diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/sh-rugged-commit-tree-entry.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/sh-rugged-commit-tree-entry.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bcefa2c7112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/sh-rugged-commit-tree-entry.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Bring back Rugged implementation of commit_tree_entry
+merge_request: 25896
+author:
+type: other
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/commit.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/commit.rb
index 491e4b47196..e5bbd500e98 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/commit.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/commit.rb
@@ -314,11 +314,16 @@ module Gitlab
       def tree_entry(path)
         return unless path.present?
 
+        commit_tree_entry(path)
+      end
+
+      def commit_tree_entry(path)
         # We're only interested in metadata, so limit actual data to 1 byte
         # since Gitaly doesn't support "send no data" option.
         entry = @repository.gitaly_commit_client.tree_entry(id, path, 1)
         return unless entry
 
+        # To be compatible with the rugged format
         entry = entry.to_h
         entry.delete(:data)
         entry[:name] = File.basename(path)
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/rugged_impl/commit.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/rugged_impl/commit.rb
index 251802878c3..f6777dfa0c3 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/rugged_impl/commit.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/rugged_impl/commit.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,30 @@ module Gitlab
           end
         end
 
+        override :commit_tree_entry
+        def commit_tree_entry(path)
+          if Feature.enabled?(:rugged_commit_tree_entry)
+            rugged_tree_entry(path)
+          else
+            super
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Is this the same as Blob.find_entry_by_path ?
+        def rugged_tree_entry(path)
+          rugged_commit.tree.path(path)
+        rescue Rugged::TreeError
+          nil
+        end
+
+        def rugged_commit
+          @rugged_commit ||= if raw_commit.is_a?(Rugged::Commit)
+                               raw_commit
+                             else
+                               @repository.rev_parse_target(id)
+                             end
+        end
+
         def init_from_rugged(commit)
           author = commit.author
           committer = commit.committer
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/rugged_impl/repository.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/rugged_impl/repository.rb
index fe0120b1199..c0a91f59ab9 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/rugged_impl/repository.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/rugged_impl/repository.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Gitlab
       module Repository
         extend ::Gitlab::Utils::Override
 
-        FEATURE_FLAGS = %i(rugged_find_commit rugged_tree_entries rugged_tree_entry rugged_commit_is_ancestor).freeze
+        FEATURE_FLAGS = %i(rugged_find_commit rugged_tree_entries rugged_tree_entry rugged_commit_is_ancestor rugged_commit_tree_entry).freeze
 
         def alternate_object_directories
           relative_object_directories.map { |d| File.join(path, d) }
diff --git a/spec/models/commit_spec.rb b/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
index baad8352185..9d4e18534ae 100644
--- a/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ eos
     end
   end
 
-  describe '#uri_type' do
+  shared_examples '#uri_type' do
     it 'returns the URI type at the given path' do
       expect(commit.uri_type('files/html')).to be(:tree)
       expect(commit.uri_type('files/images/logo-black.png')).to be(:raw)
@@ -561,6 +561,20 @@ eos
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#uri_type with Gitaly enabled' do
+    it_behaves_like "#uri_type"
+  end
+
+  describe '#uri_type with Rugged enabled', :enable_rugged do
+    it 'calls out to the Rugged implementation' do
+      allow_any_instance_of(Rugged::Tree).to receive(:path).with('files/html').and_call_original
+
+      commit.uri_type('files/html')
+    end
+
+    it_behaves_like '#uri_type'
+  end
+
   describe '.from_hash' do
     let(:new_commit) { described_class.from_hash(commit.to_hash, project) }