diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index 8b62ecec1255364a075469215e74773d78cce330..028b62bdf3830b3b1559465e96ebcad262e43d15 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -835,6 +835,18 @@ void GitClient::hardReset(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &commit
     connectRepositoryChanged(workingDirectory, cmd);
 }
 
+void GitClient::softReset(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &commit)
+{
+    if (commit.isEmpty())
+        return;
+
+    QStringList arguments;
+    arguments << QLatin1String("reset") << QLatin1String("--soft") << commit;
+
+    VcsBase::Command *cmd = executeGit(workingDirectory, arguments, 0, true);
+    connectRepositoryChanged(workingDirectory, cmd);
+}
+
 void GitClient::addFile(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &fileName)
 {
     QStringList arguments;
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
index 8482febc92bee9384ae8c3768a71ea0339e7d29f..cd24f28ee304e90225014fa3fc98f157b12546a1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ public:
     void checkout(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &file);
     void checkoutBranch(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &branch);
     void hardReset(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &commit = QString());
+    void softReset(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &commit);
     void addFile(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &fileName);
     bool synchronousLog(const QString &workingDirectory,
                         const QStringList &arguments,
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
index 1027ddfb3966ec14708ab7fcbe358ed3a59573de..1081bf3cdf619b04e0ddd938a48fa7e17ac7dbed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
@@ -694,7 +694,14 @@ void GitPlugin::resetRepository()
 
     ResetDialog dialog;
     if (dialog.runDialog(state.topLevel()))
-        m_gitClient->hardReset(state.topLevel(), dialog.commit());
+        switch (dialog.resetType()) {
+        case HardReset:
+            m_gitClient->hardReset(state.topLevel(), dialog.commit());
+            break;
+        case SoftReset:
+            m_gitClient->softReset(state.topLevel(), dialog.commit());
+            break;
+        }
 }
 
 void GitPlugin::stageFile()
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/resetdialog.cpp b/src/plugins/git/resetdialog.cpp
index eeecdb0dc922be5a16780ead7b47a7e49983b834..580f95bd71982f72691473e8d0a9d128fa5efa72 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/resetdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/resetdialog.cpp
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@
 
 #include <QTreeView>
 #include <QLabel>
-#include <QDialogButtonBox>
 #include <QPushButton>
 #include <QStandardItemModel>
+#include <QDialogButtonBox>
 #include <QItemSelectionModel>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
+#include <QComboBox>
 #include <QDir>
 
 namespace Git {
@@ -55,21 +56,31 @@ ResetDialog::ResetDialog(QWidget *parent)
     , m_treeView(new QTreeView(this))
     , m_model(new QStandardItemModel(0, ColumnCount, this))
     , m_dialogButtonBox(new QDialogButtonBox(this))
+    , m_resetTypeComboBox(new QComboBox(this))
 {
     QStringList headers;
     headers << tr("Sha1")<< tr("Subject");
     m_model->setHorizontalHeaderLabels(headers);
     QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
-    layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Reset to:")));
+    layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Reset to:"), this));
     m_treeView->setModel(m_model);
     m_treeView->setMinimumWidth(300);
     m_treeView->setUniformRowHeights(true);
     m_treeView->setRootIsDecorated(false);
     m_treeView->setSelectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectRows);
     layout->addWidget(m_treeView);
-    layout->addWidget(m_dialogButtonBox);
+    QHBoxLayout *popUpLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
+    popUpLayout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Reset type:"), this));
+    m_resetTypeComboBox->addItem(tr("Hard Reset"), HardReset);
+    m_resetTypeComboBox->addItem(tr("Soft Reset"), SoftReset);
+    popUpLayout->addWidget(m_resetTypeComboBox);
+    popUpLayout->addItem(new QSpacerItem(0, 0, QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Ignored));
+
+    popUpLayout->addWidget(m_dialogButtonBox);
     m_dialogButtonBox->addButton(QDialogButtonBox::Cancel);
     QPushButton *okButton = m_dialogButtonBox->addButton(QDialogButtonBox::Ok);
+    layout->addLayout(popUpLayout);
+
     connect(m_treeView, SIGNAL(doubleClicked(QModelIndex)),
             okButton, SLOT(animateClick()));
 
@@ -101,6 +112,11 @@ QString ResetDialog::commit() const
     return QString();
 }
 
+ResetType ResetDialog::resetType() const
+{
+    return static_cast<ResetType>(m_resetTypeComboBox->itemData(m_resetTypeComboBox->currentIndex()).toInt());
+}
+
 bool ResetDialog::populateLog(const QString &repository)
 {
     if (const int rowCount = m_model->rowCount())
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/resetdialog.h b/src/plugins/git/resetdialog.h
index 377f9b06e84b373ae68b0f9446a953998516633d..ea77e4d7f21b91306ca63f4ecb799417f306f691 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/resetdialog.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/resetdialog.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 class QTreeView;
 class QDialogButtonBox;
+class QComboBox;
 class QStandardItemModel;
 class QStandardItem;
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
@@ -43,7 +44,12 @@ namespace Git {
 namespace Internal {
 
 // A dialog that lists SHA1 and subject of the changes
-// for reset --hard.
+// for reset --hard and --soft.
+
+enum ResetType {
+    HardReset,
+    SoftReset
+};
 
 class ResetDialog : public QDialog
 {
@@ -54,6 +60,7 @@ public:
     bool runDialog(const QString &repository);
 
     QString commit() const;
+    ResetType resetType() const;
 
 private:
     bool populateLog(const QString &repository);
@@ -62,6 +69,7 @@ private:
     QTreeView *m_treeView;
     QStandardItemModel *m_model;
     QDialogButtonBox *m_dialogButtonBox;
+    QComboBox *m_resetTypeComboBox;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal