diff --git a/src/repository-status-handler.coffee b/src/repository-status-handler.coffee
index 0a9c08f7c..0df0e56a6 100644
--- a/src/repository-status-handler.coffee
+++ b/src/repository-status-handler.coffee
@@ -6,8 +6,17 @@ module.exports = (repoPath) ->
   if repo?
     workingDirectoryPath = repo.getWorkingDirectory()
     statuses = {}
+
+    # Statuses in main repo
     for filePath, status of repo.getStatus()
       statuses[path.join(workingDirectoryPath, filePath)] = status
+
+    # Statuses in submodules
+    for submodulePath, submoduleRepo of repo.submodules
+      workingDirectoryPath = submoduleRepo.getWorkingDirectory()
+      for filePath, status of submoduleRepo.getStatus()
+        statuses[path.join(workingDirectoryPath, filePath)] = status
+
     upstream = repo.getAheadBehindCount()
     branch = repo.getHead()
     repo.release()