diff --git a/docs/repository.rst b/docs/repository.rst
index 08ab3dd..e04ca2d 100644
--- a/docs/repository.rst
+++ b/docs/repository.rst
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ To open an existing repository::
 .. autoattribute:: pygit2.Repository.is_empty
 .. automethod:: pygit2.Repository.read
 .. automethod:: pygit2.Repository.write
+.. automethod:: pygit2.Repository.merge_base
diff --git a/src/repository.c b/src/repository.c
index 39ec15a..c5acb8d 100644
--- a/src/repository.c
+++ b/src/repository.c
@@ -497,6 +497,38 @@ Repository_config__get__(Repository *self)
     return self->config;
 }
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(Repository_merge_base__doc__,
+  "merge_base(oid, oid) -> commit\n"
+  "\n"
+  "Find as good common ancestors as possible for a merge.");
+
+PyObject *
+Repository_merge_base(Repository *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *value1;
+    PyObject *value2;
+    git_oid oid;
+    git_oid oid1;
+    git_oid oid2;
+    int err;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OO", &value1, &value2))
+        return NULL;
+
+    err = py_str_to_git_oid_expand(self->repo, value1, &oid1);
+    if (err < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    err = py_str_to_git_oid_expand(self->repo, value2, &oid2);
+    if (err < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    err = git_merge_base(&oid, self->repo, &oid1, &oid2);
+    if (err < 0)
+        return Error_set(err);
+
+    return git_oid_to_python(&oid);
+}
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(Repository_walk__doc__,
   "walk(oid, sort_mode) -> iterator\n"
@@ -1212,6 +1244,7 @@ PyMethodDef Repository_methods[] = {
     METHOD(Repository, create_tag, METH_VARARGS),
     METHOD(Repository, TreeBuilder, METH_VARARGS),
     METHOD(Repository, walk, METH_VARARGS),
+    METHOD(Repository, merge_base, METH_VARARGS),
     METHOD(Repository, read, METH_O),
     METHOD(Repository, write, METH_VARARGS),
     METHOD(Repository, create_reference_direct, METH_VARARGS),
diff --git a/test/test_repository.py b/test/test_repository.py
index f16888c..93c4cc7 100644
--- a/test/test_repository.py
+++ b/test/test_repository.py
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ class RepositoryTest_II(utils.RepoTestCase):
         self.repo.checkout(pygit2.GIT_CHECKOUT_FORCE, head=True)
         self.assertTrue('bye.txt' not in self.repo.status())
 
+    def test_merge_base(self):
+        commit = self.repo.merge_base('5ebeeebb320790caf276b9fc8b24546d63316533', '4ec4389a8068641da2d6578db0419484972284c8')
+        self.assertEqual(commit.hex, 'acecd5ea2924a4b900e7e149496e1f4b57976e51')
+
 
 class NewRepositoryTest(utils.NoRepoTestCase):