diff --git a/gix-hash/src/kind.rs b/gix-hash/src/kind.rs
index 5c7a0316b8d..de787b417fd 100644
--- a/gix-hash/src/kind.rs
+++ b/gix-hash/src/kind.rs
@@ -113,4 +113,16 @@ impl Kind {
             Kind::Sha1 => ObjectId::null_sha1(),
         }
     }
+
+    /// The hash of an empty blob.
+    #[inline]
+    pub const fn empty_blob(&self) -> ObjectId {
+        ObjectId::empty_blob(*self)
+    }
+
+    /// The hash of an empty tree.
+    #[inline]
+    pub const fn empty_tree(&self) -> ObjectId {
+        ObjectId::empty_tree(*self)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/gix-hash/tests/hash/kind.rs b/gix-hash/tests/hash/kind.rs
index 300a679fd2c..ec5bf3f1737 100644
--- a/gix-hash/tests/hash/kind.rs
+++ b/gix-hash/tests/hash/kind.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use gix_hash::{Kind, ObjectId};
+
 mod from_hex_len {
     use gix_hash::Kind;
 
@@ -14,3 +16,15 @@ mod from_hex_len {
         assert_eq!(Kind::from_hex_len(65), None);
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn empty_blob() {
+    let sha1 = Kind::Sha1;
+    assert_eq!(sha1.empty_blob(), ObjectId::empty_blob(sha1));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn empty_tree() {
+    let sha1 = Kind::Sha1;
+    assert_eq!(sha1.empty_tree(), ObjectId::empty_tree(sha1));
+}