diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index a0aa707c7..e91fd78b1 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ Contributors are:
 -Steven Whitman <ninloot _at_ gmail.com>
 -Stefan Stancu <stefan.stancu _at_ gmail.com>
 -César Izurieta <cesar _at_ caih.org>
+-Arthur Milchior <arthur _at_ milchior.fr>
 
 Portions derived from other open source works and are clearly marked.
diff --git a/git/repo/base.py b/git/repo/base.py
index f35870803..e733e3bbb 100644
--- a/git/repo/base.py
+++ b/git/repo/base.py
@@ -1061,3 +1061,14 @@ def has_separate_working_tree(self):
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<git.Repo "%s">' % self.git_dir
+
+    def currently_rebasing_on(self):
+        """
+        :return: The commit which is currently being replayed while rebasing.
+
+        None if we are not currently rebasing.
+        """
+        rebase_head_file = osp.join(self.git_dir, "REBASE_HEAD")
+        if not osp.isfile(rebase_head_file):
+            return None
+        return self.commit(open(rebase_head_file, "rt").readline().strip())
diff --git a/git/test/test_repo.py b/git/test/test_repo.py
index 0577bd589..c74d4ef41 100644
--- a/git/test/test_repo.py
+++ b/git/test/test_repo.py
@@ -1023,3 +1023,25 @@ def test_git_work_tree_env(self, rw_dir):
             self.assertEqual(r.working_dir, repo_dir)
         finally:
             os.environ = oldenv
+
+    @with_rw_directory
+    def test_rebasing(self, rw_dir):
+        r = Repo.init(rw_dir)
+        fp = osp.join(rw_dir, 'hello.txt')
+        r.git.commit("--allow-empty", message="init",)
+        with open(fp, 'w') as fs:
+            fs.write("hello world")
+        r.git.add(Git.polish_url(fp))
+        r.git.commit(message="English")
+        self.assertEqual(r.currently_rebasing_on(), None)
+        r.git.checkout("HEAD^1")
+        with open(fp, 'w') as fs:
+            fs.write("Hola Mundo")
+        r.git.add(Git.polish_url(fp))
+        r.git.commit(message="Spanish")
+        commitSpanish = r.commit()
+        try:
+            r.git.rebase("master")
+        except GitCommandError:
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(r.currently_rebasing_on(), commitSpanish)