diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/local_commits_controller.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/local_commits_controller.go
index b7744788f..35533b00c 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/local_commits_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/local_commits_controller.go
@@ -1448,6 +1448,10 @@ func (self *LocalCommitsController) midRebaseMoveCommandEnabled(selectedCommits
 
 func (self *LocalCommitsController) canDropCommits(selectedCommits []*models.Commit, startIdx int, endIdx int) *types.DisabledReason {
 	if !self.isRebasing() {
+		if len(selectedCommits) > 1 && lo.SomeBy(selectedCommits, func(c *models.Commit) bool { return c.IsMerge() }) {
+			return &types.DisabledReason{Text: self.c.Tr.DroppingMergeRequiresSingleSelection}
+		}
+
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/i18n/english.go b/pkg/i18n/english.go
index 2813a1a5f..a822f4215 100644
--- a/pkg/i18n/english.go
+++ b/pkg/i18n/english.go
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ type TranslationSet struct {
 	YouDied                               string
 	RewordNotSupported                    string
 	ChangingThisActionIsNotAllowed        string
+	DroppingMergeRequiresSingleSelection  string
 	CherryPickCopy                        string
 	CherryPickCopyTooltip                 string
 	CherryPickCopyRangeTooltip            string
@@ -1324,6 +1325,7 @@ func EnglishTranslationSet() *TranslationSet {
 		YouDied:                              "YOU DIED!",
 		RewordNotSupported:                   "Rewording commits while interactively rebasing is not currently supported",
 		ChangingThisActionIsNotAllowed:       "Changing this kind of rebase todo entry is not allowed",
+		DroppingMergeRequiresSingleSelection: "Dropping a merge commit requires a single selected item",
 		CherryPickCopy:                       "Copy (cherry-pick)",
 		CherryPickCopyTooltip:                "Mark commit as copied. Then, within the local commits view, you can press `{{.paste}}` to paste (cherry-pick) the copied commit(s) into your checked out branch. At any time you can press `{{.escape}}` to cancel the selection.",
 		CherryPickCopyRangeTooltip:           "Mark commits as copied from the last copied commit to the selected commit.",