diff --git a/builtin/merge-tree.c b/builtin/merge-tree.c
index f8023bae1e..e7771a1012 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-tree.c
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ static void show_diff(struct merge_list *entry)
 	xpp.flags = 0;
 	memset(&xecfg, 0, sizeof(xecfg));
 	xecfg.ctxlen = 3;
-	ecb.outf = show_outf;
+	ecb.out_hunk = NULL;
+	ecb.out_line = show_outf;
 	ecb.priv = NULL;
 
 	src.ptr = origin(entry, &size);
diff --git a/builtin/rerere.c b/builtin/rerere.c
index 0bc40298c2..ea409e80cb 100644
--- a/builtin/rerere.c
+++ b/builtin/rerere.c
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ static int diff_two(const char *file1, const char *label1,
 	xpp.flags = 0;
 	memset(&xecfg, 0, sizeof(xecfg));
 	xecfg.ctxlen = 3;
-	ecb.outf = outf;
+	ecb.out_hunk = NULL;
+	ecb.out_line = outf;
 	ret = xdi_diff(&minus, &plus, &xpp, &xecfg, &ecb);
 
 	free(minus.ptr);
diff --git a/xdiff-interface.c b/xdiff-interface.c
index ec6e574e4a..88d96d78e6 100644
--- a/xdiff-interface.c
+++ b/xdiff-interface.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ int xdi_diff_outf(mmfile_t *mf1, mmfile_t *mf2,
 	state.consume = fn;
 	state.consume_callback_data = consume_callback_data;
 	memset(&ecb, 0, sizeof(ecb));
-	ecb.outf = xdiff_outf;
+	ecb.out_line = xdiff_outf;
 	ecb.priv = &state;
 	strbuf_init(&state.remainder, 0);
 	ret = xdi_diff(mf1, mf2, xpp, xecfg, &ecb);
diff --git a/xdiff/xdiff.h b/xdiff/xdiff.h
index 2356da5f78..b158369020 100644
--- a/xdiff/xdiff.h
+++ b/xdiff/xdiff.h
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ typedef struct s_xpparam {
 
 typedef struct s_xdemitcb {
 	void *priv;
-	int (*outf)(void *, mmbuffer_t *, int);
+	int (*out_hunk)(void *,
+			long old_begin, long old_nr,
+			long new_begin, long new_nr,
+			const char *func, long funclen);
+	int (*out_line)(void *, mmbuffer_t *, int);
 } xdemitcb_t;
 
 typedef long (*find_func_t)(const char *line, long line_len, char *buffer, long buffer_size, void *priv);
diff --git a/xdiff/xutils.c b/xdiff/xutils.c
index 88e5995535..963e1c58b9 100644
--- a/xdiff/xutils.c
+++ b/xdiff/xutils.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int xdl_emit_diffrec(char const *rec, long size, char const *pre, long psize,
 		mb[2].size = strlen(mb[2].ptr);
 		i++;
 	}
-	if (ecb->outf(ecb->priv, mb, i) < 0) {
+	if (ecb->out_line(ecb->priv, mb, i) < 0) {
 
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -344,8 +344,9 @@ int xdl_num_out(char *out, long val) {
 	return str - out;
 }
 
-int xdl_emit_hunk_hdr(long s1, long c1, long s2, long c2,
-		      const char *func, long funclen, xdemitcb_t *ecb) {
+static int xdl_format_hunk_hdr(long s1, long c1, long s2, long c2,
+			       const char *func, long funclen,
+			       xdemitcb_t *ecb) {
 	int nb = 0;
 	mmbuffer_t mb;
 	char buf[128];
@@ -387,9 +388,21 @@ int xdl_emit_hunk_hdr(long s1, long c1, long s2, long c2,
 
 	mb.ptr = buf;
 	mb.size = nb;
-	if (ecb->outf(ecb->priv, &mb, 1) < 0)
+	if (ecb->out_line(ecb->priv, &mb, 1) < 0)
 		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
 
+int xdl_emit_hunk_hdr(long s1, long c1, long s2, long c2,
+		      const char *func, long funclen,
+		      xdemitcb_t *ecb) {
+	if (!ecb->out_hunk)
+		return xdl_format_hunk_hdr(s1, c1, s2, c2, func, funclen, ecb);
+	if (ecb->out_hunk(ecb->priv,
+			  c1 ? s1 : s1 - 1, c1,
+			  c2 ? s2 : s2 - 1, c2,
+			  func, funclen) < 0)
+		return -1;
 	return 0;
 }