diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
index afcfd66..19c31e1 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
@@ -839,6 +839,7 @@ If LIMIT is non-nil, show no more than this many entries."
                     ,(format "--pretty=tformat:%s"
 			     (car vc-git-root-log-format))
 		    "--abbrev-commit"))
+		'("--follow")
 		(when limit (list "-n" (format "%s" limit)))
 		(when start-revision (list start-revision))
 		'("--")))))))