diff --git a/builtin/range-diff.c b/builtin/range-diff.c
index 04339a92ea5d1a..d3872ab2b550e5 100644
--- a/builtin/range-diff.c
+++ b/builtin/range-diff.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ int cmd_range_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct diff_options diffopt = { NULL };
 	struct strvec other_arg = STRVEC_INIT;
+	struct strvec diff_merges_arg = STRVEC_INIT;
 	struct range_diff_options range_diff_opts = {
 		.creation_factor = RANGE_DIFF_CREATION_FACTOR_DEFAULT,
 		.diffopt = &diffopt,
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ int cmd_range_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_PASSTHRU_ARGV(0, "notes", &other_arg,
 				  N_("notes"), N_("passed to 'git log'"),
 				  PARSE_OPT_OPTARG),
+		OPT_PASSTHRU_ARGV(0, "diff-merges", &diff_merges_arg,
+				  N_("style"), N_("passed to 'git log'"),
+				  PARSE_OPT_OPTARG),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "left-only", &left_only,
 			 N_("only emit output related to the first range")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "right-only", &right_only,
@@ -59,6 +63,12 @@ int cmd_range_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (!simple_color)
 		diffopt.use_color = 1;
 
+	/* If `--diff-merges` was specified, imply `--merges` */
+	if (diff_merges_arg.nr) {
+		range_diff_opts.include_merges = 1;
+		strvec_pushv(&other_arg, diff_merges_arg.v);
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
 		if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--")) {
 			dash_dash = i;
@@ -152,6 +162,7 @@ int cmd_range_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	res = show_range_diff(range1.buf, range2.buf, &range_diff_opts);
 
 	strvec_clear(&other_arg);
+	strvec_clear(&diff_merges_arg);
 	strbuf_release(&range1);
 	strbuf_release(&range2);
 
diff --git a/range-diff.c b/range-diff.c
index 6a704e6f4719d8..245fdeec27b85e 100644
--- a/range-diff.c
+++ b/range-diff.c
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ struct patch_util {
  * as struct object_id (will need to be free()d).
  */
 static int read_patches(const char *range, struct string_list *list,
-			const struct strvec *other_arg)
+			const struct strvec *other_arg,
+			unsigned int include_merges)
 {
 	struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT, contents = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ static int read_patches(const char *range, struct string_list *list,
 	size_t size;
 	int ret = -1;
 
-	strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "log", "--no-color", "-p", "--no-merges",
+	strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "log", "--no-color", "-p",
 		     "--reverse", "--date-order", "--decorate=no",
 		     "--no-prefix", "--submodule=short",
 		     /*
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ static int read_patches(const char *range, struct string_list *list,
 		     "--pretty=medium",
 		     "--notes",
 		     NULL);
+	if (!include_merges)
+		strvec_push(&cp.args, "--no-merges");
 	strvec_push(&cp.args, range);
 	if (other_arg)
 		strvec_pushv(&cp.args, other_arg->v);
@@ -93,11 +96,14 @@ static int read_patches(const char *range, struct string_list *list,
 		}
 
 		if (skip_prefix(line, "commit ", &p)) {
+			char *q;
 			if (util) {
 				string_list_append(list, buf.buf)->util = util;
 				strbuf_reset(&buf);
 			}
 			CALLOC_ARRAY(util, 1);
+			if (include_merges && (q = strstr(p, " (from ")))
+				*q = '\0';
 			if (repo_get_oid(the_repository, p, &util->oid)) {
 				error(_("could not parse commit '%s'"), p);
 				FREE_AND_NULL(util);
@@ -563,13 +569,14 @@ int show_range_diff(const char *range1, const char *range2,
 
 	struct string_list branch1 = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
 	struct string_list branch2 = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
+	unsigned int include_merges = range_diff_opts->include_merges;
 
 	if (range_diff_opts->left_only && range_diff_opts->right_only)
 		res = error(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"), "--left-only", "--right-only");
 
-	if (!res && read_patches(range1, &branch1, range_diff_opts->other_arg))
+	if (!res && read_patches(range1, &branch1, range_diff_opts->other_arg, include_merges))
 		res = error(_("could not parse log for '%s'"), range1);
-	if (!res && read_patches(range2, &branch2, range_diff_opts->other_arg))
+	if (!res && read_patches(range2, &branch2, range_diff_opts->other_arg, include_merges))
 		res = error(_("could not parse log for '%s'"), range2);
 
 	if (!res) {
diff --git a/range-diff.h b/range-diff.h
index 04ffe217be67c3..9753922fee9f85 100644
--- a/range-diff.h
+++ b/range-diff.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ struct range_diff_options {
 	int creation_factor;
 	unsigned dual_color:1;
 	unsigned left_only:1, right_only:1;
+	unsigned include_merges:1;
 	const struct diff_options *diffopt; /* may be NULL */
 	const struct strvec *other_arg; /* may be NULL */
 };