback([this]() { this->run(); });
 };
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ void status_subcommand::run()
     auto bare = false;
     auto repo = repository_wrapper::init(directory, bare);
     auto sl = status_list_wrapper::status_list(repo);
+    auto branch_name = reference_wrapper::get_ref_name(repo);
 
     // TODO: add branch info
 
@@ -141,6 +145,17 @@ void status_subcommand::run()
 
     bool is_long;
     is_long = ((of == output_format::DEFAULT) || (of == output_format::LONG));
+    if (is_long)
+    {
+        std::cout  << "On branch " << branch_name << std::endl;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if (branch_flag)
+        {
+            std::cout  << "## " << branch_name << std::endl;
+        }
+    }
     if (sl.has_tobecommited_header())
     {
         if (is_long)

diff --git a/src/subcommand/status_subcommand.hpp b/src/subcommand/status_subcommand.hpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class status_subcommand
     void run();
 
 private:
-    bool short_flag = false;
+    bool branch_flag = false;
     bool long_flag = false;
+    bool short_flag = false;
 };
diff --git a/src/wrapper/meson.build b/src/wrapper/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 wrapper_files = files([
+  'refs_wrapper.cpp',
   'repository_wrapper.cpp',
   'status_wrapper.cpp',
 ])
diff --git a/src/wrapper/refs_wrapper.cpp b/src/wrapper/refs_wrapper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include "../utils/git_exception.hpp"
+#include "../wrapper/refs_wrapper.hpp"
+
+
+reference_wrapper::~reference_wrapper()
+{
+    git_reference_free(p_resource);
+    p_resource=nullptr;
+}
+
+std::string reference_wrapper::get_ref_name(const repository_wrapper& rw)
+{
+    reference_wrapper ref;
+    throwIfError(git_repository_head(&(ref.p_resource), rw));
+    return git_reference_shorthand(ref.p_resource);
+}
diff --git a/src/wrapper/refs_wrapper.hpp b/src/wrapper/refs_wrapper.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#pragma once
+
+// #include <string>
+
+#include <git2.h>
+
+#include "../wrapper/repository_wrapper.hpp"
+
+class reference_wrapper : public wrapper_base<git_reference>
+{
+public:
+
+    ~reference_wrapper();
+
+    reference_wrapper(reference_wrapper&&) = default;
+    reference_wrapper& operator=(reference_wrapper&&) = default;
+
+    static std::string get_ref_name(const repository_wrapper& repo);
+
+private:
+
+    reference_wrapper() = default;
+};