diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index bf58448..a31434b 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1077,6 +1077,8 @@
 		revs->show_all = 1;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--remove-empty")) {
 		revs->remove_empty_trees = 1;
+	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--merges")) {
+		revs->merges_only = 1;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-merges")) {
 		revs->no_merges = 1;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--boundary")) {
@@ -1676,6 +1678,8 @@
 		return commit_ignore;
 	if (revs->no_merges && commit->parents && commit->parents->next)
 		return commit_ignore;
+	if (revs->merges_only && !(commit->parents && commit->parents->next))
+		return commit_ignore;
 	if (!commit_match(commit, revs))
 		return commit_ignore;
 	if (revs->prune && revs->dense) {