diff --git a/src/blob.c b/src/blob.c
index 465d8d6..1d41a22 100644
--- a/src/blob.c
+++ b/src/blob.c
@@ -41,12 +41,24 @@ Blob_size__get__(Blob *self)
 }
 
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(Blob_binary__doc__, "Binary.");
+
+PyObject *
+Blob_binary__get__(Blob *self)
+{
+    if (git_blob_is_binary(self->blob))
+        Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+    Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+}
+
+
 PyDoc_STRVAR(Blob_data__doc__,
   "The contents of the blob, a bytes string. This is the same as\n"
   "Blob.read_raw()");
 
 PyGetSetDef Blob_getseters[] = {
     GETTER(Blob, size),
+    GETTER(Blob, binary),
     {"data", (getter)Object_read_raw, NULL, Blob_data__doc__, NULL},
     {NULL}
 };
diff --git a/test/test_blob.py b/test/test_blob.py
index 2f52596..d1a6897 100644
--- a/test/test_blob.py
+++ b/test/test_blob.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class BlobTest(utils.RepoTestCase):
         sha = blob.oid.hex
         self.assertEqual(sha, BLOB_SHA)
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(blob, pygit2.Blob))
+        self.assertFalse(blob.binary)
         self.assertEqual(pygit2.GIT_OBJ_BLOB, blob.type)
         self.assertEqual(BLOB_CONTENT, blob.data)
         self.assertEqual(len(BLOB_CONTENT), blob.size)