diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RenameDetectorTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RenameDetectorTest.java
index c4cb600db..fe0c565d6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RenameDetectorTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RenameDetectorTest.java
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ public void testExactRename_ManyRenames() throws Exception {
 	}
 
 	public void testInexactRename_OnePair() throws Exception {
-		ObjectId aId = blob("foo\nbar\nbaz\n");
-		ObjectId bId = blob("foo\nbar\nblah\n");
+		ObjectId aId = blob("foo\nbar\nbaz\nblarg\n");
+		ObjectId bId = blob("foo\nbar\nbaz\nblah\n");
 
 		DiffEntry a = DiffEntry.add(PATH_A, aId);
 		DiffEntry b = DiffEntry.delete(PATH_Q, bId);
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ public void testInexactRename_OnePair() throws Exception {
 
 		List<DiffEntry> entries = rd.compute();
 		assertEquals(1, entries.size());
-		assertRename(b, a, 61, entries.get(0));
+		assertRename(b, a, 66, entries.get(0));
 	}
 
 	public void testInexactRename_OneRenameTwoUnrelatedFiles() throws Exception {
-		ObjectId aId = blob("foo\nbar\nbaz\n");
-		ObjectId bId = blob("foo\nbar\nblah\n");
+		ObjectId aId = blob("foo\nbar\nbaz\nblarg\n");
+		ObjectId bId = blob("foo\nbar\nbaz\nblah\n");
 		DiffEntry a = DiffEntry.add(PATH_A, aId);
 		DiffEntry b = DiffEntry.delete(PATH_Q, bId);
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public void testInexactRename_OneRenameTwoUnrelatedFiles() throws Exception {
 		assertEquals(3, entries.size());
 		assertSame(c, entries.get(0));
 		assertSame(d, entries.get(1));
-		assertRename(b, a, 61, entries.get(2));
+		assertRename(b, a, 66, entries.get(2));
 	}
 
 	public void testInexactRename_LastByteDifferent() throws Exception {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndexTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndexTest.java
index 9ab745fac..d6915eb87 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndexTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndexTest.java
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ public void testCommonScore_SameFiles() {
 		assertEquals(8, src.common(dst));
 		assertEquals(8, dst.common(src));
 
-		assertEquals(100, src.score(dst));
-		assertEquals(100, dst.score(src));
+		assertEquals(100, src.score(dst, 100));
+		assertEquals(100, dst.score(src, 100));
 	}
 
 	public void testCommonScore_EmptyFiles() {
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ public void testCommonScore_SimiliarBy75() {
 		assertEquals(6, src.common(dst));
 		assertEquals(6, dst.common(src));
 
-		assertEquals(75, src.score(dst));
-		assertEquals(75, dst.score(src));
+		assertEquals(75, src.score(dst, 100));
+		assertEquals(75, dst.score(src, 100));
 	}
 
 	private static SimilarityIndex hash(String text) {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndex.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndex.java
index f4cccfc37..d5a31d604 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndex.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndex.java
@@ -142,11 +142,11 @@ void sort() {
 		Arrays.sort(idHash);
 	}
 
-	int score(SimilarityIndex dst) {
+	int score(SimilarityIndex dst, int maxScore) {
 		long max = Math.max(fileSize, dst.fileSize);
 		if (max == 0)
-			return 100;
-		return (int) ((common(dst) * 100L) / max);
+			return maxScore;
+		return (int) ((common(dst) * maxScore) / max);
 	}
 
 	int common(SimilarityIndex dst) {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityRenameDetector.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityRenameDetector.java
index a343fc062..6590f746f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityRenameDetector.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityRenameDetector.java
@@ -260,7 +260,14 @@ private int buildMatrix(ProgressMonitor pm) throws IOException {
 				}
 
 				SimilarityIndex d = hash(dstEnt.newId.toObjectId());
-				int score = s.score(d);
+				int contentScore = s.score(d, 10000);
+
+				// nameScore returns a value between 0 and 100, but we want it
+				// to be in the same range as the content score. This allows it
+				// to be dropped into the pretty formula for the final score.
+				int nameScore = nameScore(srcEnt.oldName, dstEnt.newName) * 100;
+
+				int score = (contentScore * 99 + nameScore * 1) / 10000;
 
 				if (score < renameScore) {
 					pm.update(1);
@@ -280,6 +287,53 @@ private int buildMatrix(ProgressMonitor pm) throws IOException {
 		return mNext;
 	}
 
+	private int nameScore(String a, String b) {
+	    int aDirLen = a.lastIndexOf("/") + 1;
+	    int bDirLen = b.lastIndexOf("/") + 1;
+
+	    int dirMin = Math.min(aDirLen, bDirLen);
+	    int dirMax = Math.max(aDirLen, bDirLen);
+
+	    final int dirScoreLtr;
+	    final int dirScoreRtl;
+
+		if (dirMax == 0) {
+			dirScoreLtr = 100;
+			dirScoreRtl = 100;
+		} else {
+			int dirSim = 0;
+			for (; dirSim < dirMin; dirSim++) {
+				if (a.charAt(dirSim) != b.charAt(dirSim))
+					break;
+			}
+			dirScoreLtr = (dirSim * 100) / dirMax;
+
+			if (dirScoreLtr == 100) {
+				dirScoreRtl = 100;
+			} else {
+				for (dirSim = 0; dirSim < dirMin; dirSim++) {
+					if (a.charAt(aDirLen - 1 - dirSim) != b.charAt(bDirLen - 1
+							- dirSim))
+						break;
+				}
+				dirScoreRtl = (dirSim * 100) / dirMax;
+			}
+		}
+
+		int fileMin = Math.min(a.length() - aDirLen, b.length() - bDirLen);
+		int fileMax = Math.max(a.length() - aDirLen, b.length() - bDirLen);
+
+		int fileSim = 0;
+		for (; fileSim < fileMin; fileSim++) {
+			if (a.charAt(a.length() - 1 - fileSim) != b.charAt(b.length() - 1
+					- fileSim))
+				break;
+		}
+		int fileScore = (fileSim * 100) / fileMax;
+
+		return (((dirScoreLtr + dirScoreRtl) * 25) + (fileScore * 50)) / 100;
+	}
+
 	private SimilarityIndex hash(ObjectId objectId) throws IOException {
 		SimilarityIndex r = new SimilarityIndex();
 		r.hash(repo.openObject(objectId));