diff --git a/lib/Mojo/Path.pm b/lib/Mojo/Path.pm
index 2f5310f6f6..486a4a0a28 100644
--- a/lib/Mojo/Path.pm
+++ b/lib/Mojo/Path.pm
@@ -41,11 +41,18 @@ sub merge {
   my ($self, $path) = @_;
 
   # Replace
-  return $self->parse($path) if $path =~ m!^/!;
+  if (ref $path) {
+     if ($path->leading_slash) {
+       @{$self->parts} = @{$path->parts};
+       $self->trailing_slash($path->trailing_slash);
+       return $self->leading_slash($path->leading_slash);
+     }
+  }
+  elsif ($path =~ m!^/!) { return $self->parse($path) }
 
   # Merge
-  pop @{$self->parts} unless $self->trailing_slash;
-  $path = $self->new($path);
+  pop @{$self->parts}       unless $self->trailing_slash;
+  $path = $self->new($path) unless ref $path;
   push @{$self->parts}, @{$path->parts};
   return $self->trailing_slash($path->trailing_slash);
 }
diff --git a/t/mojo/path.t b/t/mojo/path.t
index 642a07bb88..631f8a43d0 100644
--- a/t/mojo/path.t
+++ b/t/mojo/path.t
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use Mojo::Base -strict;
 
 use Test::More;
 use Mojo::Path;
+use Mojo::Util qw(encode url_escape);
 
 subtest 'Basic functionality' => sub {
   my $path = Mojo::Path->new;
@@ -170,6 +171,31 @@ subtest 'Merge' => sub {
   is $path->to_route, '/foo/baz/yada', 'right route';
 };
 
+subtest 'Merge path object' => sub {
+  my $charset    = 'ISO-8859-15';
+  my $part       = 'b€r';
+  my $part_enc   = url_escape(encode($charset, $part));
+  my $parse_path = sub { Mojo::Path->new->charset($charset)->parse(@_) };
+
+  for my $has_trailing_slash (!!0, !!1) {
+    my $trailing_slash      = $has_trailing_slash ? '/' : '';
+    my $trailing_slash_diag = 'has'.($has_trailing_slash ? '' : ' no').' trailing slash';
+    my $path = $parse_path->("/$part_enc/");
+    $path->merge($parse_path->($part_enc.$trailing_slash));
+    is_deeply $path->parts, [($part) x 2],              'right structure';
+    is "$path", "/$part_enc/$part_enc".$trailing_slash, 'right path';
+    ok $path->leading_slash,                            'has leading slash';
+    is $path->trailing_slash, $has_trailing_slash,      $trailing_slash_diag;
+    is $path->to_route, "/$part/$part".$trailing_slash, 'right route';
+    $path = $parse_path->("/foo/")->merge($parse_path->("/$part_enc".$trailing_slash));
+    is_deeply $path->parts, [$part],                    'right structure';
+    is "$path", "/$part_enc".$trailing_slash,           'right path';
+    ok $path->leading_slash,                            'has leading slash';
+    is $path->trailing_slash, $has_trailing_slash,      $trailing_slash_diag;
+    is $path->to_route, "/$part".$trailing_slash,       'right route';
+  }
+};
+
 subtest 'Empty path elements' => sub {
   my $path = Mojo::Path->new('//');
   is "$path", '//', 'right path';