diff --git a/plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/sonia/scm/hgbrowse.py b/plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/sonia/scm/hgbrowse.py
index 84cf7c12b6..1c55af0917 100644
--- a/plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/sonia/scm/hgbrowse.py
+++ b/plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/sonia/scm/hgbrowse.py
@@ -71,13 +71,15 @@ for dir in directories:
   print '    </file>'
     
 for file in files:
+  time = file.date()[0]
+  desc = repo[file.linkrev()].description()
   print '    <file>'
   print '      <name>' + getName(file.path()) + '</name>'
   print '      <path>' + file.path() + '</path>'
   print '      <directory>false</directory>'
   print '      <length>' + str(file.size()) + '</length>'
-  time = file.date()[0]
   print '      <lastModified>' + str(time).split('.')[0] + '</lastModified>'
+  print '      <description>' + desc + '</description>'
   print '    </file>'
 print '    </children>'
 print '  </file>'
diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/FileObject.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/FileObject.java
index 10da857886..cef6b7e372 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/FileObject.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/FileObject.java
@@ -90,6 +90,17 @@ public class FileObject implements LastModifiedAware, Iterable<FileObject>
     return children;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  public String getDescription()
+  {
+    return description;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method description
    *
@@ -159,6 +170,17 @@ public class FileObject implements LastModifiedAware, Iterable<FileObject>
     this.children = children;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param description
+   */
+  public void setDescription(String description)
+  {
+    this.description = description;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method description
    *
@@ -221,6 +243,9 @@ public class FileObject implements LastModifiedAware, Iterable<FileObject>
   @XmlElementWrapper(name = "children")
   private List<FileObject> children;
 
+  /** Field description */
+  private String description;
+
   /** Field description */
   private boolean directory;
 
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/repository/sonia.repository.repositorybrowser.js b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/repository/sonia.repository.repositorybrowser.js
index 029cc88099..0092f1046c 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/repository/sonia.repository.repositorybrowser.js
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/resources/js/repository/sonia.repository.repositorybrowser.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Sonia.repository.RepositoryBrowser = Ext.extend(Ext.grid.GridPanel, {
         url: restUrl + 'repositories/' + this.repository.id  + '/browse.json',
         method: 'GET'
       }),
-      fields: ['path', 'name', 'length', 'lastModified', 'directory'],
+      fields: ['path', 'name', 'length', 'lastModified', 'directory', 'description'],
       root: 'file.children',
       idProperty: 'path',
       autoLoad: true,
@@ -80,10 +80,15 @@ Sonia.repository.RepositoryBrowser = Ext.extend(Ext.grid.GridPanel, {
         dataIndex: 'lastModified',
         header: 'LastModified',
         renderer: Ext.util.Format.formatTimestamp
+      },{
+        id: 'description',
+        dataIndex: 'description',
+        header: 'Description'
       }]
     });
     
     var config = {
+      autoExpandColumn: 'description',
       title: String.format(this.repositoryBrowserTitleText, this.repository.name),
       store: browserStore,
       colModel: browserColModel,