diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 30c367e..80412b9 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' line; do
   # handle adds (A), modifications (M), and type changes (T):
   [[ "$tree_status" =~ A|M|T || "$index_status" =~ A|M|T ]] && adds+=("$filename")
 
+  # handle untracked files (??):
+  # https://github.com/planetscale/ghcommit-action/issues/43#issuecomment-1950986790
+  [[ "$tree_status" == "?" && "$index_status" == "?" ]] && adds+=("$filename")
+
   # handle deletes (D):
   [[ "$tree_status" =~ D || "$index_status" =~ D ]] && deletes+=("$filename")
 
diff --git a/tests/entrypoint.bats b/tests/entrypoint.bats
index 4f5e9ff..3787350 100644
--- a/tests/entrypoint.bats
+++ b/tests/entrypoint.bats
@@ -77,3 +77,26 @@ setup() {
   assert_file_exist "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
   assert_file_contains "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" "commit-url=https://localhost/foo"
 }
+
+@test "handles untracked files" {
+  local commit_message='msg'
+  local repo='org/repo'
+  local branch='main'
+  local empty='false'
+  local file_pattern='.'
+
+  export GITHUB_OUTPUT="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/github-output"
+
+  stub git \
+    "config --global --add safe.directory $GITHUB_WORKSPACE : echo stubbed" \
+    "status -s --porcelain=v1 -z -- . : cat ./tests/fixtures/git-status.out-2 | tr '\n' '\0'"
+
+  stub ghcommit \
+    '-b main -r org/repo -m msg --add=untracked.txt --add=new-file.md --add=modified.txt : echo Success. New commit: https://localhost/bar'
+
+  run ./entrypoint.sh "$commit_message" "$repo" "$branch" "$empty" "$file_pattern"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output --partial "Success"
+  assert_file_exist "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+  assert_file_contains "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" "commit-url=https://localhost/bar"
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/git-status.out-2 b/tests/fixtures/git-status.out-2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6697c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/git-status.out-2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+?? untracked.txt
+?? new-file.md
+ M modified.txt