diff --git a/kallithea/public/css/style.css b/kallithea/public/css/style.css
--- a/kallithea/public/css/style.css
+++ b/kallithea/public/css/style.css
@@ -2307,6 +2307,14 @@ h3.files_location {
     margin-right: -3px;
 }
 
+.changeset-logical-index {
+    color: #666666;
+    font-style: italic;
+    font-size: 85%;
+    padding-right: 0.5em;
+    text-align: right;
+}
+
 .changeset_hash {
     color: #000000;
 }
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/compare/compare_cs.html b/kallithea/templates/compare/compare_cs.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/compare/compare_cs.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/compare/compare_cs.html
@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@
               </div>
           %endif
         </td>
+        <td class="changeset-logical-index">
+          <%
+              num_cs = len(c.cs_ranges)
+              index = num_cs - cnt
+              if index == 1:
+                  title = _('First (oldest) changeset in this list')
+              elif index == num_cs:
+                  title = _('Last (most recent) changeset in this list')
+              else:
+                  title = _('Position in this list of changesets')
+          %>
+          <span class="tooltip" title="${title}">
+            ${index}
+          </span>
+        </td>
         <td style="width: 140px"><span class="tooltip" title="${h.tooltip(h.age(cs.date))}">${cs.date}</span></td>
         <td><div class="gravatar" commit_id="${cs.raw_id}">${h.gravatar(h.email_or_none(cs.author), size=14)}</div></td>
         <td><div class="author">${h.person(cs.author)}</div></td>