diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c
index 105a9f0e1f6aef67f67d985a40a036a4ba833cbe..9847b7e019ece82f19e3e5decf8647eb921c4291 100644
--- a/builtin-add.c
+++ b/builtin-add.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static void update_callback(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 			die("unexpacted diff status %c", p->status);
 		case DIFF_STATUS_UNMERGED:
 		case DIFF_STATUS_MODIFIED:
+		case DIFF_STATUS_TYPE_CHANGED:
 			add_file_to_cache(path, verbose);
 			break;
 		case DIFF_STATUS_DELETED: