diff --git a/public/src/client/topic/merge.js b/public/src/client/topic/merge.js
index 3955f51648..228d318f1b 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic/merge.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic/merge.js
@@ -77,12 +77,19 @@ define('forum/topic/merge', function () {
 	function mergeTopics(btn) {
 		btn.attr('disabled', true);
 		var tids = Object.keys(selectedTids);
-		socket.emit('topics.merge', tids, function (err) {
+		var options = {};
+		if (modal.find('.merge-main-topic-radio').is(':checked')) {
+			options.mainTid = modal.find('.merge-main-topic-select').val();
+		} else if (modal.find('.merge-new-title-radio').is(':checked')) {
+			options.newTopicTitle = modal.find('.merge-new-title-input').val();
+		}
+
+		socket.emit('topics.merge', { tids: tids, options: options }, function (err, tid) {
 			btn.removeAttr('disabled');
 			if (err) {
 				return app.alertError(err.message);
 			}
-			ajaxify.go('/topic/' + tids[0]);
+			ajaxify.go('/topic/' + tid);
 			closeModal();
 		});
 	}
@@ -103,7 +110,7 @@ define('forum/topic/merge', function () {
 				topics: topics,
 			}, function (html) {
 				modal.find('.topics-section').html(html.find('.topics-section').html());
-				modal.find('.main-topic-select').html(html.find('.main-topic-select').html());
+				modal.find('.merge-main-topic-select').html(html.find('.merge-main-topic-select').html());
 			});
 		} else {
 			modal.find('.topics-section').translateHtml('[[error:no-topics-selected]]');
diff --git a/src/socket.io/topics/merge.js b/src/socket.io/topics/merge.js
index 124ede9b32..8fa275042a 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/topics/merge.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/topics/merge.js
@@ -4,14 +4,18 @@ const topics = require('../../topics');
 const privileges = require('../../privileges');
 
 module.exports = function (SocketTopics) {
-	SocketTopics.merge = async function (socket, tids) {
-		if (!Array.isArray(tids)) {
+	SocketTopics.merge = async function (socket, data) {
+		if (!data || !Array.isArray(data.tids)) {
 			throw new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]');
 		}
-		const allowed = await Promise.all(tids.map(tid => privileges.topics.isAdminOrMod(tid, socket.uid)));
+		const allowed = await Promise.all(data.tids.map(tid => privileges.topics.isAdminOrMod(tid, socket.uid)));
 		if (allowed.includes(false)) {
 			throw new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]');
 		}
-		await topics.merge(tids, socket.uid);
+		if (data.options && data.options.mainTid && !data.tids.includes(data.options.mainTid)) {
+			throw new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]');
+		}
+		const mergeIntoTid = await topics.merge(data.tids, socket.uid, data.options);
+		return mergeIntoTid;
 	};
 };
diff --git a/src/topics/merge.js b/src/topics/merge.js
index fb6a6e59d4..dbcfebc5c2 100644
--- a/src/topics/merge.js
+++ b/src/topics/merge.js
@@ -4,10 +4,18 @@ const async = require('async');
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
 
 module.exports = function (Topics) {
-	Topics.merge = async function (tids, uid) {
-		const mergeIntoTid = findOldestTopic(tids);
+	Topics.merge = async function (tids, uid, options) {
+		options = options || {};
+		const oldestTid = findOldestTopic(tids);
+		let mergeIntoTid = oldestTid;
+		if (options.mainTid) {
+			mergeIntoTid = options.mainTid;
+		} else if (options.newTopicTitle) {
+			mergeIntoTid = await createNewTopic(options.newTopicTitle, oldestTid);
+		}
 
-		const otherTids = tids.filter(tid => tid && parseInt(tid, 10) !== parseInt(mergeIntoTid, 10));
+		const otherTids = tids.sort((a, b) => a - b)
+			.filter(tid => tid && parseInt(tid, 10) !== parseInt(mergeIntoTid, 10));
 
 		await async.eachSeries(otherTids, async function (tid) {
 			const pids = await Topics.getPids(tid);
@@ -25,8 +33,19 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 		});
 
 		plugins.fireHook('action:topic.merge', { uid: uid, tids: tids, mergeIntoTid: mergeIntoTid, otherTids: otherTids });
+		return mergeIntoTid;
 	};
 
+	async function createNewTopic(title, oldestTid) {
+		const topicData = await Topics.getTopicFields(oldestTid, ['uid', 'cid']);
+		const tid = await Topics.create({
+			uid: topicData.uid,
+			cid: topicData.cid,
+			title: title,
+		});
+		return tid;
+	}
+
 	function findOldestTopic(tids) {
 		return Math.min.apply(null, tids);
 	}
diff --git a/test/topics.js b/test/topics.js
index 13e43efdd2..06c25afa1b 100644
--- a/test/topics.js
+++ b/test/topics.js
@@ -2080,6 +2080,11 @@ describe('Topic\'s', function () {
 		var topic1Data;
 		var topic2Data;
 
