diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
index 677f735ce..b64617b39 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ couldNotCheckOutBecauseOfConflicts=Could not check out because of conflicts
 couldNotDeleteLockFileShouldNotHappen=Could not delete lock file. Should not happen
 couldNotDeleteTemporaryIndexFileShouldNotHappen=Could not delete temporary index file. Should not happen
 couldNotGetAdvertisedRef=Could not get advertised Ref for branch {0}
+couldNotGetRepoStatistics=Could not get repository statistics
 couldNotLockHEAD=Could not lock HEAD
 couldNotReadIndexInOneGo=Could not read index in one go, only {0} out of {1} read
 couldNotReadObjectWhileParsingCommit=Could not read an object while parsing commit {0}
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 7fda6cc01..77b84d3a3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/GarbageCollectCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/GarbageCollectCommand.java
@@ -129,6 +129,24 @@ public Properties call() throws GitAPIException {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Computes and returns the repository statistics.
+	 *
+	 * @return the repository statistics
+	 * @throws GitAPIException
+	 *             thrown if the repository statistics cannot be computed
+	 * @since 3.0
+	 */
+	public Properties getStatistics() throws GitAPIException {
+		try {
+			GC gc = new GC((FileRepository) repo);
+			return toProperties(gc.getStatistics());
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new JGitInternalException(
+					JGitText.get().couldNotGetRepoStatistics, e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("boxing")
 	private static Properties toProperties(RepoStatistics stats) {
 		Properties p = new Properties();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
index 7a1efe89d..d7eb8af95 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ public static JGitText get() {
 	/***/ public String couldNotDeleteLockFileShouldNotHappen;
 	/***/ public String couldNotDeleteTemporaryIndexFileShouldNotHappen;
 	/***/ public String couldNotGetAdvertisedRef;
+	/***/ public String couldNotGetRepoStatistics;
 	/***/ public String couldNotLockHEAD;
 	/***/ public String couldNotReadIndexInOneGo;
 	/***/ public String couldNotReadObjectWhileParsingCommit;