diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/diff.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/diff.go
index aecd669207c..d7121db9925 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/diff.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/diff.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func (self *DiffCommands) DiffCmdObj(diffArgs []string) oscommands.ICmdObj {
 			Arg("--submodule").
 			Arg(fmt.Sprintf("--color=%s", self.UserConfig().Git.Paging.ColorArg)).
 			ArgIf(ignoreWhitespace, "--ignore-all-space").
+			Arg(fmt.Sprintf("--unified=%d", self.AppState.DiffContextSize)).
 			Arg(diffArgs...).
 			Dir(self.repoPaths.worktreePath).
 			ToArgv(),