diff --git a/autoload/tagbar.vim b/autoload/tagbar.vim
index 34e3f48..870360f 100644
--- a/autoload/tagbar.vim
+++ b/autoload/tagbar.vim
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ function! s:NormalTag.strfmt() abort dict
 endfunction
 
 " s:NormalTag.str() {{{3
-function! s:NormalTag.str(longsig, full) abort dict
+function! s:NormalTag.str(longsig, full, showkind) abort dict
     if a:full && self.path != ''
         let str = self.path . self.typeinfo.sro . self.name
     else
@@ -1413,6 +1413,10 @@ function! s:NormalTag.str(longsig, full) abort dict
         else
             let str .= '()'
         endif
+    elseif a:showkind
+        let str .= ' (' . 
+                    \ self.fileinfo.typeinfo.kind2scope[self.fields.kind] .
+                    \ ')'
     endif
 
     return str
@@ -4182,16 +4186,20 @@ function! tagbar#currenttag(fmt, default, ...) abort
     " Indicate that the statusline functionality is being used. This prevents
     " the CloseWindow() function from removing the autocommands.
     let s:statusline_in_use = 1
+    let longsig = 0
+    let fullpath = 0
+    let prototype = 0
+    let showkind = 0
 
     if a:0 > 0
         " also test for non-zero value for backwards compatibility
         let longsig   = a:1 =~# 's' || (type(a:1) == type(0) && a:1 != 0)
         let fullpath  = a:1 =~# 'f'
         let prototype = a:1 =~# 'p'
-    else
-        let longsig   = 0
-        let fullpath  = 0
-        let prototype = 0
+        if a:1 =~# 'k'
+            let showkind = 1
+            let fullpath = 1
+        endif
     endif
 
     if !s:Init(1)
@@ -4204,7 +4212,7 @@ function! tagbar#currenttag(fmt, default, ...) abort
         if prototype
             return tag.getPrototype(1)
         else
-            return printf(a:fmt, tag.str(longsig, fullpath))
+            return printf(a:fmt, tag.str(longsig, fullpath, showkind))
         endif
     else
         return a:default
diff --git a/doc/tagbar.txt b/doc/tagbar.txt
index 898cdcc..85a7b57 100644
--- a/doc/tagbar.txt
+++ b/doc/tagbar.txt
@@ -828,6 +828,9 @@ tagbar#currenttag({format}, {default} [, {flags}])
     'p'   Display the raw prototype instead of the parsed tag. This can be
           useful in cases where ctags doesn't report some information, like
           the signature. Note that this can get quite long.
+    'k'   This is essentially the same as in 'f' flag - it will display the 
+          full hierarchy of the tag, and additionally will provide the 
+          information of the kind of the tag.
 
     For example, if you put the following into your statusline: >
         %{tagbar#currenttag('[%s] ','')}