diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 07063cf81..d8be52dcd 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
         <script src='js/id/operations/circularize.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/operations/delete.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/operations/disconnect.js'></script>
+        <script src='js/id/operations/merge.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/operations/move.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/operations/reverse.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/operations/split.js'></script>
diff --git a/js/id/operations/merge.js b/js/id/operations/merge.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08517e9b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/id/operations/merge.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+iD.operations.Merge = function(selection, context) {
+    var action = iD.actions.Join(selection[0], selection[1]);
+
+    var operation = function() {
+        context.perform(
+            action,
+            t('operations.merge.annotation', {n: selection.length}));
+    };
+
+    operation.available = function() {
+        return selection.length === 2 &&
+            _.all(selection, function (id) {
+                return context.geometry(id) === 'line';
+            });
+    };
+
+    operation.enabled = function() {
+        return action.enabled(context.graph());
+    };
+
+    operation.id = "merge";
+    operation.key = t('operations.merge.key');
+    operation.title = t('operations.merge.title');
+    operation.description = t('operations.merge.description');
+
+    return operation;
+};
diff --git a/locale/en.js b/locale/en.js
index 7d1bed947..9e4eb5b2a 100644
--- a/locale/en.js
+++ b/locale/en.js
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ locale.en = {
             key: "D",
             annotation: "Disconnected ways."
         },
+        merge: {
+            title: "Merge",
+            description: "Merge these lines.",
+            key: "C",
+            annotation: "Merged {n} lines."
+        },
         move: {
             title: "Move",
             description: "Move this to a different location.",
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 524894c36..da3cd475c 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
     <script src='../js/id/operations/circularize.js'></script>
     <script src='../js/id/operations/delete.js'></script>
     <script src='../js/id/operations/disconnect.js'></script>
+    <script src='../js/id/operations/merge.js'></script>
     <script src='../js/id/operations/move.js'></script>
     <script src='../js/id/operations/reverse.js'></script>
     <script src='../js/id/operations/split.js'></script>