diff --git a/contrib/hgk b/contrib/hgk
--- a/contrib/hgk
+++ b/contrib/hgk
@@ -177,12 +177,15 @@ proc getcommits {rargs} {
     set ncmupdate 1
     set limit 0
     set revargs {}
+    set showhidden no
     for {set i 0} {$i < [llength $rargs]} {incr i} {
 	set opt [lindex $rargs $i]
-	if {$opt == "--limit"} {
+	switch -- $opt --limit {
 	    incr i
 	    set limit [lindex $rargs $i]
-	} else {
+	} --hidden {
+	    set showhidden yes
+	} default {
 	    lappend revargs $opt
 	}
     }
@@ -201,6 +204,9 @@ proc getcommits {rargs} {
     if {$limit > 0} {
 	set parsed_args [concat -n $limit $parsed_args]
     }
+    if {$showhidden} {
+	append parsed_args --hidden
+    }
     if [catch {
 	set commfd [open "|{$env(HG)} --config ui.report_untrusted=false debug-rev-list --header --topo-order --parents $parsed_args" r]
     } err] {
diff --git a/hgext/hgk.py b/hgext/hgk.py
--- a/hgext/hgk.py
+++ b/hgext/hgk.py
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ def view(ui, repo, *etc, **opts):
     "start interactive history viewer"
     os.chdir(repo.root)
     optstr = ' '.join(['--%s %s' % (k, v) for k, v in opts.iteritems() if v])
+    if repo.filtername is None:
+        optstr += '--hidden'
+
     cmd = ui.config("hgk", "path", "hgk") + " %s %s" % (optstr, " ".join(etc))
     ui.debug("running %s\n" % cmd)
     ui.system(cmd)