diff --git a/examples/merge_branch.rs b/examples/merge_branch.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..daa5fcf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/merge_branch.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+use octocrab::Octocrab;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> octocrab::Result<()> {
+    let token = std::env::var("GITHUB_TOKEN").expect("GITHUB_TOKEN env variable is required");
+
+    let octocrab = Octocrab::builder().personal_token(token).build()?;
+    octocrab
+        .repos("XAMPPRocky", "octocrab")
+        .merge("feature/1", "master")
+        .commit_message("This is a custom merge-commit message")
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/api/repos.rs b/src/api/repos.rs
index f3a5d0a1..29753300 100644
--- a/src/api/repos.rs
+++ b/src/api/repos.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub mod events;
 mod file;
 pub mod forks;
 mod generate;
+mod merges;
 mod pulls;
 pub mod releases;
 mod stargazers;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ pub use branches::ListBranchesBuilder;
 pub use commits::ListCommitsBuilder;
 pub use file::{DeleteFileBuilder, GetContentBuilder, UpdateFileBuilder};
 pub use generate::GenerateRepositoryBuilder;
+pub use merges::MergeBranchBuilder;
 pub use pulls::ListPullsBuilder;
 pub use releases::ReleasesHandler;
 pub use stargazers::ListStarGazersBuilder;
@@ -563,4 +565,25 @@ impl<'octo> RepoHandler<'octo> {
         let response = self.crab._get(uri).await?;
         Ok(response.status().is_success())
     }
+
+    /// Merges `head` into the `base` branch.
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// # async fn run() -> octocrab::Result<()> {
+    ///
+    /// // Merges a feature branch into the master branch.
+    /// octocrab::instance()
+    ///     .repos("owner", "repo")
+    ///     .merge("feature", "master")
+    ///     .send()
+    ///     .await?;
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn merge(
+        &self,
+        head: impl Into<String>,
+        base: impl Into<String>,
+    ) -> MergeBranchBuilder<'octo, '_> {
+        MergeBranchBuilder::new(self, head, base)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/api/repos/merges.rs b/src/api/repos/merges.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b10c8588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/repos/merges.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+use super::*;
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize)]
+pub struct MergeBranchBuilder<'octo, 'r> {
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    handler: &'r RepoHandler<'octo>,
+    head: String,
+    base: String,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    commit_message: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl<'octo, 'r> MergeBranchBuilder<'octo, 'r> {
+    pub fn new(
+        handler: &'r RepoHandler<'octo>,
+        head: impl Into<String>,
+        base: impl Into<String>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            handler,
+            head: head.into(),
+            base: base.into(),
+            commit_message: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The message to use for the merge commit.
+    pub fn commit_message(mut self, commit_message: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        self.commit_message = Some(commit_message.into());
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Sends the actual request.
+    pub async fn send(self) -> Result<models::repos::MergeCommit> {
+        let route = format!(
+            "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/merges",
+            owner = self.handler.owner,
+            repo = self.handler.repo
+        );
+        self.handler.crab.post(route, Some(&self)).await
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/models/repos.rs b/src/models/repos.rs
index b0412474..b636a97a 100644
--- a/src/models/repos.rs
+++ b/src/models/repos.rs
@@ -333,3 +333,13 @@ pub struct GitTag {
     pub url: Url,
     pub message: String,
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub struct MergeCommit {
+    pub url: Url,
+    pub sha: String,
+    pub node_id: String,
+    pub html_url: String,
+    pub comments_url: String,
+}