diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/pages/projects/tree/show/index.js b/app/assets/javascripts/pages/projects/tree/show/index.js
index 28a0160f47d..c4b3356e478 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/pages/projects/tree/show/index.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/pages/projects/tree/show/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import Vue from 'vue';
+import commitPipelineStatus from '~/projects/tree/components/commit_pipeline_status_component.vue';
 import TreeView from '../../../../tree';
 import ShortcutsNavigation from '../../../../shortcuts_navigation';
 import BlobViewer from '../../../../blob/viewer';
@@ -11,5 +13,25 @@ export default () => {
   new NewCommitForm($('.js-create-dir-form')); // eslint-disable-line no-new
   $('#tree-slider').waitForImages(() =>
     ajaxGet(document.querySelector('.js-tree-content').dataset.logsPath));
+
+  const commitPipelineStatusEl = document.getElementById('commit-pipeline-status');
+  const statusLink = document.querySelector('.commit-actions .ci-status-link');
+  if (statusLink != null) {
+    statusLink.remove();
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-new
+    new Vue({
+      el: commitPipelineStatusEl,
+      components: {
+        commitPipelineStatus,
+      },
+      render(createElement) {
+        return createElement('commit-pipeline-status', {
+          props: {
+            endpoint: commitPipelineStatusEl.dataset.endpoint,
+          },
+        });
+      },
+    });
+  }
 };
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/projects/tree/components/commit_pipeline_status_component.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/projects/tree/components/commit_pipeline_status_component.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63f20a0041d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/projects/tree/components/commit_pipeline_status_component.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+<script>
+  import Visibility from 'visibilityjs';
+  import ciIcon from '~/vue_shared/components/ci_icon.vue';
+  import loadingIcon from '~/vue_shared/components/loading_icon.vue';
+  import Poll from '~/lib/utils/poll';
+  import Flash from '~/flash';
+  import { s__, sprintf } from '~/locale';
+  import tooltip from '~/vue_shared/directives/tooltip';
+  import CommitPipelineService from '../services/commit_pipeline_service';
+
+  export default {
+    directives: {
+      tooltip,
+    },
+    components: {
+      ciIcon,
+      loadingIcon,
+    },
+    props: {
+      endpoint: {
+        type: String,
+        required: true,
+      },
+      /* This prop can be used to replace some of the `render_commit_status`
+      used across GitLab, this way we could use this vue component and add a
+      realtime status where it makes sense
+      realtime: {
+        type: Boolean,
+        required: false,
+        default: true,
+      }, */
+    },
+    data() {
+      return {
+        ciStatus: {},
+        isLoading: true,
+      };
+    },
+    computed: {
+      statusTitle() {
+        return sprintf(s__('Commits|Commit: %{commitText}'), { commitText: this.ciStatus.text });
+      },
+    },
+    mounted() {
+      this.service = new CommitPipelineService(this.endpoint);
+      this.initPolling();
+    },
+    methods: {
+      successCallback(res) {
+        const pipelines = res.data.pipelines;
+        if (pipelines.length > 0) {
+          // The pipeline entity always keeps the latest pipeline info on the `details.status`
+          this.ciStatus = pipelines[0].details.status;
+        }
+        this.isLoading = false;
+      },
+      errorCallback() {
+        this.ciStatus = {
+          text: 'not found',
+          icon: 'status_notfound',
+          group: 'notfound',
+        };
+        this.isLoading = false;
+        Flash(s__('Something went wrong on our end'));
+      },
+      initPolling() {
+        this.poll = new Poll({
+          resource: this.service,
+          method: 'fetchData',
+          successCallback: response => this.successCallback(response),
+          errorCallback: this.errorCallback,
+        });
+
+        if (!Visibility.hidden()) {
+          this.isLoading = true;
+          this.poll.makeRequest();
+        } else {
+          this.fetchPipelineCommitData();
+        }
+
+        Visibility.change(() => {
+          if (!Visibility.hidden()) {
+            this.poll.restart();
+          } else {
+            this.poll.stop();
+          }
+        });
+      },
+      fetchPipelineCommitData() {
+        this.service.fetchData()
+          .then(this.successCallback)
+          .catch(this.errorCallback);
+      },
+    },
+    destroy() {
+      this.poll.stop();
+    },
+  };
+</script>
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <loading-icon
+      label="Loading pipeline status"
+      size="3"
+      v-if="isLoading"
+    />
+    <a
+      v-else
+      :href="ciStatus.details_path"
+    >
+      <ci-icon
+        v-tooltip
+        :title="statusTitle"
+        :aria-label="statusTitle"
+        data-container="body"
+        :status="ciStatus"
+      />
+    </a>
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/projects/tree/services/commit_pipeline_service.js b/app/assets/javascripts/projects/tree/services/commit_pipeline_service.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b4189bc2de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/projects/tree/services/commit_pipeline_service.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import axios from '~/lib/utils/axios_utils';
+
+export default class CommitPipelineService {
+  constructor(endpoint) {
+    this.endpoint = endpoint;
+  }
+
+  fetchData() {
+    return axios.get(this.endpoint);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
index aeaa33bd3bd..17801ed5910 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
@@ -195,6 +195,18 @@
 .commit-actions {
   @media (min-width: $screen-sm-min) {
     font-size: 0;
+
+    div {
+      display: inline;
+    }
+
+    .fa-spinner {
+      font-size: 12px;
+    }
+
+    span {
+      font-size: 6px;
+    }
   }
 
   .ci-status-link {
@@ -219,6 +231,11 @@
     font-size: 14px;
     font-weight: $gl-font-weight-bold;
   }
+
+  .ci-status-icon {
+    position: relative;
+    top: 1px;
+  }
 }
 
 .commit,
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
index d66066a6d0b..90272ad9554 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
         - if commit.status(ref)
           = render_commit_status(commit, ref: ref)
 
+        #commit-pipeline-status{ data: { endpoint: pipelines_project_commit_path(project, commit.id) } }
         = link_to commit.short_id, link, class: "commit-sha btn btn-transparent btn-link"
         = clipboard_button(text: commit.id, title: _("Copy commit SHA to clipboard"))
         = link_to_browse_code(project, commit)
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/35779-realtime-update-of-pipeline-status-in-files-view.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/35779-realtime-update-of-pipeline-status-in-files-view.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82df00fe631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/35779-realtime-update-of-pipeline-status-in-files-view.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Add realtime ci status for the repository -> files view
+merge_request: 16523
+author:
+type: added
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/commit/commit_pipeline_status_component_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/commit/commit_pipeline_status_component_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..90f290e845e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/javascripts/commit/commit_pipeline_status_component_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import Vue from 'vue';
+import MockAdapter from 'axios-mock-adapter';
+import axios from '~/lib/utils/axios_utils';
+import commitPipelineStatus from '~/projects/tree/components/commit_pipeline_status_component.vue';
+import mountComponent from '../helpers/vue_mount_component_helper';
+
+describe('Commit pipeline status component', () => {
+  let vm;
+  let Component;
+  let mock;
+  const mockCiStatus = {
+    details_path: '/root/hello-world/pipelines/1',
+    favicon: 'canceled.ico',
+    group: 'canceled',
+    has_details: true,
+    icon: 'status_canceled',
+    label: 'canceled',
+    text: 'canceled',
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    Component = Vue.extend(commitPipelineStatus);
+  });
+
+  describe('While polling pipeline data succesfully', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      mock = new MockAdapter(axios);
+      mock.onGet('/dummy/endpoint').reply(() => {
+        const res = Promise.resolve([200, {
+          pipelines: [
+            {
+              details: {
+                status: mockCiStatus,
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        }]);
+        return res;
+      });
+      vm = mountComponent(Component, {
+        endpoint: '/dummy/endpoint',
+      });
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      vm.poll.stop();
+      vm.$destroy();
+      mock.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('shows the loading icon when polling is starting', (done) => {
+      expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.loading-container')).not.toBe(null);
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.loading-container')).toBe(null);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('contains a ciStatus when the polling is succesful ', (done) => {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        expect(vm.ciStatus).toEqual(mockCiStatus);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('contains a ci-status icon when polling is succesful', (done) => {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.ci-status-icon')).not.toBe(null);
+        expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.ci-status-icon').classList).toContain(`ci-status-icon-${mockCiStatus.group}`);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('When polling data was not succesful', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      mock = new MockAdapter(axios);
+      mock.onGet('/dummy/endpoint').reply(() => {
+        const res = Promise.reject([502, { }]);
+        return res;
+      });
+      vm = new Component({
+        props: {
+          endpoint: '/dummy/endpoint',
+        },
+      });
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      vm.poll.stop();
+      vm.$destroy();
+      mock.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('calls an errorCallback', (done) => {
+      spyOn(vm, 'errorCallback').and.callThrough();
+      vm.$mount();
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        expect(vm.errorCallback.calls.count()).toEqual(1);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});