diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index c92238ece2..8d2ef3d16f 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ sub cmd_set_tree {
 
 sub cmd_dcommit {
 	my $head = shift;
+	command_noisy(qw/update-index --refresh/);
 	git_cmd_try { command_oneline(qw/diff-index --quiet HEAD/) }
 		'Cannot dcommit with a dirty index.  Commit your changes first, '
 		. "or stash them with `git stash'.\n";
diff --git a/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh b/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh
index 13766ab160..d5adae640b 100755
--- a/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh
@@ -271,6 +271,17 @@ test_expect_success 'able to dcommit to a subdirectory' "
 	test -z \"\`git diff refs/heads/my-bar refs/remotes/bar\`\"
 	"
 
+test_expect_success 'dcommit should not fail with a touched file' '
+	test_commit "commit-new-file-foo2" foo2 &&
+	test-chmtime =-60 foo &&
+	git svn dcommit
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rebase should not fail with a touched file' '
+	test-chmtime =-60 foo &&
+	git svn rebase
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'able to set-tree to a subdirectory' "
 	echo cba > d &&
 	git update-index d &&