diff --git a/contrib/scalar/scalar.c b/contrib/scalar/scalar.c
index f745519038..28176914e5 100644
--- a/contrib/scalar/scalar.c
+++ b/contrib/scalar/scalar.c
@@ -618,6 +618,60 @@ static int dir_file_stats(struct object_directory *object_dir, void *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int count_files(char *path)
+{
+	DIR *dir = opendir(path);
+	struct dirent *e;
+	int count = 0;
+
+	if (!dir)
+		return 0;
+
+	while ((e = readdir(dir)) != NULL)
+		if (!is_dot_or_dotdot(e->d_name) && e->d_type == DT_REG)
+			count++;
+
+	closedir(dir);
+	return count;
+}
+
+static void loose_objs_stats(struct strbuf *buf, const char *path)
+{
+	DIR *dir = opendir(path);
+	struct dirent *e;
+	int count;
+	int total = 0;
+	unsigned char c;
+	struct strbuf count_path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	size_t base_path_len;
+
+	if (!dir)
+		return;
+
+	strbuf_addstr(buf, "Object directory stats for ");
+	strbuf_add_absolute_path(buf, path);
+	strbuf_addstr(buf, ":\n");
+
+	strbuf_add_absolute_path(&count_path, path);
+	strbuf_addch(&count_path, '/');
+	base_path_len = count_path.len;
+
+	while ((e = readdir(dir)) != NULL)
+		if (!is_dot_or_dotdot(e->d_name) &&
+		    e->d_type == DT_DIR && strlen(e->d_name) == 2 &&
+		    !hex_to_bytes(&c, e->d_name, 1)) {
+			strbuf_setlen(&count_path, base_path_len);
+			strbuf_addstr(&count_path, e->d_name);
+			total += (count = count_files(count_path.buf));
+			strbuf_addf(buf, "%s : %7d files\n", e->d_name, count);
+		}
+
+	strbuf_addf(buf, "Total: %d loose objects", total);
+
+	strbuf_release(&count_path);
+	closedir(dir);
+}
+
 static int cmd_diagnose(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	struct option options[] = {
@@ -686,6 +740,11 @@ static int cmd_diagnose(int argc, const char **argv)
 	foreach_alt_odb(dir_file_stats, &buf);
 	strvec_push(&archiver_args, buf.buf);
 
+	strbuf_reset(&buf);
+	strbuf_addstr(&buf, "--add-virtual-file=objects-local.txt:");
+	loose_objs_stats(&buf, ".git/objects");
+	strvec_push(&archiver_args, buf.buf);
+
 	if ((res = add_directory_to_archiver(&archiver_args, ".git", 0)) ||
 	    (res = add_directory_to_archiver(&archiver_args, ".git/hooks", 0)) ||
 	    (res = add_directory_to_archiver(&archiver_args, ".git/info", 0)) ||
diff --git a/contrib/scalar/t/t9099-scalar.sh b/contrib/scalar/t/t9099-scalar.sh
index 2603e2278f..10b1172a8a 100755
--- a/contrib/scalar/t/t9099-scalar.sh
+++ b/contrib/scalar/t/t9099-scalar.sh
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ test_expect_success UNZIP 'scalar diagnose' '
 	scalar clone "file://$(pwd)" cloned --single-branch &&
 	git repack &&
 	echo "$(pwd)/.git/objects/" >>cloned/src/.git/objects/info/alternates &&
+	test_commit -C cloned/src loose &&
 	scalar diagnose cloned >out 2>err &&
 	grep "Available space" out &&
 	sed -n "s/.*$SQ\\(.*\\.zip\\)$SQ.*/\\1/p" <err >zip_path &&
@@ -114,7 +115,9 @@ test_expect_success UNZIP 'scalar diagnose' '
 	unzip -p "$zip_path" diagnostics.log >out &&
 	test_file_not_empty out &&
 	unzip -p "$zip_path" packs-local.txt >out &&
-	grep "$(pwd)/.git/objects" out
+	grep "$(pwd)/.git/objects" out &&
+	unzip -p "$zip_path" objects-local.txt >out &&
+	grep "^Total: [1-9]" out
 '
 
 test_done