diff --git a/contrib/git-viz/git-cat-file b/contrib/git-viz/git-cat-file
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/git-viz/git-cat-file
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+op=`basename $0 | sed -e 's/^git-//'`
+exec hgit $op "$@"
+