diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 8a87701..bfcb88f 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1151,6 +1151,9 @@ static void finalize_deferred_config(struct wt_status *s)
 		s->show_branch = status_deferred_config.show_branch;
 	if (s->show_branch < 0)
 		s->show_branch = 0;
+
+	if (s->ahead_behind_flags == AHEAD_BEHIND_UNSPECIFIED)
+		s->ahead_behind_flags = AHEAD_BEHIND_FULL;
 }
 
 static int parse_and_validate_options(int argc, const char *argv[],
@@ -1365,6 +1368,8 @@ int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			 N_("show branch information")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "show-stash", &s.show_stash,
 			 N_("show stash information")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "ahead-behind", &s.ahead_behind_flags,
+			 N_("compute full ahead/behind values")),
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "porcelain", &status_format,
 		  N_("version"), N_("machine-readable output"),
 		  PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, opt_parse_porcelain },
@@ -1648,6 +1653,8 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "short", &status_format, N_("show status concisely"),
 			    STATUS_FORMAT_SHORT),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "branch", &s.show_branch, N_("show branch information")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "ahead-behind", &s.ahead_behind_flags,
+			 N_("compute full ahead/behind values")),
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "porcelain", &status_format,
 			    N_("machine-readable output"), STATUS_FORMAT_PORCELAIN),
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "long", &status_format,