diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/GarbageCollectCommandTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/GarbageCollectCommandTest.java
index 623cdde7b..f98db3497 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/GarbageCollectCommandTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/GarbageCollectCommandTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public void testGConeCommit() throws Exception {
 		Date expire = GitDateParser.parse("now", null, SystemReader
 				.getInstance().getLocale());
 		Properties res = git.gc().setExpire(expire).call();
-		assertTrue(res.size() == 7);
+		assertTrue(res.size() == 8);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ public void testGCmoreCommits() throws Exception {
 				.setExpire(
 						GitDateParser.parse("now", null, SystemReader
 								.getInstance().getLocale())).call();
-		assertTrue(res.size() == 7);
+		assertTrue(res.size() == 8);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/PushCommandTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/PushCommandTest.java
index 5ddc16aaa..a78606556 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/PushCommandTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/PushCommandTest.java
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ public void testPushAfterGC() throws Exception {
 
 			// run a gc to ensure we have a bitmap index
 			Properties res = git1.gc().setExpire(null).call();
-			assertEquals(7, res.size());
+			assertEquals(8, res.size());
 
 			// create another commit so we have something else to push
 			writeTrashFile("b", "content of b");
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/GarbageCollectCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/GarbageCollectCommand.java
index a2fbd411f..b5fff7d6d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/GarbageCollectCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/GarbageCollectCommand.java
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ public Properties getStatistics() throws GitAPIException {
 	@SuppressWarnings("boxing")
 	private static Properties toProperties(RepoStatistics stats) {
 		Properties p = new Properties();
+		p.put("numberOfBitmaps", stats.numberOfBitmaps); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		p.put("numberOfLooseObjects", stats.numberOfLooseObjects); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		p.put("numberOfLooseRefs", stats.numberOfLooseRefs); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		p.put("numberOfPackedObjects", stats.numberOfPackedObjects); //$NON-NLS-1$