diff --git a/src/git_kv.ml b/src/git_kv.ml
index ab99b52..61d6197 100644
--- a/src/git_kv.ml
+++ b/src/git_kv.ml
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ let connect ctx endpoint =
 
 let branch t = t.branch
 
+let commit t = t.head
+
 type key = Mirage_kv.Key.t
 
 type change = [
diff --git a/src/git_kv.mli b/src/git_kv.mli
index 3655b2c..3de53d7 100644
--- a/src/git_kv.mli
+++ b/src/git_kv.mli
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ val connect : Mimic.ctx -> string -> t Lwt.t
 val branch : t -> Git.Reference.t
 (** [branch t] returns the branch used by the given [t]. *)
 
+val commit : t -> Digestif.SHA1.t option
+(** [commit t] returns the commit used by the given [t]. *)
+
 val to_octets : ?level:int -> t -> string Lwt_stream.t
 (** [to_octets ?level store] returns a serialized version of the given [store].
     [level] is the {i zlib} level compression used for Git object (between [0]