diff --git a/git-index/src/entry.rs b/git-index/src/entry.rs
index 863fcbdf0f..5d15585971 100644
--- a/git-index/src/entry.rs
+++ b/git-index/src/entry.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ pub(crate) mod at_rest {
 bitflags! {
     /// In-memory flags
     pub struct Flags: u32 {
+        const STAGE_MASK = 0x3000;
         // TODO: could we use the pathlen ourselves to save 8 bytes? And how to handle longer paths than that? 0 as sentinel maybe?
         const PATH_LEN = 0x0fff;
         const UPDATE = 1 << 16;
@@ -88,6 +89,12 @@ bitflags! {
     }
 }
 
+impl Flags {
+    pub fn stage(&self) -> u32 {
+        (*self & Flags::STAGE_MASK).bits >> 12
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Ord, PartialOrd, Clone, Copy)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde1", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct Time {
diff --git a/gitoxide-core/src/index.rs b/gitoxide-core/src/index.rs
index 8a4e2d0a7b..369ad9f6c2 100644
--- a/gitoxide-core/src/index.rs
+++ b/gitoxide-core/src/index.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ pub fn entries(
     for entry in file.entries() {
         writeln!(
             out,
-            "{}{:?} {} {}",
+            "{} {}{:?} {} {}",
+            match entry.flags.stage() {
+                0 => "BASE   ",
+                1 => "OURS   ",
+                2 => "THEIRS ",
+                _ => "UNKNOWN",
+            },
             if entry.flags.is_empty() {
                 "".to_string()
             } else {