diff --git a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
index 0a03caccab..30ac9eb267 100644
--- a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
@@ -2084,9 +2084,10 @@ By default, unset, permitting delivery to any email address.
 
 [[sendemail.includeDiff]]sendemail.includeDiff::
 +
-If true, new change emails from Gerrit will include the complete
-unified diff of the change. Variable maxmimumDiffSize places an upper
-limit on how large the email can get when this option is enabled.
+If true, new change emails and merged change emails from Gerrit
+will include the complete unified diff of the change.
+Variable maxmimumDiffSize places an upper limit on how large the
+email can get when this option is enabled.
 +
 By default, false.
 
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/ChangeEmail.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/ChangeEmail.java
index 1bcf7321c7..0b71cb891e 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/ChangeEmail.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/ChangeEmail.java
@@ -46,9 +46,15 @@ import com.google.gerrit.server.query.change.ChangeQueryBuilder;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.query.change.SingleGroupUser;
 import com.google.gwtorm.server.OrmException;
 
+import org.eclipse.jgit.diff.DiffFormatter;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.JGitText;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.util.RawParseUtils;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.util.TemporaryBuffer;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -576,4 +582,50 @@ public abstract class ChangeEmail extends OutgoingEmail {
     velocityContext.put("patchSet", patchSet);
     velocityContext.put("patchSetInfo", patchSetInfo);
   }
+
+  public boolean getIncludeDiff() {
+    return args.settings.includeDiff;
+  }
+
+  /** Show patch set as unified difference. */
+  public String getUnifiedDiff() {
+    PatchList patchList;
+    try {
+      patchList = getPatchList();
+      if (patchList.getOldId() == null) {
+        // Octopus merges are not well supported for diff output by Gerrit.
+        // Currently these always have a null oldId in the PatchList.
+        return "";
+      }
+    } catch (PatchListNotAvailableException e) {
+      log.error("Cannot format patch", e);
+      return "";
+    }
+
+    TemporaryBuffer.Heap buf =
+        new TemporaryBuffer.Heap(args.settings.maximumDiffSize);
+    DiffFormatter fmt = new DiffFormatter(buf);
+    Repository git;
+    try {
+      git = args.server.openRepository(change.getProject());
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      log.error("Cannot open repository to format patch", e);
+      return "";
+    }
+    try {
+      fmt.setRepository(git);
+      fmt.setDetectRenames(true);
+      fmt.format(patchList.getOldId(), patchList.getNewId());
+      return RawParseUtils.decode(buf.toByteArray());
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      if (JGitText.get().inMemoryBufferLimitExceeded.equals(e.getMessage())) {
+        return "";
+      }
+      log.error("Cannot format patch", e);
+      return "";
+    } finally {
+      fmt.release();
+      git.close();
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/NewChangeSender.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/NewChangeSender.java
index 82c14059a8..2e459d40a1 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/NewChangeSender.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/NewChangeSender.java
@@ -16,21 +16,10 @@ package com.google.gerrit.server.mail;
 
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Change;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.patch.PatchList;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.patch.PatchListNotAvailableException;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.ssh.SshInfo;
 
 import com.jcraft.jsch.HostKey;
 
-import org.eclipse.jgit.diff.DiffFormatter;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.JGitText;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.util.RawParseUtils;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.util.TemporaryBuffer;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -39,9 +28,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 /** Sends an email alerting a user to a new change for them to review. */
 public abstract class NewChangeSender extends ChangeEmail {
-  private static final Logger log =
-      LoggerFactory.getLogger(NewChangeSender.class);
-
   private final SshInfo sshInfo;
   private final Set<Account.Id> reviewers = new HashSet<Account.Id>();
   private final Set<Account.Id> extraCC = new HashSet<Account.Id>();
@@ -99,50 +85,4 @@ public abstract class NewChangeSender extends ChangeEmail {
     }
     return host;
   }
-
-  public boolean getIncludeDiff() {
-    return args.settings.includeDiff;
-  }
-
-  /** Show patch set as unified difference.  */
-  public String getUnifiedDiff() {
-    PatchList patchList;
-    try {
-      patchList = getPatchList();
-      if (patchList.getOldId() == null) {
-        // Octopus merges are not well supported for diff output by Gerrit.
-        // Currently these always have a null oldId in the PatchList.
-        return "";
-      }
-    } catch (PatchListNotAvailableException e) {
-      log.error("Cannot format patch", e);
-      return "";
-    }
-
-    TemporaryBuffer.Heap buf =
-        new TemporaryBuffer.Heap(args.settings.maximumDiffSize);
-    DiffFormatter fmt = new DiffFormatter(buf);
-    Repository git;
-    try {
-      git = args.server.openRepository(change.getProject());
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      log.error("Cannot open repository to format patch", e);
-      return "";
-    }
-    try {
-      fmt.setRepository(git);
-      fmt.setDetectRenames(true);
-      fmt.format(patchList.getOldId(), patchList.getNewId());
-      return RawParseUtils.decode(buf.toByteArray());
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      if (JGitText.get().inMemoryBufferLimitExceeded.equals(e.getMessage())) {
-        return "";
-      }
-      log.error("Cannot format patch", e);
-      return "";
-    } finally {
-      fmt.release();
-      git.close();
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/Merged.vm b/gerrit-server/src/main/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/Merged.vm
index bcbc7bdd4c..820806234b 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/Merged.vm
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/Merged.vm
@@ -42,3 +42,7 @@ Change subject: $change.subject
 
 
 $email.changeDetail$email.approvals
+
+#if($email.includeDiff)
+$email.UnifiedDiff
+#end