diff --git a/include/git2/pack.h b/include/git2/pack.h
index 748ad2e11..94d5fc6a1 100644
--- a/include/git2/pack.h
+++ b/include/git2/pack.h
@@ -77,6 +77,30 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_packbuilder_insert_tree(git_packbuilder *pb, const git_oid *
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_packbuilder_write(git_packbuilder *pb, const char *file);
 
+/**
+ * Create the new pack and pass each object to the callback
+ *
+ * @param pb the packbuilder
+ * @param cb the callback to call with each packed object's buffer
+ * @param data the callback's data
+ * @return 0 or an error code
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_packbuilder_foreach(git_packbuilder *pb, int (*cb)(void *buf, size_t size, void *data), void *data);
+
+/**
+ * Get the total number of objects the packbuilder will write out
+ *
+ * @param pb the packbuilder
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(uint32_t) git_packbuilder_object_count(git_packbuilder *pb);
+
+/**
+ * Get the number of objects the packbuilder has already written out
+ *
+ * @param pb the packbuilder
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(uint32_t) git_packbuilder_written(git_packbuilder *pb);
+
 /**
  * Free the packbuilder and all associated data
  *
diff --git a/src/pack-objects.c b/src/pack-objects.c
index b39684865..7acc93328 100644
--- a/src/pack-objects.c
+++ b/src/pack-objects.c
@@ -1237,6 +1237,12 @@ int git_packbuilder_send(git_packbuilder *pb, gitno_socket *s)
 	return write_pack(pb, &send_pack_file, s);
 }
 
+int git_packbuilder_foreach(git_packbuilder *pb, int (*cb)(void *buf, size_t size, void *payload), void *payload)
+{
+	PREPARE_PACK;
+	return write_pack(pb, cb, payload);
+}
+
 int git_packbuilder_write_buf(git_buf *buf, git_packbuilder *pb)
 {
 	PREPARE_PACK;
@@ -1286,6 +1292,16 @@ int git_packbuilder_insert_tree(git_packbuilder *pb, const git_oid *oid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+uint32_t git_packbuilder_object_count(git_packbuilder *pb)
+{
+	return pb->nr_objects;
+}
+
+uint32_t git_packbuilder_written(git_packbuilder *pb)
+{
+	return pb->nr_written;
+}
+
 void git_packbuilder_free(git_packbuilder *pb)
 {
 	if (pb == NULL)
diff --git a/tests-clar/pack/packbuilder.c b/tests-clar/pack/packbuilder.c
index 6d17a709f..208141c27 100644
--- a/tests-clar/pack/packbuilder.c
+++ b/tests-clar/pack/packbuilder.c
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ void test_pack_packbuilder__cleanup(void)
 	git_packbuilder_free(_packbuilder);
 	git_revwalk_free(_revwalker);
 	git_indexer_free(_indexer);
+	_indexer = NULL;
 	git_repository_free(_repo);
 }
 
-void test_pack_packbuilder__create_pack(void)
+static void seed_packbuilder(void)
 {
-	git_transfer_progress stats;
 	git_oid oid, *o;
 	unsigned int i;
 
@@ -58,10 +58,37 @@ void test_pack_packbuilder__create_pack(void)
 					git_commit_tree_oid((git_commit *)obj)));
 		git_object_free(obj);
 	}
+}
 
+void test_pack_packbuilder__create_pack(void)
+{
+	git_transfer_progress stats;
+
+	seed_packbuilder();
 	cl_git_pass(git_packbuilder_write(_packbuilder, "testpack.pack"));
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&_indexer, "testpack.pack"));
 	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_run(_indexer, &stats));
 	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_write(_indexer));
 }
+
+static git_transfer_progress stats;
+static int foreach_cb(void *buf, size_t len, void *payload)
+{
+	git_indexer_stream *idx = (git_indexer_stream *) payload;
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_stream_add(idx, buf, len, &stats));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void test_pack_packbuilder__foreach(void)
+{
+	git_indexer_stream *idx;
+
+	seed_packbuilder();
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_stream_new(&idx, ".", NULL, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_packbuilder_foreach(_packbuilder, foreach_cb, idx));
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_stream_finalize(idx, &stats));
+	git_indexer_stream_free(idx);
+}