diff --git a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/META-INF/vcs-log.xml b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/META-INF/vcs-log.xml
index 88829f0f3b0c..c9251c938161 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/META-INF/vcs-log.xml
+++ b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/META-INF/vcs-log.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     <statistics.usagesCollector implementation="com.intellij.vcs.log.statistics.VcsLogRepoSizeCollector" />
 
     <logHighlighterFactory implementation="com.intellij.vcs.log.ui.MyCommitsHighlighter$Factory"/>
+    <logHighlighterFactory implementation="com.intellij.vcs.log.ui.MergeCommitsHighlighter$Factory"/>
     <logHighlighterFactory implementation="com.intellij.vcs.log.ui.CurrentBranchHighlighter$Factory"/>
   </extensions>
 
diff --git a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/ui/MergeCommitsHighlighter.java b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/ui/MergeCommitsHighlighter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d45dd3fd794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/ui/MergeCommitsHighlighter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.vcs.log.ui;
+
+import com.intellij.ui.Gray;
+import com.intellij.ui.JBColor;
+import com.intellij.vcs.log.VcsCommitStyleFactory;
+import com.intellij.vcs.log.VcsLogHighlighter;
+import com.intellij.vcs.log.VcsShortCommitDetails;
+import com.intellij.vcs.log.data.LoadingDetails;
+import com.intellij.vcs.log.data.VcsLogDataHolder;
+import com.intellij.vcs.log.data.VcsLogUiProperties;
+import com.intellij.vcs.log.graph.impl.facade.PermanentGraphImpl;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+public class MergeCommitsHighlighter implements VcsLogHighlighter {
+  private static final JBColor MERGE_COMMIT_FOREGROUND = new JBColor(Gray._192, Gray._96);
+  @NotNull private final VcsLogUiProperties myUiProperties;
+  @NotNull private final VcsLogDataHolder myDataHolder;
+
+  public MergeCommitsHighlighter(@NotNull VcsLogDataHolder logDataHolder, @NotNull VcsLogUiProperties uiProperties) {
+    myDataHolder = logDataHolder;
+    myUiProperties = uiProperties;
+  }
+
+  @NotNull
+  @Override
+  public VcsCommitStyle getStyle(int commitIndex, boolean isSelected) {
+    if (isSelected || myUiProperties.getBekSortType() != PermanentGraphImpl.SortType.LinearBek.ordinal()) return VcsCommitStyle.DEFAULT;
+    VcsShortCommitDetails details = myDataHolder.getMiniDetailsGetter().getCommitDataIfAvailable(commitIndex);
+    if (details != null && !(details instanceof LoadingDetails)) {
+      if (details.getParents().size() >= 2) return VcsCommitStyleFactory.foreground(MERGE_COMMIT_FOREGROUND);
+    }
+    return VcsCommitStyle.DEFAULT;
+  }
+
+  public static class Factory implements VcsLogHighlighterFactory {
+    @NotNull
+    @Override
+    public VcsLogHighlighter createHighlighter(@NotNull VcsLogDataHolder logDataHolder, @NotNull VcsLogUiProperties uiProperties) {
+      return new MergeCommitsHighlighter(logDataHolder, uiProperties);
+    }
+  }
+}