diff --git a/plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryBrowser.java b/plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryBrowser.java
index e7719c6801..0c4aa82c16 100644
--- a/plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryBrowser.java
+++ b/plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryBrowser.java
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ public class GitRepositoryBrowser implements RepositoryBrowser
     try
     {
       treeWalk = new TreeWalk(repo);
+      treeWalk.setRecursive(Util.nonNull(path).contains("/"));
 
       ObjectId revId = GitUtil.getRevisionId(repo, revision);