diff --git a/src/pygit2/repository.c b/src/pygit2/repository.c
index 2754591..4b3ae17 100644
--- a/src/pygit2/repository.c
+++ b/src/pygit2/repository.c
@@ -186,6 +186,68 @@ Repository_head(Repository *self)
 }
 
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(
+  Repository_head_is_detached_doc,
+  "A repository's HEAD is detached when it points directly to a commit\n"
+  "instead of a branch.\n"
+);
+
+PyObject *
+Repository_head_is_detached(Repository *self)
+{
+    if (git_repository_head_detached(self->repo) > 0)
+        Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+
+    Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(
+  Repository_head_is_orphaned_doc,
+  "An orphan branch is one named from HEAD but which doesn't exist in\n"
+  "the refs namespace, because it doesn't have any commit to point to.\n"
+);
+
+PyObject *
+Repository_head_is_orphaned(Repository *self)
+{
+    if (git_repository_head_orphan(self->repo) > 0)
+        Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+
+    Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(
+  Repository_is_empty_doc,
+  "Check if a repository is empty\n"
+);
+
+PyObject *
+Repository_is_empty(Repository *self)
+{
+    if (git_repository_is_empty(self->repo) > 0)
+        Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+
+    Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(
+  Repository_is_bare_doc,
+  "Check if a repository is a bare repository.\n"
+);
+
+PyObject *
+Repository_is_bare(Repository *self)
+{
+    if (git_repository_is_bare(self->repo) > 0)
+        Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+
+    Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+}
+
+
 PyObject *
 Repository_getitem(Repository *self, PyObject *value)
 {
@@ -858,6 +920,14 @@ PyGetSetDef Repository_getseters[] = {
      "The normalized path to the git repository.", NULL},
     {"head", (getter)Repository_head, NULL,
       "Current head reference of the repository.", NULL},
+    {"head_is_detached", (getter)Repository_head_is_detached, NULL,
+     Repository_head_is_detached_doc},
+    {"head_is_orphaned", (getter)Repository_head_is_orphaned, NULL,
+     Repository_head_is_orphaned_doc},
+    {"is_empty", (getter)Repository_is_empty, NULL,
+     Repository_is_empty_doc},
+    {"is_bare", (getter)Repository_is_bare, NULL,
+     Repository_is_bare_doc},
     {"config", (getter)Repository_get_config, NULL,
      "Get the configuration file for this repository.\n\n"
      "If a configuration file has not been set, the default "
diff --git a/test/data/emptyrepo.tar b/test/data/emptyrepo.tar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8584ee7
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/data/emptyrepo.tar differ
diff --git a/test/test_repository.py b/test/test_repository.py
index 5f38322..c2c05ec 100644
--- a/test/test_repository.py
+++ b/test/test_repository.py
@@ -47,10 +47,18 @@ A_BIN_SHA = binascii.unhexlify(A_HEX_SHA.encode('ascii'))
 
 class RepositoryTest(utils.BareRepoTestCase):
 
+    def test_is_empty(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.repo.is_empty)
+
+    def test_is_bare(self):
+        self.assertTrue(self.repo.is_bare)
+
     def test_head(self):
         head = self.repo.head
         self.assertEqual(HEAD_SHA, head.hex)
         self.assertEqual(type(head), Commit)
+        self.assertFalse(self.repo.head_is_orphaned)
+        self.assertFalse(self.repo.head_is_detached)
 
     def test_read(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.repo.read, 123)
@@ -135,6 +143,12 @@ class RepositoryTest(utils.BareRepoTestCase):
 
 class RepositoryTest_II(utils.RepoTestCase):
 
+    def test_is_empty(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.repo.is_empty)
+
+    def test_is_bare(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.repo.is_bare)
+
     def test_get_path(self):
         directory = realpath(self.repo.path)
         expected = realpath(join(self._temp_dir, 'testrepo', '.git'))
@@ -163,5 +177,18 @@ class DiscoverRepositoryTest(utils.NoRepoTestCase):
         os.makedirs(subdir)
         self.assertEqual(repo.path, discover_repository(subdir))
 
+class EmptyRepositoryTest(utils.EmptyRepoTestCase):
+
+    def test_is_empty(self):
+        self.assertTrue(self.repo.is_empty)
+
+    def test_is_base(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.repo.is_bare)
+
+    def test_head(self):
+        self.assertTrue(self.repo.head_is_orphaned)
+        self.assertFalse(self.repo.head_is_detached)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/test/utils.py b/test/utils.py
index 56f84ea..36eb238 100644
--- a/test/utils.py
+++ b/test/utils.py
@@ -128,3 +128,8 @@ class RepoTestCase(NoRepoTestCase):
 class DirtyRepoTestCase(RepoTestCase):
 
     repo_dir = 'dirtyrepo'
+
+
+class EmptyRepoTestCase(RepoTestCase):
+
+    repo_dir = 'emptyrepo'