diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 58a0a3c8944..d8d878c45c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ v 8.3.0 (unreleased)
   - Add API endpoint to fetch merge request commits list
   - Expose events API with comment information and author info
 
+v 8.2.3
+  - Webhook payload has an added, modified and removed properties for each commit
+
 v 8.2.2
   - Fix 404 in redirection after removing a project (Stan Hu)
   - Ensure cached application settings are refreshed at startup (Stan Hu)
diff --git a/app/models/commit.rb b/app/models/commit.rb
index 492f6be1ce3..912b4dedf51 100644
--- a/app/models/commit.rb
+++ b/app/models/commit.rb
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ class Commit
       author: {
         name: author_name,
         email: author_email
-      }
+      },
+      added: repo_changes[:added],
+      modified: repo_changes[:modified],
+      removed: repo_changes[:removed]
     }
   end
 
@@ -196,4 +199,23 @@ class Commit
   def status
     ci_commit.try(:status) || :not_found
   end
+
+  private
+
+  def repo_changes
+    changes = { added: [], modified: [], removed: [] }
+
+    diffs.each do |diff|
+      case true
+      when diff.deleted_file
+        changes[:removed] << diff.old_path
+      when diff.renamed_file, diff.new_file
+        changes[:added] << diff.new_path
+      else
+        changes[:modified] << diff.new_path
+      end
+    end
+
+    changes
+  end
 end
diff --git a/doc/web_hooks/web_hooks.md b/doc/web_hooks/web_hooks.md
index 7d838187a26..03746dd9df3 100644
--- a/doc/web_hooks/web_hooks.md
+++ b/doc/web_hooks/web_hooks.md
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Push Hook
         "name": "Jordi Mallach",
         "email": "jordi@softcatala.org"
       }
+      "added": ["CHANGELOG"],
+      "modified": ["app/controller/application.rb"],
+      "removed": []
     },
     {
       "id": "da1560886d4f094c3e6c9ef40349f7d38b5d27d7",
@@ -66,13 +69,14 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Push Hook
       "author": {
         "name": "GitLab dev user",
         "email": "gitlabdev@dv6700.(none)"
-      }
+      },
+      "added": ["CHANGELOG"],
+      "modified": ["app/controller/application.rb"],
+      "removed": []
     }
   ],
-  "total_commits_count": 4,
-  "added": ["CHANGELOG"],
-  "modified": ["app/controller/application.rb"],
-  "removed": []
+  "total_commits_count": 4
+  
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/push_data_builder.rb b/lib/gitlab/push_data_builder.rb
index fa068d50763..cdcdb02a052 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/push_data_builder.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/push_data_builder.rb
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ module Gitlab
       #     homepage: String,
       #   },
       #   commits: Array,
-      #   total_commits_count: Fixnum,
-      #   added: ["CHANGELOG"],
-      #   modified: [],
-      #   removed: ["tmp/file.txt"]
+      #   total_commits_count: Fixnum
       # }
       #
       def build(project, user, oldrev, newrev, ref, commits = [], message = nil)
@@ -37,7 +34,6 @@ module Gitlab
 
         type = Gitlab::Git.tag_ref?(ref) ? "tag_push" : "push"
 
-        repo_changes = repo_changes(project, newrev, oldrev)
         # Hash to be passed as post_receive_data
         data = {
           object_kind: type,
@@ -60,10 +56,7 @@ module Gitlab
             visibility_level: project.visibility_level
           },
           commits: commit_attrs,
-          total_commits_count: commits_count,
-          added: repo_changes[:added],
-          modified: repo_changes[:modified],
-          removed: repo_changes[:removed]
+          total_commits_count: commits_count
         }
 
         data
@@ -94,27 +87,6 @@ module Gitlab
           newrev
         end
       end
-
-      def repo_changes(project, newrev, oldrev)
-        changes = { added: [], modified: [], removed: [] }
-        compare_result = CompareService.new.
-          execute(project, newrev, project, oldrev)
-
-        if compare_result
-          compare_result.diffs.each do |diff|
-            case true
-            when diff.deleted_file
-              changes[:removed] << diff.old_path
-            when diff.renamed_file, diff.new_file
-              changes[:added] << diff.new_path
-            else
-              changes[:modified] << diff.new_path
-            end
-          end
-        end
-
-        changes
-      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/push_data_builder_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/push_data_builder_spec.rb
index 02710742625..2170399ab5c 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/push_data_builder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/push_data_builder_spec.rb
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ describe 'Gitlab::PushDataBuilder' do
     it { expect(data[:repository][:git_ssh_url]).to eq(project.ssh_url_to_repo) }
     it { expect(data[:repository][:visibility_level]).to eq(project.visibility_level) }
     it { expect(data[:total_commits_count]).to eq(3) }
-    it { expect(data[:added]).to eq(["gitlab-grack"]) }
-    it { expect(data[:modified]).to eq([".gitmodules", "files/ruby/popen.rb", "files/ruby/regex.rb"]) }
-    it { expect(data[:removed]).to eq([]) }
+    it { expect(data[:commits].first[:added]).to eq(["gitlab-grack"]) }
+    it { expect(data[:commits].first[:modified]).to eq([".gitmodules"]) }
+    it { expect(data[:commits].first[:removed]).to eq([]) }
   end
 
   describe :build do
@@ -38,8 +38,5 @@ describe 'Gitlab::PushDataBuilder' do
     it { expect(data[:ref]).to eq('refs/tags/v1.1.0') }
     it { expect(data[:commits]).to be_empty }
     it { expect(data[:total_commits_count]).to be_zero }
-    it { expect(data[:added]).to eq([]) }
-    it { expect(data[:modified]).to eq([]) }
-    it { expect(data[:removed]).to eq([]) }
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/commit_spec.rb b/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
index 90be9324951..b417bc98fa7 100644
--- a/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
@@ -100,4 +100,15 @@ eos
     # Include the subject in the repository stub.
     let(:extra_commits) { [subject] }
   end
+
+  describe '#hook_attrs' do
+    let(:data) { commit.hook_attrs }
+
+    it { expect(data).to be_a(Hash) }
+    it { expect(data[:message]).to include('Add submodule from gitlab.com') }
+    it { expect(data[:timestamp]).to eq('2014-02-27T11:01:38+02:00') }
+    it { expect(data[:added]).to eq(["gitlab-grack"]) }
+    it { expect(data[:modified]).to eq([".gitmodules"]) }
+    it { expect(data[:removed]).to eq([]) }
+  end
 end