diff --git a/cmd/check/check.go b/cmd/check/check.go
index f01307c18..90b6bd492 100644
--- a/cmd/check/check.go
+++ b/cmd/check/check.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	download          = false
 	oneway            = false
+	ReportDirs        = false
 	combined          = ""
 	missingOnSrc      = ""
 	missingOnDst      = ""
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ func init() {
 // AddFlags adds the check flags to the cmdFlags command
 func AddFlags(cmdFlags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.BoolVarP(cmdFlags, &oneway, "one-way", "", oneway, "Check one way only, source files must exist on remote", "")
+	flags.BoolVarP(cmdFlags, &ReportDirs, "report-dirs", "", ReportDirs, "Report directory differences in addition to files", "")
 	flags.StringVarP(cmdFlags, &combined, "combined", "", combined, "Make a combined report of changes to this file", "")
 	flags.StringVarP(cmdFlags, &missingOnSrc, "missing-on-src", "", missingOnSrc, "Report all files missing from the source to this file", "")
 	flags.StringVarP(cmdFlags, &missingOnDst, "missing-on-dst", "", missingOnDst, "Report all files missing from the destination to this file", "")
@@ -82,9 +84,10 @@ func GetCheckOpt(fsrc, fdst fs.Fs) (opt *operations.CheckOpt, close func(), err
 	closers := []io.Closer{}
 
 	opt = &operations.CheckOpt{
-		Fsrc:   fsrc,
-		Fdst:   fdst,
-		OneWay: oneway,
+		Fsrc:       fsrc,
+		Fdst:       fdst,
+		OneWay:     oneway,
+		ReportDirs: ReportDirs,
 	}
 
 	open := func(name string, pout *io.Writer) error {
diff --git a/cmd/cryptcheck/cryptcheck.go b/cmd/cryptcheck/cryptcheck.go
index 63a0e32c1..71861f542 100644
--- a/cmd/cryptcheck/cryptcheck.go
+++ b/cmd/cryptcheck/cryptcheck.go
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ func cryptCheck(ctx context.Context, fdst, fsrc fs.Fs) error {
 	}
 	defer close()
 
+	opt.ReportDirs = check.ReportDirs
+
 	// checkIdentical checks to see if dst and src are identical
 	//
 	// it returns true if differences were found
diff --git a/fs/operations/check.go b/fs/operations/check.go
index b9fe36aab..babdb7961 100644
--- a/fs/operations/check.go
+++ b/fs/operations/check.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type CheckOpt struct {
 	Fdst, Fsrc   fs.Fs     // fses to check
 	Check        checkFn   // function to use for checking
 	OneWay       bool      // one way only?
+	ReportDirs   bool      // report dir differences in addition to files
 	Combined     io.Writer // a file with file names with leading sigils
 	MissingOnSrc io.Writer // files only in the destination
 	MissingOnDst io.Writer // files only in the source
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ type checkMarch struct {
 	noHashes        atomic.Int32
 	srcFilesMissing atomic.Int32
 	dstFilesMissing atomic.Int32
+	srcDirsMissing  atomic.Int32
+	dstDirsMissing  atomic.Int32
 	matches         atomic.Int32
 	opt             CheckOpt
 }
@@ -92,6 +95,13 @@ func (c *checkMarch) DstOnly(dst fs.DirEntry) (recurse bool) {
 		if c.opt.OneWay {
 			return false
 		}
+		if c.opt.ReportDirs {
+			err := fmt.Errorf("directory not in %v", c.opt.Fsrc)
+			fs.Errorf(dst, "%v", err)
+			_ = fs.CountError(err)
+			c.differences.Add(1)
+			c.srcDirsMissing.Add(1)
+		}
 		return true
 	default:
 		panic("Bad object in DirEntries")
@@ -111,6 +121,13 @@ func (c *checkMarch) SrcOnly(src fs.DirEntry) (recurse bool) {
 		c.report(src, c.opt.MissingOnDst, '+')
 	case fs.Directory:
 		// Do the same thing to the entire contents of the directory
+		if c.opt.ReportDirs {
+			err := fmt.Errorf("directory not in %v", c.opt.Fdst)
+			fs.Errorf(src, "%v", err)
+			_ = fs.CountError(err)
+			c.differences.Add(1)
+			c.dstDirsMissing.Add(1)
+		}
 		return true
 	default:
 		panic("Bad object in DirEntries")
@@ -184,8 +201,11 @@ func (c *checkMarch) Match(ctx context.Context, dst, src fs.DirEntry) (recurse b
 		}
 	case fs.Directory:
 		// Do the same thing to the entire contents of the directory
-		_, ok := dst.(fs.Directory)
+		dstX, ok := dst.(fs.Directory)
 		if ok {
+			if c.opt.ReportDirs {
+				fs.Debugf(dstX, "OK (no hash to check for directories)")
+			}
 			return true
 		}
 		err := fmt.Errorf("is file on %v but directory on %v", c.opt.Fdst, c.opt.Fsrc)
@@ -246,6 +266,14 @@ func (c *checkMarch) reportResults(ctx context.Context, err error) error {
 		}
 		fs.Logf(c.opt.Fsrc, "%d %s missing", c.srcFilesMissing.Load(), entity)
 	}
+	if c.opt.ReportDirs {
+		if c.dstDirsMissing.Load() > 0 {
+			fs.Logf(c.opt.Fdst, "%d directories missing", c.dstDirsMissing.Load())
+		}
+		if c.srcDirsMissing.Load() > 0 {
+			fs.Logf(c.opt.Fsrc, "%d directories missing", c.srcDirsMissing.Load())
+		}
+	}
 
 	fs.Logf(c.opt.Fdst, "%d differences found", accounting.Stats(ctx).GetErrors())
 	if errs := accounting.Stats(ctx).GetErrors(); errs > 0 {
@@ -416,6 +444,10 @@ func CheckSum(ctx context.Context, fsrc, fsum fs.Fs, sumFile string, hashType ha
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s: hash type is not supported by file system: %s", hashType, opt.Fdst)
 	}
 
+	if options.ReportDirs {
+		fs.Logf(nil, "ignoring --report-dirs as --checkfile is in use.")
+	}
+
 	if sumFile == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("not a sum file: %s", fsum)
 	}