diff --git a/lib/src/bindings/graph.dart b/lib/src/bindings/graph.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06d9f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/bindings/graph.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import 'dart:ffi';
+import 'package:ffi/ffi.dart';
+import 'libgit2_bindings.dart';
+import '../error.dart';
+import '../util.dart';
+
+/// Determine if a commit is the descendant of another commit.
+///
+/// Note that a commit is not considered a descendant of itself, in contrast to
+/// `git merge-base --is-ancestor`.
+///
+/// Throws a [LibGit2Error] if error occured.
+bool descendantOf({
+  required Pointer<git_repository> repoPointer,
+  required Pointer<git_oid> commitPointer,
+  required Pointer<git_oid> ancestorPointer,
+}) {
+  final result = libgit2.git_graph_descendant_of(
+    repoPointer,
+    commitPointer,
+    ancestorPointer,
+  );
+
+  if (result < 0) {
+    throw LibGit2Error(libgit2.git_error_last());
+  } else {
+    return result == 1 ? true : false;
+  }
+}
+
+/// Count the number of unique commits between two commit objects.
+///
+/// There is no need for branches containing the commits to have any upstream relationship,
+/// but it helps to think of one as a branch and the other as its upstream, the ahead and
+/// behind values will be what git would report for the branches.
+List<int> aheadBehind({
+  required Pointer<git_repository> repoPointer,
+  required Pointer<git_oid> localPointer,
+  required Pointer<git_oid> upstreamPointer,
+}) {
+  final ahead = calloc<Uint64>();
+  final behind = calloc<Uint64>();
+
+  libgit2.git_graph_ahead_behind(
+    ahead,
+    behind,
+    repoPointer,
+    localPointer,
+    upstreamPointer,
+  );
+
+  return [ahead.value, behind.value];
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/odb.dart b/lib/src/odb.dart
index 1cba960..5d4fe46 100644
--- a/lib/src/odb.dart
+++ b/lib/src/odb.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import 'dart:ffi';
 import 'package:libgit2dart/libgit2dart.dart';
-import 'package:libgit2dart/src/git_types.dart';
-
 import 'bindings/libgit2_bindings.dart';
 import 'bindings/odb.dart' as bindings;
 import 'oid.dart';
diff --git a/lib/src/repository.dart b/lib/src/repository.dart
index 145dead..35eb2f8 100644
--- a/lib/src/repository.dart
+++ b/lib/src/repository.dart
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import 'bindings/reset.dart' as reset_bindings;
 import 'bindings/diff.dart' as diff_bindings;
 import 'bindings/stash.dart' as stash_bindings;
 import 'bindings/attr.dart' as attr_bindings;
+import 'bindings/graph.dart' as graph_bindings;
 import 'branch.dart';
 import 'commit.dart';
 import 'config.dart';
@@ -1181,4 +1182,40 @@ class Repository {
       force: force,
     );
   }
+
+  /// Checks if a commit is the descendant of another commit.
+  ///
+  /// Note that a commit is not considered a descendant of itself, in contrast to
+  /// `git merge-base --is-ancestor`.
+  ///
+  /// Throws a [LibGit2Error] if error occured.
+  bool descendantOf({required String commitSHA, required String ancestorSHA}) {
+    final commit = Oid.fromSHA(repo: this, sha: commitSHA);
+    final ancestor = Oid.fromSHA(repo: this, sha: ancestorSHA);
+
+    return graph_bindings.descendantOf(
+      repoPointer: _repoPointer,
+      commitPointer: commit.pointer,
+      ancestorPointer: ancestor.pointer,
+    );
+  }
+
+  /// Returns list with the `ahead` and `behind` number of unique commits respectively.
+  ///
+  /// There is no need for branches containing the commits to have any upstream relationship,
+  /// but it helps to think of one as a branch and the other as its upstream, the ahead and
+  /// behind values will be what git would report for the branches.
+  List<int> aheadBehind({
+    required String localSHA,
+    required String upstreamSHA,
+  }) {
+    final local = Oid.fromSHA(repo: this, sha: localSHA);
+    final upstream = Oid.fromSHA(repo: this, sha: upstreamSHA);
+
+    return graph_bindings.aheadBehind(
+      repoPointer: _repoPointer,
+      localPointer: local.pointer,
+      upstreamPointer: upstream.pointer,
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/repository_test.dart b/test/repository_test.dart
index 0b1d82b..18606d0 100644
--- a/test/repository_test.dart
+++ b/test/repository_test.dart
@@ -251,5 +251,58 @@ void main() {
       expect(repo.getAttribute(path: 'file.jpg', name: 'text'), false);
       expect(repo.getAttribute(path: 'file.sh', name: 'eol'), 'lf');
     });
+
+    test('checks if commit is a descendant of another commit', () {
+      final commit1 = repo['821ed6e8'] as Commit;
+      final commit2 = repo['78b8bf12'] as Commit;
+
+      expect(
+        repo.descendantOf(
+          commitSHA: commit1.id.sha,
+          ancestorSHA: commit2.id.sha,
+        ),
+        true,
+      );
+
+      expect(
+        repo.descendantOf(
+          commitSHA: commit1.id.sha,
+          ancestorSHA: commit1.id.sha,
+        ),
+        false,
+      );
+
+      expect(
+        repo.descendantOf(
+          commitSHA: commit2.id.sha,
+          ancestorSHA: commit1.id.sha,
+        ),
+        false,
+      );
+
+      commit1.free();
+      commit2.free();
+    });
+
+    test('returns number of ahead behind commits', () {
+      final commit1 = repo['821ed6e8'] as Commit;
+      final commit2 = repo['c68ff54a'] as Commit;
+
+      expect(
+        repo.aheadBehind(localSHA: commit1.id.sha, upstreamSHA: commit2.id.sha),
+        [4, 0],
+      );
+      expect(
+        repo.aheadBehind(localSHA: commit2.id.sha, upstreamSHA: commit1.id.sha),
+        [0, 4],
+      );
+      expect(
+        repo.aheadBehind(localSHA: commit1.id.sha, upstreamSHA: commit1.id.sha),
+        [0, 0],
+      );
+
+      commit1.free();
+      commit2.free();
+    });
   });
 }