diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 35cd6e25c..22f325922 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -1014,6 +1014,11 @@ class Coder:
             if blob.type == "blob":  # blob is a file
                 files.append(blob.path)
 
+        # Add staged files
+        index = self.repo.index
+        staged_files = [item.a_path for item in index.diff("HEAD")]
+        files.extend(staged_files)
+
         # convert to appropriate os.sep, since git always normalizes to /
         res = set(str(Path(PurePosixPath(path))) for path in files)