diff --git a/src/libgit2/status.c b/src/libgit2/status.c
index df0f7450731..771c90843f4 100644
--- a/src/libgit2/status.c
+++ b/src/libgit2/status.c
@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ static int status_validate_options(const git_status_options *opts)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int is_ignored_delta(const git_vector *deltas, size_t idx, void *p)
+{
+	GIT_UNUSED(p);
+	git_diff_delta *delta = deltas->contents[idx];
+	return delta->old_file.skip_worktree && delta->status == GIT_DELTA_DELETED;
+}
+
+
 int git_status_list_new(
 	git_status_list **out,
 	git_repository *repo,
@@ -355,6 +363,8 @@ int git_status_list_new(
 			goto done;
 		}
 
+		git_vector_remove_matching(&status->idx2wd->deltas, is_ignored_delta, NULL);
+
 		if ((flags & GIT_STATUS_OPT_RENAMES_INDEX_TO_WORKDIR) != 0 &&
 			(error = git_diff_find_similar(status->idx2wd, &findopt)) < 0)
 			goto done;
diff --git a/tests/libgit2/sparse/status.c b/tests/libgit2/sparse/status.c
index fb77534ea89..c39df694d0b 100644
--- a/tests/libgit2/sparse/status.c
+++ b/tests/libgit2/sparse/status.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "clar_libgit2.h"
 #include "futils.h"
 #include "git2/attr.h"
+#include "attr_file.h"
 #include "sparse.h"
 #include "status/status_helpers.h"
 
@@ -71,8 +72,6 @@ void test_sparse_status__cache_attr(void)
 	git_sparse_checkout_init_options scopts = GIT_SPARSE_CHECKOUT_INIT_OPTIONS_INIT;
 	g_repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("sparse");
 
-	clar__skip();
-
 	cl_git_pass(git_sparse_checkout_init(g_repo, &scopts));
 
 	git_attr_cache_flush(g_repo);
@@ -227,6 +226,20 @@ void test_sparse_status__append_file(void)
 		assert_checkout(one_test->expected, one_test->path);
 }
 
+void test_sparse_status__reapply(void)
+{
+	status_entry_single st;
+	git_sparse_checkout_init_options scopts = GIT_SPARSE_CHECKOUT_INIT_OPTIONS_INIT;
+	g_repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("sparse");
+
+	cl_assert(git_fs_path_exists("sparse/file1"));
+	cl_assert(git_fs_path_exists("sparse/a/file3"));
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_sparse_checkout_init(g_repo, &scopts));
+
+	cl_assert(git_fs_path_exists("sparse/file1"));
+	cl_assert(!git_fs_path_exists("sparse/a/file3"));
+}
 
 void test_sparse_status__clean(void)
 {
@@ -234,7 +247,9 @@ void test_sparse_status__clean(void)
 	git_sparse_checkout_init_options scopts = GIT_SPARSE_CHECKOUT_INIT_OPTIONS_INIT;
 	g_repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("sparse");
 
-	clar__skip();
+	memset(&st, 0, sizeof(st));
+	cl_git_pass(git_status_foreach(g_repo, cb_status__single, &st));
+	cl_assert_equal_i(0, st.count);
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_sparse_checkout_init(g_repo, &scopts));
 	
@@ -266,8 +281,6 @@ void test_sparse_status__new_file(void)
 	git_sparse_checkout_init_options scopts = GIT_SPARSE_CHECKOUT_INIT_OPTIONS_INIT;
 	g_repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("sparse");
 
-	clar__skip();
-
 	cl_git_pass(git_sparse_checkout_init(g_repo, &scopts));
 	
 	cl_git_mkfile("sparse/newfile", "/hello world\n");
@@ -285,8 +298,6 @@ void test_sparse_status__new_file_new_folder(void)
 	git_sparse_checkout_init_options scopts = GIT_SPARSE_CHECKOUT_INIT_OPTIONS_INIT;
 	g_repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("sparse");
 
-	clar__skip();
-
 	cl_git_pass(git_sparse_checkout_init(g_repo, &scopts));
 	
 	cl_must_pass(git_futils_mkdir("sparse/new", 0777, 0));
@@ -305,8 +316,6 @@ void test_sparse_status__new_file_sparse_folder(void)
 	git_sparse_checkout_init_options scopts = GIT_SPARSE_CHECKOUT_INIT_OPTIONS_INIT;
 	g_repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("sparse");
 
-	clar__skip();
-
 	cl_git_pass(git_sparse_checkout_init(g_repo, &scopts));
 	
 	cl_must_pass(git_futils_mkdir("sparse/a", 0777, 0));
@@ -325,15 +334,13 @@ void test_sparse_status__new_sparse_file_sparse_folder(void)
 	git_sparse_checkout_init_options scopts = GIT_SPARSE_CHECKOUT_INIT_OPTIONS_INIT;
 	g_repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("sparse");
 
-	clar__skip();
-
 	cl_git_pass(git_sparse_checkout_init(g_repo, &scopts));
 	
 	cl_must_pass(git_futils_mkdir("sparse/a", 0777, 0));
 	cl_git_mkfile("sparse/a/file3", "/hello world\n");
 	memset(&st, 0, sizeof(st));
 	cl_git_pass(git_status_foreach(g_repo, cb_status__single, &st));
-	cl_assert_equal_i(0, st.count);
+	cl_assert_equal_i(1, st.count);
 	
 	refute_is_checkout("new/newfile");
 }