diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -563,6 +563,11 @@ def bisect(ui, repo, rev=None, extra=Non
 
           hg log -r "bisect(pruned)"
 
+      - see the changeset currently being bisected (especially useful
+        if running with -U/--noupdate)::
+
+          hg log -r "bisect(current)"
+
       - see all changesets that took part in the current bisection::
 
           hg log -r "bisect(range)"
@@ -647,8 +652,18 @@ def bisect(ui, repo, rev=None, extra=Non
     if command:
         changesets = 1
         try:
+            node = state['current'][0]
+        except LookupError:
+            if noupdate:
+                raise util.Abort(_('current bisect revision is unknown - '
+                                   'start a new bisect to fix'))
+            node, p2 = repo.dirstate.parents()
+            if p2 != nullid:
+                raise util.Abort(_('current bisect revision is a merge'))
+        try:
             while changesets:
                 # update state
+                state['current'] = [node]
                 hbisect.save_state(repo, state)
                 status = util.system(command, out=ui.fout)
                 if status == 125:
@@ -662,7 +677,7 @@ def bisect(ui, repo, rev=None, extra=Non
                     raise util.Abort(_("%s killed") % command)
                 else:
                     transition = "bad"
-                ctx = scmutil.revsingle(repo, rev)
+                ctx = scmutil.revsingle(repo, rev, node)
                 rev = None # clear for future iterations
                 state[transition].append(ctx.node())
                 ui.status(_('Changeset %d:%s: %s\n') % (ctx, ctx, transition))
@@ -670,9 +685,12 @@ def bisect(ui, repo, rev=None, extra=Non
                 # bisect
                 nodes, changesets, good = hbisect.bisect(repo.changelog, state)
                 # update to next check
-                cmdutil.bailifchanged(repo)
-                hg.clean(repo, nodes[0], show_stats=False)
+                node = nodes[0]
+                if not noupdate:
+                    cmdutil.bailifchanged(repo)
+                    hg.clean(repo, node, show_stats=False)
         finally:
+            state['current'] = [node]
             hbisect.save_state(repo, state)
         print_result(nodes, good)
         return
@@ -704,6 +722,8 @@ def bisect(ui, repo, rev=None, extra=Non
             if extendnode is not None:
                 ui.write(_("Extending search to changeset %d:%s\n"
                          % (extendnode.rev(), extendnode)))
+                state['current'] = [extendnode.node()]
+                hbisect.save_state(repo, state)
                 if noupdate:
                     return
                 cmdutil.bailifchanged(repo)
@@ -723,6 +743,8 @@ def bisect(ui, repo, rev=None, extra=Non
         ui.write(_("Testing changeset %d:%s "
                    "(%d changesets remaining, ~%d tests)\n")
                  % (rev, short(node), changesets, tests))
+        state['current'] = [node]
+        hbisect.save_state(repo, state)
         if not noupdate:
             cmdutil.bailifchanged(repo)
             return hg.clean(repo, node)
diff --git a/mercurial/hbisect.py b/mercurial/hbisect.py
--- a/mercurial/hbisect.py
+++ b/mercurial/hbisect.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def bisect(changelog, state):
 
 
 def load_state(repo):
-    state = {'good': [], 'bad': [], 'skip': []}
+    state = {'current': [], 'good': [], 'bad': [], 'skip': []}
     if os.path.exists(repo.join("bisect.state")):
         for l in repo.opener("bisect.state"):
             kind, node = l[:-1].split()
@@ -164,10 +164,11 @@ def get(repo, status):
     - ``pruned``             : csets that are goods, bads or skipped
     - ``untested``           : csets whose fate is yet unknown
     - ``ignored``            : csets ignored due to DAG topology
+    - ``current``            : the cset currently being bisected
     """
     state = load_state(repo)
-    if status in ('good', 'bad', 'skip'):
-        return [repo.changelog.rev(n) for n in state[status]]
+    if status in ('good', 'bad', 'skip', 'current'):
+        return map(repo.changelog.rev, state[status])
     else:
         # In the floowing sets, we do *not* call 'bisect()' with more
         # than one level of recusrsion, because that can be very, very
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ def label(repo, node):
     if rev in get(repo, 'skip'):
         # i18n: bisect changeset status
         return _('skipped')
-    if rev in get(repo, 'untested'):
+    if rev in get(repo, 'untested') or rev in get(repo, 'current'):
         # i18n: bisect changeset status
         return _('untested')
     if rev in get(repo, 'ignored'):
diff --git a/mercurial/revset.py b/mercurial/revset.py
--- a/mercurial/revset.py
+++ b/mercurial/revset.py
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ def bisect(repo, subset, x):
     - ``pruned``             : csets that are goods, bads or skipped
     - ``untested``           : csets whose fate is yet unknown
     - ``ignored``            : csets ignored due to DAG topology
+    - ``current``            : the cset currently being bisected
     """
     status = getstring(x, _("bisect requires a string")).lower()
     state = set(hbisect.get(repo, status))
diff --git a/tests/test-bisect.t b/tests/test-bisect.t
--- a/tests/test-bisect.t
+++ b/tests/test-bisect.t
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ mark revsets instead of single revs
   Testing changeset 12:1941b52820a5 (23 changesets remaining, ~4 tests)
   1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
   $ cat .hg/bisect.state
+  current 1941b52820a544549596820a8ae006842b0e2c64
   skip 9d7d07bc967ca98ad0600c24953fd289ad5fa991
   skip ce8f0998e922c179e80819d5066fbe46e2998784
   skip e7fa0811edb063f6319531f0d0a865882138e180
@@ -396,6 +397,12 @@ reproduce AssertionError, issue1445
   date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:06 1970 +0000
   summary:     msg 6
   
+  $ hg log -r "bisect(current)"
+  changeset:   5:7874a09ea728
+  user:        test
+  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:05 1970 +0000
+  summary:     msg 5
+  
   $ hg log -r "bisect(skip)"
   changeset:   1:5cd978ea5149
   user:        test