diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index ec6811c7188..338014c8162 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 -u::
 	Synonym for "-p".
 
+--patch-with-raw::
+	Generate patch but keep also the default raw diff output.
+
 -z::
 	\0 line termination on output
 
diff --git a/combine-diff.c b/combine-diff.c
index 011bb8db2dd..5f6048b397f 100644
--- a/combine-diff.c
+++ b/combine-diff.c
@@ -868,6 +868,7 @@ const char *diff_tree_combined_merge(const unsigned char *sha1,
 					header = NULL;
 			}
 			opt->output_format = saved_format;
+			putchar(opt->line_termination);
 		}
 		for (p = paths; p; p = p->next) {
 			if (show_combined_diff(p, num_parent, dense,
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 99d76d01e3c..a14e6644ca9 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1322,6 +1322,7 @@ void diff_flush(struct diff_options *options)
 			struct diff_filepair *p = q->queue[i];
 			flush_one_pair(p, DIFF_FORMAT_RAW, options);
 		}
+		putchar(options->line_termination);
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) {
 		struct diff_filepair *p = q->queue[i];
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index 07b153b5670..c5372b984a4 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ extern void diffcore_std_no_resolve(struct diff_options *);
 "  -z            output diff-raw with lines terminated with NUL.\n" \
 "  -p            output patch format.\n" \
 "  -u            synonym for -p.\n" \
+"  --patch-with-raw\n" \
+"                output both a patch and the diff-raw format.\n" \
 "  --name-only   show only names of changed files.\n" \
 "  --name-status show names and status of changed files.\n" \
 "  --full-index  show full object name on index lines.\n" \