diff --git a/plugins/git-prompt/gitstatus.py b/plugins/git-prompt/gitstatus.py
index a8eb8284b..14d875973 100644
--- a/plugins/git-prompt/gitstatus.py
+++ b/plugins/git-prompt/gitstatus.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ahead, behind = 0, 0
 status = [(line[0], line[1], line[2:]) for line in stdout.decode('utf-8').splitlines()]
 for st in status:
     if st[0] == '#' and st[1] == '#':
-        if re.search('Initial commit on', st[2]):
+        if re.search('Initial commit on', st[2]) or re.search('No commits yet on', st[2]):
             branch = st[2].split(' ')[-1]
         elif re.search('no branch', st[2]):  # detached status
             branch = get_tagname_or_hash()