diff --git a/src/plugins/git/branchdialog.cpp b/src/plugins/git/branchdialog.cpp
index ae883675cb387be972f9cb85d03286a9892f638a..b804fea5a9af0992b8c429beb609b7600d142db4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/branchdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/branchdialog.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ BranchDialog::BranchDialog(QWidget *parent) :
     m_ui(new Ui::BranchDialog),
     m_checkoutButton(0),
     m_diffButton(0),
+    m_logButton(0),
     m_refreshButton(0),
     m_deleteButton(0),
     m_localModel(new LocalBranchModel(gitClient(), this)),
@@ -90,6 +91,9 @@ BranchDialog::BranchDialog(QWidget *parent) :
     m_diffButton = m_ui->buttonBox->addButton(tr("Diff"), QDialogButtonBox::ActionRole);
     connect(m_diffButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(slotDiffSelected()));
 
+    m_logButton = m_ui->buttonBox->addButton(tr("Log"), QDialogButtonBox::ActionRole);
+    connect(m_logButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(slotLog()));
+
     m_refreshButton = m_ui->buttonBox->addButton(tr("Refresh"), QDialogButtonBox::ActionRole);
     connect(m_refreshButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(slotRefresh()));
 
@@ -168,6 +172,7 @@ void BranchDialog::slotEnableButtons(const QItemSelection &selected)
 
     m_checkoutButton->setEnabled(otherLocalSelected);
     m_diffButton->setEnabled(branchSelected);
+    m_logButton->setEnabled(branchSelected);
     m_deleteButton->setEnabled(otherLocalSelected);
     m_refreshButton->setEnabled(hasRepository);
     // Also disable <New Branch> entry of list view
@@ -258,6 +263,18 @@ void BranchDialog::slotDiffSelected()
         gitClient()->diffBranch(m_repository, QStringList(), m_remoteModel->branchName(idx));
 }
 
+void BranchDialog::slotLog()
+{
+    int idx = selectedLocalBranchIndex();
+    if (idx != -1) {
+        gitClient()->graphLog(m_repository, m_localModel->branchName(idx));
+        return;
+    }
+    idx = selectedRemoteBranchIndex();
+    if (idx != -1)
+        gitClient()->graphLog(m_repository, m_remoteModel->branchName(idx));
+}
+
 /* Ask to stash away changes and then close dialog and do an asynchronous
  * checkout. */
 void BranchDialog::slotCheckoutSelectedBranch()
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/branchdialog.h b/src/plugins/git/branchdialog.h
index bf21a746e34615aa7e300b790885d246409ac1d1..4fdabeaa88d99cda9d9723e371e0fc93f5124919 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/branchdialog.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/branchdialog.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ private slots:
     void slotCheckoutSelectedBranch();
     void slotDeleteSelectedBranch();
     void slotDiffSelected();
+    void slotLog();
     void slotRefresh();
     void slotLocalBranchActivated();
     void slotRemoteBranchActivated(const QModelIndex &);
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ private:
     Ui::BranchDialog *m_ui;
     QPushButton *m_checkoutButton;
     QPushButton *m_diffButton;
+    QPushButton *m_logButton;
     QPushButton *m_refreshButton;
     QPushButton *m_deleteButton;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index 74f778bd551f8b6c53a6384b966b4624bfc9866a..f81480bd3a7306462a65fda9c41078c91cea8c76 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ void GitClient::status(const QString &workingDirectory)
 static const char graphLogFormatC[] = "%h %an %s %ci";
 
 // Create a graphical log.
-void GitClient::graphLog(const QString &workingDirectory)
+void GitClient::graphLog(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString & branch)
 {
     if (Git::Constants::debug)
         qDebug() << "log" << workingDirectory;
@@ -304,7 +304,13 @@ void GitClient::graphLog(const QString &workingDirectory)
     arguments << (QLatin1String("--pretty=format:") +  QLatin1String(graphLogFormatC))
               << QLatin1String("--topo-order") <<  QLatin1String("--graph");
 
-    const QString title = tr("Git Log");
+    QString title;
+    if (branch.isEmpty()) {
+        title = tr("Git Log");
+    } else {
+        title = tr("Git Log %1").arg(branch);
+        arguments << branch;
+    }
     const QString editorId = QLatin1String(Git::Constants::GIT_LOG_EDITOR_ID);
     const QString sourceFile = VCSBase::VCSBaseEditor::getSource(workingDirectory, QStringList());
     VCSBase::VCSBaseEditor *editor = createVCSEditor(editorId, title, sourceFile, false, "logFileName", sourceFile);
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
index a183a619099c4be1930553b512413500a816c168..dbf0ea58a9dd644cf9c9b9c155defaf6bbb5dd7e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ public:
                     const QString &branchName);
 
     void status(const QString &workingDirectory);
-    void graphLog(const QString &workingDirectory);
+    void graphLog(const QString &workingDirectory) { graphLog(workingDirectory, QString()); }
+    void graphLog(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &branch);
     void log(const QString &workingDirectory, const QStringList &fileNames,
              bool enableAnnotationContextMenu = false);
     void blame(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &fileName,