diff --git a/src/main/java/org/zendesk/client/v2/Zendesk.java b/src/main/java/org/zendesk/client/v2/Zendesk.java
index 5b42740d0..1de73d221 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/zendesk/client/v2/Zendesk.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/zendesk/client/v2/Zendesk.java
@@ -827,6 +827,11 @@ public User createUser(User user) {
                 Collections.singletonMap("user", user))), handle(User.class, "user")));
     }
 
+    public User mergeUsers(long userIdThatWillRemain, long userIdThatWillBeMerged) {
+        return complete(submit(req("PUT", tmpl("/users/{id}/merge.json").set("id", userIdThatWillBeMerged), JSON, json(
+                Collections.singletonMap("user", Collections.singletonMap("id", userIdThatWillRemain)))), handle(User.class, "user")));
+    }
+
     public JobStatus createUsers(User... users) {
         return createUsers(Arrays.asList(users));
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/zendesk/client/v2/UserTest.java b/src/test/java/org/zendesk/client/v2/UserTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a380253a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/zendesk/client/v2/UserTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package org.zendesk.client.v2;
+
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.equalTo;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.equalToJson;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.ok;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.put;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.putRequestedFor;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.urlEqualTo;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.urlPathEqualTo;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.core.WireMockConfiguration.options;
+import static io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaders.Values.APPLICATION_JSON;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.junit.WireMockClassRule;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import org.apache.commons.text.RandomStringGenerator;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.zendesk.client.v2.model.User;
+
+/**
+ * An initial attempt at a unit test that uses wiremock to test the client without requiring a running zendesk client
+ * @author rbolles on 2/8/18.
+ */
+public class UserTest {
+
+    private static final String MOCK_URL_FORMATTED_STRING = "http://localhost:%d";
+    public static final RandomStringGenerator RANDOM_STRING_GENERATOR =
+            new RandomStringGenerator.Builder().withinRange('a', 'z').build();
+    private static final String MOCK_API_TOKEN = RANDOM_STRING_GENERATOR.generate(15);
+    private static final String MOCK_USERNAME = RANDOM_STRING_GENERATOR.generate(10).toLowerCase() + "@cloudbees.com";
+
+    @ClassRule
+    public static WireMockClassRule zendeskApiClass = new WireMockClassRule(options()
+            .dynamicPort()
+            .dynamicHttpsPort()
+    );
+
+    @Rule
+    public WireMockClassRule zendeskApiMock = zendeskApiClass;
+
+    private Zendesk client;
+    //use a mapper that is identical to what the client will use
+    private ObjectMapper objectMapper = Zendesk.createMapper();
+
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        int ephemeralPort = zendeskApiMock.port();
+
+        String hostname = String.format(MOCK_URL_FORMATTED_STRING, ephemeralPort);
+
+        client = new Zendesk.Builder(hostname)
+                .setUsername(MOCK_USERNAME)
+                .setToken(MOCK_API_TOKEN)
+                .build();
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void closeClient() {
+        if (client != null) {
+            client.close();
+        }
+        client = null;
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void mergeUsers() throws JsonProcessingException {
+
+        long userThatWillBeMerged = 1234L;
+        long userThatWillRemain = 2345L;
+
+
+        User userObjectInRequest = new User();
+        userObjectInRequest.setId(userThatWillRemain);
+        String expectedJsonPayload = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(Collections.singletonMap("user", userObjectInRequest));
+
+        User userObjectInResponse = new User();
+        userObjectInResponse.setId(userThatWillRemain);
+        userObjectInResponse.setPhone("867-5309"); //a field that wasn't in the request
+        String expectedJsonResponse = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(Collections.singletonMap("user", userObjectInResponse));
+
+        zendeskApiMock.stubFor(
+                put(
+                        urlPathEqualTo("/api/v2/users/1234/merge.json"))
+                        .withRequestBody(equalToJson(expectedJsonPayload))
+                        .willReturn(ok()
+                                .withBody(expectedJsonResponse)
+                        )
+        );
+
+        User remainingUser = client.mergeUsers(userThatWillRemain, userThatWillBeMerged);
+
+        zendeskApiMock.verify(putRequestedFor(
+            urlEqualTo("/api/v2/users/1234/merge.json"))
+                   .withHeader("Content-Type", equalTo(APPLICATION_JSON+"; charset=UTF-8"))
+                   .withRequestBody(equalToJson(expectedJsonPayload))
+        );
+
+        assertThat(remainingUser).as("result")
+                .isNotNull()
+                .isEqualToComparingFieldByField(userObjectInResponse);
+
+    }
+}