diff --git a/src/libgit2/diff_parse.c b/src/libgit2/diff_parse.c
index 25dcd8e1100..b0e24103d1f 100644
--- a/src/libgit2/diff_parse.c
+++ b/src/libgit2/diff_parse.c
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ int git_diff_from_buffer_ext(
 	diff = diff_parsed_alloc(oid_type);
 	GIT_ERROR_CHECK_ALLOC(diff);
 
+	diff->base.opts.flags |= GIT_DIFF_SHOW_BINARY;
+
 	ctx = git_patch_parse_ctx_init(content, content_len, &patch_opts);
 	GIT_ERROR_CHECK_ALLOC(ctx);
 
diff --git a/tests/libgit2/diff/binary.c b/tests/libgit2/diff/binary.c
index 11061788d68..1480b8e8c39 100644
--- a/tests/libgit2/diff/binary.c
+++ b/tests/libgit2/diff/binary.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "delta.h"
 #include "filebuf.h"
 #include "repository.h"
+#include "../patch/patch_common.h"
 
 static git_repository *repo;
 
@@ -407,6 +408,21 @@ void test_diff_binary__print_patch_from_diff(void)
 	git_index_free(index);
 }
 
+void test_diff_binary__print_patch_from_diff_from_buffer(void)
+{
+	git_diff *diff;
+	git_str actual = GIT_STR_INIT;
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_diff_from_buffer(&diff, PATCH_BINARY_LITERAL, strlen(PATCH_BINARY_LITERAL)));
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_diff_print(diff, GIT_DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH, print_cb, &actual));
+
+	cl_assert_equal_s(PATCH_BINARY_LITERAL, actual.ptr);
+
+	git_str_dispose(&actual);
+	git_diff_free(diff);
+}
+
 struct diff_data {
 	char *old_path;
 	git_oid old_id;
diff --git a/tests/libgit2/diff/parse.c b/tests/libgit2/diff/parse.c
index 59fc0280ed6..88332ec1430 100644
--- a/tests/libgit2/diff/parse.c
+++ b/tests/libgit2/diff/parse.c
@@ -366,6 +366,20 @@ void test_diff_parse__patch_roundtrip_succeeds(void)
 	git_buf_dispose(&diffbuf);
 }
 
+void test_diff_parse__binary_patch_roundtrip_succeeds(void)
+{
+	git_buf diffbuf = GIT_BUF_INIT;
+	git_diff *diff;
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_diff_from_buffer(&diff, PATCH_BINARY_LITERAL, strlen(PATCH_BINARY_LITERAL)));
+	cl_git_pass(git_diff_to_buf(&diffbuf, diff, GIT_DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH));
+
+	cl_assert_equal_s(PATCH_BINARY_LITERAL, diffbuf.ptr);
+
+	git_diff_free(diff);
+	git_buf_dispose(&diffbuf);
+}
+
 #define cl_assert_equal_i_src(i1,i2,file,func,line) clar__assert_equal(file,func,line,#i1 " != " #i2, 1, "%d", (int)(i1), (int)(i2))
 
 static void cl_git_assert_lineinfo_(int old_lineno, int new_lineno, int num_lines, git_patch *patch, size_t hunk_idx, size_t line_idx, const char *file, const char *func, int lineno)