diff --git a/src/translate.service.ts b/src/translate.service.ts
index 5bebd41d..8b15d0a8 100644
--- a/src/translate.service.ts
+++ b/src/translate.service.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {TranslateStore} from "./translate.store";
 import {TranslateLoader} from "./translate.loader";
 import {MissingTranslationHandler, MissingTranslationHandlerParams} from "./missing-translation-handler";
 import {TranslateParser} from "./translate.parser";
-import {isDefined} from "./util";
+import {deepMerge, isDefined} from "./util";
 
 export const USE_STORE = new OpaqueToken('USE_STORE');
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ export class TranslateService {
      */
     public setTranslation(lang: string, translations: Object, shouldMerge: boolean = false): void {
         if(shouldMerge && this.translations[lang]) {
-            Object.assign(this.translations[lang], translations);
+            this.translations[lang] = deepMerge(this.translations[lang], translations);
         } else {
             this.translations[lang] = translations;
         }
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 55da72b6..435118f4 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -54,4 +54,72 @@ export function equals(o1: any, o2: any): boolean {
 
 export function isDefined(value: any): boolean {
     return typeof value !== 'undefined' && value !== null;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+/** Start deep merge, from https://github.com/KyleAMathews/deepmerge **/
+function isMergeableObject<T>(val: T): boolean {
+    let nonNullObject = val && typeof val === 'object';
+
+    return nonNullObject
+        && Object.prototype.toString.call(val) !== '[object RegExp]'
+        && Object.prototype.toString.call(val) !== '[object Date]';
+}
+
+function emptyTarget<T>(val: T): any {
+    return Array.isArray(val) ? [] : {};
+}
+
+function cloneIfNecessary<T>(value: T, options: DeepMergeOptions<T>): T {
+    let clone = options && options.clone === true;
+    return clone && isMergeableObject(value) ? deepMerge(emptyTarget(value), value, options) : value;
+}
+
+function defaultArrayMerge<T>(target: T[], source: T[], options: DeepMergeOptions<T>): T[] {
+    let destination = target.slice();
+    source.forEach(function(e, i) {
+        if(typeof destination[i] === 'undefined') {
+            destination[i] = cloneIfNecessary(e, options);
+        } else if(isMergeableObject(e)) {
+            destination[i] = deepMerge(target[i], e, options);
+        } else if(target.indexOf(e) === -1) {
+            destination.push(cloneIfNecessary(e, options));
+        }
+    });
+    return destination;
+}
+
+function mergeObject<T>(target: any, source: any, options: DeepMergeOptions<T>): T {
+    let destination: any = {};
+    if(isMergeableObject(target)) {
+        Object.keys(target).forEach(function(key) {
+            destination[key] = cloneIfNecessary(target[key], options)
+        });
+    }
+    Object.keys(source).forEach(function(key) {
+        if(!isMergeableObject(source[key]) || !target[key]) {
+            destination[key] = cloneIfNecessary(source[key], options);
+        } else {
+            destination[key] = deepMerge(target[key], source[key], options);
+        }
+    });
+    return destination;
+}
+
+export interface DeepMergeOptions<T> {
+    clone?: boolean;
+
+    arrayMerge?(destination: T, source: T, options?: DeepMergeOptions<T>): T;
+}
+
+export function deepMerge<T>(target: T, source: T, options?: DeepMergeOptions<T>): T {
+    let array = Array.isArray(source);
+    options = options || {arrayMerge: defaultArrayMerge} as any;
+    let arrayMerge: any = options.arrayMerge || defaultArrayMerge;
+
+    if(array) {
+        return Array.isArray(target) ? arrayMerge(target, source, options) : cloneIfNecessary(source, options);
+    } else {
+        return mergeObject(target, source, options);
+    }
+}
+/** End deep merge **/
diff --git a/tests/translate.service.spec.ts b/tests/translate.service.spec.ts
index 9939e06a..c32cef27 100644
--- a/tests/translate.service.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/translate.service.spec.ts
@@ -172,14 +172,14 @@ describe('TranslateService', () => {
         });
     });
 
-    it("shouldn't override the translations if you set the translations twice", (done: Function) => {
+    it("should merge translations if option shouldMerge is true", (done: Function) => {
         translations = {};
-        translate.setTranslation('en', {"TEST": "This is a test"}, true);
-        translate.setTranslation('en', {"TEST2": "This is a test"}, true);
+        translate.setTranslation('en', {"TEST": {"sub1": "value1"}}, true);
+        translate.setTranslation('en', {"TEST": {"sub2": "value2"}}, true);
         translate.use('en');
 
-        translate.get('TEST').subscribe((res: string) => {
-            expect(res).toEqual('This is a test');
+        translate.get('TEST').subscribe((res: any) => {
+            expect(res).toEqual({"sub1": "value1", "sub2": "value2"});
             expect(translations).toEqual({});
             done();
         });