diff --git a/command/pr_test.go b/command/pr_test.go
index 8585dd83f..0c92f2beb 100644
--- a/command/pr_test.go
+++ b/command/pr_test.go
@@ -899,3 +899,28 @@ func TestPRReopen_alreadyOpen(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("output did not match regexp /%s/\n> output\n%q\n", r, output.Stderr())
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPRReopen_merged(t *testing.T) {
+	initBlankContext("", "OWNER/REPO", "master")
+	http := initFakeHTTP()
+	http.StubRepoResponse("OWNER", "REPO")
+
+	http.StubResponse(200, bytes.NewBufferString(`
+	{ "data": { "repository": {
+		"pullRequest": { "number": 666, "closed": true, "state": "MERGED"}
+	} } }
+	`))
+
+	http.StubResponse(200, bytes.NewBufferString(`{"id": "THE-ID"}`))
+
+	output, err := RunCommand(prReopenCmd, "pr reopen 666")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error running command `pr reopen`: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	r := regexp.MustCompile(`Pull request #666 can't be reopened because it was merged.`)
+
+	if !r.MatchString(output.Stderr()) {
+		t.Fatalf("output did not match regexp /%s/\n> output\n%q\n", r, output.Stderr())
+	}
+}