diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index ccc9f1f64d094b1943c905f4060dce555745d48b..7a75bd74c9ab9c98da12f5511ff321645cfa883b 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -4073,25 +4073,24 @@ void diffcore_fix_diff_index(struct diff_options *options)
 
 void diffcore_std(struct diff_options *options)
 {
-	/* We never run this function more than one time, because the
-	 * rename/copy detection logic can only run once.
-	 */
-	if (diff_queued_diff.run)
-		return;
-
 	if (options->skip_stat_unmatch)
 		diffcore_skip_stat_unmatch(options);
-	if (options->break_opt != -1)
-		diffcore_break(options->break_opt);
-	if (options->detect_rename)
-		diffcore_rename(options);
-	if (options->break_opt != -1)
-		diffcore_merge_broken();
+	if (!options->found_follow) {
+		/* See try_to_follow_renames() in tree-diff.c */
+		if (options->break_opt != -1)
+			diffcore_break(options->break_opt);
+		if (options->detect_rename)
+			diffcore_rename(options);
+		if (options->break_opt != -1)
+			diffcore_merge_broken();
+	}
 	if (options->pickaxe)
 		diffcore_pickaxe(options->pickaxe, options->pickaxe_opts);
 	if (options->orderfile)
 		diffcore_order(options->orderfile);
-	diff_resolve_rename_copy();
+	if (!options->found_follow)
+		/* See try_to_follow_renames() in tree-diff.c */
+		diff_resolve_rename_copy();
 	diffcore_apply_filter(options->filter);
 
 	if (diff_queued_diff.nr && !DIFF_OPT_TST(options, DIFF_FROM_CONTENTS))
@@ -4099,7 +4098,7 @@ void diffcore_std(struct diff_options *options)
 	else
 		DIFF_OPT_CLR(options, HAS_CHANGES);
 
-	diff_queued_diff.run = 1;
+	options->found_follow = 0;
 }
 
 int diff_result_code(struct diff_options *opt, int status)
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index 53ad345469ad106e768c0d9eda7f732e09832b01..d43da9da95fae4dd13d3abbe738948708cf90939 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ struct diff_options {
 	/* this is set by diffcore for DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH */
 	int found_changes;
 
+	/* to support internal diff recursion by --follow hack*/
+	int found_follow;
+
 	FILE *file;
 	int close_file;
 
diff --git a/diffcore.h b/diffcore.h
index 05ebc115a13df5c1b80128489619d753ed107a6f..8b3241ad137f5934e32336cd1caf8d99ca11d1f5 100644
--- a/diffcore.h
+++ b/diffcore.h
@@ -91,13 +91,11 @@ struct diff_queue_struct {
 	struct diff_filepair **queue;
 	int alloc;
 	int nr;
-	int run;
 };
 #define DIFF_QUEUE_CLEAR(q) \
 	do { \
 		(q)->queue = NULL; \
 		(q)->nr = (q)->alloc = 0; \
-		(q)->run = 0; \
 	} while (0)
 
 extern struct diff_queue_struct diff_queued_diff;
diff --git a/t/t4202-log.sh b/t/t4202-log.sh
index 2230e606edea0c4f3dcd0b6b99298074d5341e4a..ead204e5cb77804ee1b54cc1b2f31d35312fa758 100755
--- a/t/t4202-log.sh
+++ b/t/t4202-log.sh
@@ -436,5 +436,17 @@ test_expect_success 'log.decorate configuration' '
 
 '
 
-test_done
+test_expect_success 'show added path under "--follow -M"' '
+	# This tests for a regression introduced in v1.7.2-rc0~103^2~2
+	test_create_repo regression &&
+	(
+		cd regression &&
+		test_commit needs-another-commit &&
+		test_commit foo.bar &&
+		git log -M --follow -p foo.bar.t &&
+		git log -M --follow --stat foo.bar.t &&
+		git log -M --follow --name-only foo.bar.t
+	)
+'
 
+test_done
diff --git a/tree-diff.c b/tree-diff.c
index 1fb3e94614de4973a242b1f039ee7711a74fad9d..cd659c6fe447b6fcdedee2843113feb358f23849 100644
--- a/tree-diff.c
+++ b/tree-diff.c
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ static void try_to_follow_renames(struct tree_desc *t1, struct tree_desc *t2, co
 	diff_tree_release_paths(&diff_opts);
 
 	/* Go through the new set of filepairing, and see if we find a more interesting one */
+	opt->found_follow = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) {
 		struct diff_filepair *p = q->queue[i];
 
@@ -376,6 +377,16 @@ static void try_to_follow_renames(struct tree_desc *t1, struct tree_desc *t2, co
 			diff_tree_release_paths(opt);
 			opt->paths[0] = xstrdup(p->one->path);
 			diff_tree_setup_paths(opt->paths, opt);
+
+			/*
+			 * The caller expects us to return a set of vanilla
+			 * filepairs to let a later call to diffcore_std()
+			 * it makes to sort the renames out (among other
+			 * things), but we already have found renames
+			 * ourselves; signal diffcore_std() not to muck with
+			 * rename information.
+			 */
+			opt->found_follow = 1;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -412,7 +423,7 @@ int diff_tree_sha1(const unsigned char *old, const unsigned char *new, const cha
 	init_tree_desc(&t1, tree1, size1);
 	init_tree_desc(&t2, tree2, size2);
 	retval = diff_tree(&t1, &t2, base, opt);
-	if (DIFF_OPT_TST(opt, FOLLOW_RENAMES) && diff_might_be_rename()) {
+	if (!*base && DIFF_OPT_TST(opt, FOLLOW_RENAMES) && diff_might_be_rename()) {
 		init_tree_desc(&t1, tree1, size1);
 		init_tree_desc(&t2, tree2, size2);
 		try_to_follow_renames(&t1, &t2, base, opt);