diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -3130,13 +3130,26 @@ def _performrevert(repo, parents, ctx, a
     """
     parent, p2 = parents
     node = ctx.node()
+    excluded_files = []
+    matcher_opts = {"exclude": excluded_files}
+
     def checkout(f):
         fc = ctx[f]
         repo.wwrite(f, fc.data(), fc.flags())
 
     audit_path = pathutil.pathauditor(repo.root)
     for f in actions['forget'][0]:
-        repo.dirstate.drop(f)
+        if interactive:
+            choice = \
+                repo.ui.promptchoice(
+                    _("forget added file %s (yn)?$$ &Yes $$ &No")
+                    % f)
+            if choice == 0:
+                repo.dirstate.drop(f)
+            else:
+                excluded_files.append(repo.wjoin(f))
+        else:
+            repo.dirstate.drop(f)
     for f in actions['remove'][0]:
         audit_path(f)
         try:
@@ -3162,7 +3175,7 @@ def _performrevert(repo, parents, ctx, a
     if interactive:
         # Prompt the user for changes to revert
         torevert = [repo.wjoin(f) for f in actions['revert'][0]]
-        m = scmutil.match(ctx, torevert, {})
+        m = scmutil.match(ctx, torevert, matcher_opts)
         diffopts = patch.difffeatureopts(repo.ui, whitespace=True)
         diffopts.nodates = True
         diffopts.git = True
diff --git a/tests/test-revert-interactive.t b/tests/test-revert-interactive.t
--- a/tests/test-revert-interactive.t
+++ b/tests/test-revert-interactive.t
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ 10 run the same test than 8 from within 
   > interactive = true
   > [extensions]
   > record =
+  > purge = 
   > EOF
 
 
@@ -377,3 +378,26 @@ Check the experimental config to invert 
    5
    d
   +lastline
+
+  $ hg update -C .
+  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+  $ hg purge
+  $ touch newfile
+  $ hg add newfile
+  $ hg status
+  A newfile
+  $ hg revert -i <<EOF
+  > n
+  > EOF
+  forgetting newfile
+  forget added file newfile (yn)? n
+  $ hg status
+  A newfile
+  $ hg revert -i <<EOF
+  > y
+  > EOF
+  forgetting newfile
+  forget added file newfile (yn)? y
+  $ hg status
+  ? newfile
+