diff --git a/spec/std/named_tuple_spec.cr b/spec/std/named_tuple_spec.cr
index 080dd7ae927f..f8de731e154c 100644
--- a/spec/std/named_tuple_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/std/named_tuple_spec.cr
@@ -297,6 +297,12 @@ describe "NamedTuple" do
     tup.values.should eq({1, 'a'})
   end
 
+  it "merges with other named tuple" do
+    a = {one: 1, two: 2, three: 3, four: 4, five: 5, "im \"string": "works"}
+    b = {two: "Two", three: true, "new one": "ok"}
+    c = a.merge(b).merge(four: "Four").should eq({one: 1, two: "Two", three: true, four: "Four", five: 5, "new one": "ok", "im \"string": "works"})
+  end
+
   it "does types" do
     tuple = {a: 1, b: 'a', c: "hello"}
     tuple.class.types.to_s.should eq("{a: Int32, b: Char, c: String}")
diff --git a/src/named_tuple.cr b/src/named_tuple.cr
index ceef6642e373..69d5e71c572f 100644
--- a/src/named_tuple.cr
+++ b/src/named_tuple.cr
@@ -159,6 +159,31 @@ struct NamedTuple
     yield
   end
 
+  # Merges two named tuples into one, returning a new named tuple.
+  # If a key is defined in both tuples, the value and its type is used from *other*.
+  #
+  # ```
+  # a = {foo: "Hello", bar: "Old"}
+  # b = {bar: "New", baz: "Bye"}
+  # a.merge(b) # => {foo: "Hello", bar: "New", baz: "Bye"}
+  # ```
+  def merge(other : NamedTuple)
+    merge(**other)
+  end
+
+  # ditto
+  def merge(**other : **U) forall U
+    {% begin %}
+    {
+      {% for k in T %} {% unless U.keys.includes?(k) %} {{k.stringify}}: self[{{k.symbolize}}],{% end %} {% end %}
+      {% for k in U %} {{k.stringify}}: other[{{k.symbolize}}], {% end %}
+    }
+    {% end %}
+  end
+
+  # Returns a hash value based on this name tuple's size, keys and values.
+  #
+  # See also: `Object#hash`.
   # See `Object#hash(hasher)`
   def hash(hasher)
     {% for key in T.keys.sort %}