diff --git a/gix/src/status/iter/mod.rs b/gix/src/status/iter/mod.rs
index f4d58b2a7af..971297f6ee7 100644
--- a/gix/src/status/iter/mod.rs
+++ b/gix/src/status/iter/mod.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ where
                                 crate::head::peel::to_object::Error::Unborn { .. },
                             ),
                         ),
-                    )) => None,
+                    )) => Some(gix_hash::ObjectId::empty_tree(self.repo.object_hash())),
                     Err(err) => return Err(err.into()),
                 },
                 Some(Some(tree_id)) => Some(tree_id),
diff --git a/gix/tests/fixtures/generated-archives/make_status_repos.tar b/gix/tests/fixtures/generated-archives/make_status_repos.tar
index e8789ea33c0..7cdb86119dd 100644
Binary files a/gix/tests/fixtures/generated-archives/make_status_repos.tar and b/gix/tests/fixtures/generated-archives/make_status_repos.tar differ
diff --git a/gix/tests/fixtures/make_status_repos.sh b/gix/tests/fixtures/make_status_repos.sh
index e5828cde625..d006b453de4 100755
--- a/gix/tests/fixtures/make_status_repos.sh
+++ b/gix/tests/fixtures/make_status_repos.sh
@@ -34,4 +34,10 @@ git init racy-git
 git init untracked-unborn
 (cd untracked-unborn
   touch untracked
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
+
+git init untracked-added
+(cd untracked-added
+  echo content >added
+  git add added
+)
diff --git a/gix/tests/gix/status.rs b/gix/tests/gix/status.rs
index be32c667382..5b9805abd97 100644
--- a/gix/tests/gix/status.rs
+++ b/gix/tests/gix/status.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,16 @@ mod into_iter {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn untracked_added() -> crate::Result {
+        let repo = repo("untracked-added")?;
+        let mut status = repo.status(gix::progress::Discard)?.into_iter(None)?;
+        let mut items: Vec<_> = status.by_ref().filter_map(Result::ok).collect();
+        items.sort_by(|a, b| a.location().cmp(b.location()));
+        insta::assert_debug_snapshot!(items, @r#""#);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn error_during_tree_traversal_causes_failure() -> crate::Result {
         let repo = repo("untracked-only")?;