diff --git a/command/pr_test.go b/command/pr_test.go
index 0aff5e14a..86d2829d2 100644
--- a/command/pr_test.go
+++ b/command/pr_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package command
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -938,5 +939,39 @@ func TestPRReopen_alreadyMerged(t *testing.T) {
 	if !r.MatchString(err.Error()) {
 		t.Fatalf("output did not match regexp /%s/\n> output\n%q\n", r, output.Stderr())
 	}
-
+}
+
+type stubResponse struct {
+	ResponseCode int
+	ResponseBody io.Reader
+}
+
+func initWithStubs(stubs ...stubResponse) {
+	initBlankContext("", "OWNER/REPO", "master")
+	http := initFakeHTTP()
+	http.StubRepoResponse("OWNER", "REPO")
+
+	for _, s := range stubs {
+		http.StubResponse(s.ResponseCode, s.ResponseBody)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPrMerge(t *testing.T) {
+	initWithStubs(
+		stubResponse{200, bytes.NewBufferString(`{ "data": { "repository": {
+			"pullRequest": { "number": 1, "closed": false, "state": "OPEN"}
+		} } }`)},
+		stubResponse{200, bytes.NewBufferString(`{"id": "THE-ID"}`)},
+	)
+
+	output, err := RunCommand("pr merge 1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error running command `pr merge`: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	r := regexp.MustCompile(`Merged pull request #1`)
+
+	if !r.MatchString(output.Stderr()) {
+		t.Fatalf("output did not match regexp /%s/\n> output\n%q\n", r, output.Stderr())
+	}
 }