diff --git a/integrations/pull_create_test.go b/integrations/pull_create_test.go
index c392ecc18d..00a23a29e0 100644
--- a/integrations/pull_create_test.go
+++ b/integrations/pull_create_test.go
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ func testPullCreate(t *testing.T, session *TestSession, user, repo, branch strin
 	})
 	resp = session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusFound)
 
-	//TODO check the redirected URL
-
 	return resp
 }
 
@@ -49,5 +47,16 @@ func TestPullCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	session := loginUser(t, "user1")
 	testRepoFork(t, session, "user2", "repo1", "user1", "repo1")
 	testEditFile(t, session, "user1", "repo1", "master", "README.md", "Hello, World (Edited)\n")
-	testPullCreate(t, session, "user1", "repo1", "master")
+	resp := testPullCreate(t, session, "user1", "repo1", "master")
+
+	// check the redirected URL
+	url := resp.HeaderMap.Get("Location")
+	assert.Regexp(t, "^/user2/repo1/pulls/[0-9]*$", url)
+
+	// check .diff can be accessed and matches performed change
+	req := NewRequest(t, "GET", url+".diff")
+	resp = session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
+	assert.Regexp(t, "\\+Hello, World \\(Edited\\)", resp.Body)
+	assert.Regexp(t, "^diff", resp.Body)
+	assert.NotRegexp(t, "diff.*diff", resp.Body) // not two diffs, just one
 }
diff --git a/models/repo.go b/models/repo.go
index f8057b7510..29fd39ca99 100644
--- a/models/repo.go
+++ b/models/repo.go
@@ -570,7 +570,9 @@ func (repo *Repository) GetMirror() (err error) {
 	return err
 }
 
-// GetBaseRepo returns the base repository
+// GetBaseRepo populates repo.BaseRepo for a fork repository and
+// returns an error on failure (NOTE: no error is returned for
+// non-fork repositories, and BaseRepo will be left untouched)
 func (repo *Repository) GetBaseRepo() (err error) {
 	if !repo.IsFork {
 		return nil
diff --git a/routers/repo/pull.go b/routers/repo/pull.go
index 5575009af4..6162df9651 100644
--- a/routers/repo/pull.go
+++ b/routers/repo/pull.go
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-// Copyright 2014 The Gogs Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2018 The Gitea Authors.
+// Copyright 2014 The Gogs Authors.
+// All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
@@ -991,3 +993,37 @@ func CleanUpPullRequest(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 	ctx.Flash.Success(ctx.Tr("repo.branch.deletion_success", fullBranchName))
 }
+
+// DownloadPullDiff render a pull's raw diff
+func DownloadPullDiff(ctx *context.Context) {
+	issue, err := models.GetIssueByIndex(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.ParamsInt64(":index"))
+	if err != nil {
+		if models.IsErrIssueNotExist(err) {
+			ctx.Handle(404, "GetIssueByIndex", err)
+		} else {
+			ctx.Handle(500, "GetIssueByIndex", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Redirect elsewhere if it's not a pull request
+	if !issue.IsPull {
+		ctx.Handle(404, "DownloadPullDiff",
+			fmt.Errorf("Issue is not a pull request"))
+		return
+	}
+
+	pr := issue.PullRequest
+
+	if err = pr.GetBaseRepo(); err != nil {
+		ctx.Handle(500, "GetBaseRepo", err)
+		return
+	}
+	patch, err := pr.BaseRepo.PatchPath(pr.Index)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Handle(500, "PatchPath", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	ctx.ServeFileContent(patch)
+}
diff --git a/routers/routes/routes.go b/routers/routes/routes.go
index cdbbd22801..4293cca6c9 100644
--- a/routers/routes/routes.go
+++ b/routers/routes/routes.go
@@ -624,6 +624,7 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *macaron.Macaron) {
 		}, repo.MustBeNotBare, context.RepoRef(), context.CheckUnit(models.UnitTypeCode))
 
 		m.Group("/pulls/:index", func() {
+			m.Get(".diff", repo.DownloadPullDiff)
 			m.Get("/commits", context.RepoRef(), repo.ViewPullCommits)
 			m.Get("/files", context.RepoRef(), repo.SetEditorconfigIfExists, repo.SetDiffViewStyle, repo.ViewPullFiles)
 			m.Post("/merge", reqRepoWriter, repo.MergePullRequest)