+--- lisp/ChangeLog
+++ lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-04-21  Michael Heerdegen  <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
+
+	* dired.el (dired-insert-set-properties): Do not consider
+	subdirectory headings and empty lines to be information that
+	`dired-hide-details-mode' should hide.	(Bug#17228)
+
 2014-04-20  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
 
 	* net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-get-ls-command): Use "-b" argument if
--- lisp/dired.el
+++ lisp/dired.el
@@ -1250,9 +1250,11 @@
     (while (< (point) end)
       (ignore-errors
 	(if (not (dired-move-to-filename))
-	    (put-text-property (line-beginning-position)
-			       (1+ (line-end-position))
-			       'invisible 'dired-hide-details-information)
+	    (unless (or (looking-at-p "^$")
+			(looking-at-p dired-subdir-regexp))
+	      (put-text-property (line-beginning-position)
+				 (1+ (line-end-position))
+				 'invisible 'dired-hide-details-information))
 	  (put-text-property (+ (line-beginning-position) 1) (1- (point))
 			     'invisible 'dired-hide-details-detail)
 	  (add-text-properties