diff --git a/lib/tod/shift.rb b/lib/tod/shift.rb
index 0dfc344..4a9b6f5 100644
--- a/lib/tod/shift.rb
+++ b/lib/tod/shift.rb
@@ -79,5 +79,11 @@ def hash
     def slide(seconds)
       self.class.new(beginning + seconds, ending + seconds, exclude_end?)
     end
+
+    def merge(other_shift)
+      new_beginning = [@beginning, other_shift.beginning].min
+      new_ending = [@ending, other_shift.ending].max
+      return self.class.new(new_beginning, new_ending)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/tod/shift_test.rb b/test/tod/shift_test.rb
index 0244e5e..d303806 100644
--- a/test/tod/shift_test.rb
+++ b/test/tod/shift_test.rb
@@ -352,4 +352,19 @@
       refute shift.exclude_end?
     end
   end
+
+  describe "merge" do
+    it "merges a shift into another" do
+      beginning_expected = Tod::TimeOfDay.new 8
+      ending_expected = Tod::TimeOfDay.new 18
+
+      shift_one = Tod::Shift.new(beginning_expected, Tod::TimeOfDay.new(17))
+      shift_two = Tod::Shift.new(Tod::TimeOfDay.new(10), ending_expected)
+
+      merged_shift = shift_one.merge(shift_two)
+
+      assert_equal beginning_expected, merged_shift.beginning
+      assert_equal ending_expected, merged_shift.ending
+    end
+  end
 end