diff --git a/lib/git/lib.rb b/lib/git/lib.rb
index b62d69c1..692ceef9 100644
--- a/lib/git/lib.rb
+++ b/lib/git/lib.rb
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ def log_commits(opts = {})
     #   * 'tree' [String] the tree sha
     #   * 'author' [String] the author of the commit and timestamp of when the changes were created
     #   * 'committer' [String] the committer of the commit and timestamp of when the commit was applied
+    #   * 'merges' [Boolean] if truthy, only include merge commits (aka commits with 2 or more parents)
     #
     # @raise [ArgumentError] if the revision range (specified with :between or :object) is a string starting with a hyphen
     #
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ def full_log_commits(opts = {})
 
       arr_opts << '--pretty=raw'
       arr_opts << "--skip=#{opts[:skip]}" if opts[:skip]
+      arr_opts << '--merges' if opts[:merges]
 
       arr_opts += log_path_options(opts)
 
diff --git a/lib/git/log.rb b/lib/git/log.rb
index dad2c2cd..7ac31622 100644
--- a/lib/git/log.rb
+++ b/lib/git/log.rb
@@ -133,11 +133,16 @@ def cherry
       return self
     end
 
+    def merges
+      dirty_log
+      @merges = true
+      return self
+    end
+
     def to_s
       self.map { |c| c.to_s }.join("\n")
     end
 
-
     # forces git log to run
 
     def size
@@ -184,7 +189,7 @@ def run_log
         log = @base.lib.full_log_commits(
           count: @max_count, all: @all, object: @object, path_limiter: @path, since: @since,
           author: @author, grep: @grep, skip: @skip, until: @until, between: @between,
-          cherry: @cherry
+          cherry: @cherry, merges: @merges
         )
         @commits = log.map { |c| Git::Object::Commit.new(@base, c['sha'], c) }
       end
diff --git a/tests/test_helper.rb b/tests/test_helper.rb
index 067fa633..f35a0fcd 100644
--- a/tests/test_helper.rb
+++ b/tests/test_helper.rb
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def append_file(name, contents)
   #
   # @return [void]
   #
-  def assert_command_line_eq(expected_command_line, method: :command, mocked_output: nil, include_env: false)
+  def assert_command_line_eq(expected_command_line, method: :command, mocked_output: '', include_env: false)
     actual_command_line = nil
 
     command_output = ''
diff --git a/tests/units/test_log.rb b/tests/units/test_log.rb
index 1cab1a32..f18fabf2 100644
--- a/tests/units/test_log.rb
+++ b/tests/units/test_log.rb
@@ -128,4 +128,9 @@ def test_log_cherry
     l = @git.log.between( 'master', 'cherry').cherry
     assert_equal( 1, l.size )
   end
+
+  def test_log_merges
+    expected_command_line = ['log', '--max-count=30', '--no-color', '--pretty=raw', '--merges', {:chdir=>nil}]
+    assert_command_line_eq(expected_command_line) { |git| git.log.merges.size }
+  end
 end