+		async function getTopic(tid) {
+			const topicData = await topics.getTopicData(tid);
+			return await topics.getTopicWithPosts(topicData, 'tid:' + topicData.tid + ':posts', adminUid, 0, 19, false);
+		}
+
 		before(function (done) {
 			async.waterfall([
 				function (next) {
@@ -2111,18 +2116,17 @@ describe('Topic\'s', function () {
 		});
 
 		it('should error if user does not have privileges', function (done) {
-			socketTopics.merge({ uid: 0 }, [topic2Data.tid, topic1Data.tid], function (err) {
+			socketTopics.merge({ uid: 0 }, { tids: [topic2Data.tid, topic1Data.tid] }, function (err) {
 				assert.equal(err.message, '[[error:no-privileges]]');
 				done();
 			});
 		});
 
 		it('should merge 2 topics', async function () {
-			await socketTopics.merge({ uid: adminUid }, [topic2Data.tid, topic1Data.tid]);
-			async function getTopic(tid) {
-				const topicData = await topics.getTopicData(tid);
-				return await topics.getTopicWithPosts(topicData, 'tid:' + topicData.tid + ':posts', adminUid, 0, 19, false);
-			}
+			await socketTopics.merge({ uid: adminUid }, {
+				tids: [topic2Data.tid, topic1Data.tid],
+			});
+
 			const [topic1, topic2] = await Promise.all([
 				getTopic(topic1Data.tid),
 				getTopic(topic2Data.tid),
@@ -2136,6 +2140,7 @@ describe('Topic\'s', function () {
 			assert.equal(topic1.posts[1].content, 'topic 2 OP');
 			assert.equal(topic1.posts[2].content, 'topic 1 reply');
 			assert.equal(topic1.posts[3].content, 'topic 2 reply');
+			assert.equal(topic1.title, 'topic 1');
 		});
 
 		it('should return properly for merged topic', function (done) {
@@ -2147,6 +2152,65 @@ describe('Topic\'s', function () {
 				done();
 			});
 		});
+
+		it('should merge 2 topics with options mainTid', async function () {
+			const topic1Result = await topics.post({ uid: uid, cid: categoryObj.cid, title: 'topic 1', content: 'topic 1 OP' });
+			const topic2Result = await topics.post({ uid: uid, cid: categoryObj.cid, title: 'topic 2', content: 'topic 2 OP' });
+			await topics.reply({ uid: uid, content: 'topic 1 reply', tid: topic1Result.topicData.tid });
+			await topics.reply({ uid: uid, content: 'topic 2 reply', tid: topic2Result.topicData.tid });
+			await socketTopics.merge({ uid: adminUid }, {
+				tids: [topic2Result.topicData.tid, topic1Result.topicData.tid],
+				options: {
+					mainTid: topic2Result.topicData.tid,
+				},
+			});
+
+			const [topic1, topic2] = await Promise.all([
+				getTopic(topic1Result.topicData.tid),
+				getTopic(topic2Result.topicData.tid),
+			]);
+
+			assert.equal(topic1.posts.length, 0);
+			assert.equal(topic2.posts.length, 4);
+			assert.equal(topic1.deleted, true);
+
+			assert.equal(topic2.posts[0].content, 'topic 2 OP');
+			assert.equal(topic2.posts[1].content, 'topic 1 OP');
+			assert.equal(topic2.posts[2].content, 'topic 1 reply');
+			assert.equal(topic2.posts[3].content, 'topic 2 reply');
+			assert.equal(topic2.title, 'topic 2');
+		});
+
+		it('should merge 2 topics with options newTopicTitle', async function () {
+			const topic1Result = await topics.post({ uid: uid, cid: categoryObj.cid, title: 'topic 1', content: 'topic 1 OP' });
+			const topic2Result = await topics.post({ uid: uid, cid: categoryObj.cid, title: 'topic 2', content: 'topic 2 OP' });
+			await topics.reply({ uid: uid, content: 'topic 1 reply', tid: topic1Result.topicData.tid });
+			await topics.reply({ uid: uid, content: 'topic 2 reply', tid: topic2Result.topicData.tid });
+			const mergeTid = await socketTopics.merge({ uid: adminUid }, {
+				tids: [topic2Result.topicData.tid, topic1Result.topicData.tid],
+				options: {
+					newTopicTitle: 'new merge topic',
+				},
+			});
+
+			const [topic1, topic2, topic3] = await Promise.all([
+				getTopic(topic1Result.topicData.tid),
+				getTopic(topic2Result.topicData.tid),
+				getTopic(mergeTid),
+			]);
+
+			assert.equal(topic1.posts.length, 0);
+			assert.equal(topic2.posts.length, 0);
+			assert.equal(topic3.posts.length, 4);
+			assert.equal(topic1.deleted, true);
+			assert.equal(topic2.deleted, true);
+
+			assert.equal(topic3.posts[0].content, 'topic 1 OP');
+			assert.equal(topic3.posts[1].content, 'topic 2 OP');
+			assert.equal(topic3.posts[2].content, 'topic 1 reply');
+			assert.equal(topic3.posts[3].content, 'topic 2 reply');
+			assert.equal(topic3.title, 'new merge topic');
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('sorted topics', function () {