diff --git a/tap_gitlab/__init__.py b/tap_gitlab/__init__.py
index d8d1277..850b3b7 100644
--- a/tap_gitlab/__init__.py
+++ b/tap_gitlab/__init__.py
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ def load_schema(entity):
         'schema': load_schema('groups'),
         'key_properties': ['id'],
     },
+    'merge_requests': {
+        'url': '/projects/{}/merge_requests',
+        'schema': load_schema('merge_requests'),
+        'key_properties': ['id'],
+    },
 }
 
 
@@ -130,7 +135,7 @@ def gen_request(url):
 
 def format_timestamp(data, typ, schema):
     result = data
-    if typ == 'string' and schema.get('format') == 'date-time':
+    if typ == 'string' and schema.get('format') == 'date-time' and data is not None:
         rfc3339_ts = rfc3339_to_timestamp(data)
         utc_dt = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(rfc3339_ts).replace(tzinfo=pytz.UTC)
         result = utils.strftime(utc_dt)
@@ -219,6 +224,25 @@ def sync_group(gid, pids):
     singer.write_record("groups", group, time_extracted=time_extracted)
 
 
+def sync_merge_request(project):
+    url = get_url('merge_requests', project['id'])
+    with Transformer(pre_hook=format_timestamp) as transformer:
+        for row in gen_request(url):
+            flatten_id(row, 'merged_by')
+            flatten_id(row, 'closed_by')
+            flatten_id(row, 'merge_user')
+            flatten_id(row, 'assignee')
+            flatten_id(row, 'author')
+            transformed_row = transformer.transform(
+                row, RESOURCES['merge_requests']['schema']
+            )
+
+            if row['updated_at'] >= get_start('project_{}'.format(project['id'])):
+                singer.write_record(
+                    'merge_requests', transformed_row, time_extracted=utils.now()
+                )
+
+
 def sync_project(pid):
     url = get_url("projects", pid)
     data = request(url).json()
@@ -246,6 +270,7 @@ def sync_project(pid):
         sync_issues(project)
         sync_milestones(project)
         sync_users(project)
+        sync_merge_request(project)
 
         singer.write_record("projects", project, time_extracted=time_extracted)
         utils.update_state(STATE, state_key, last_activity_at)
diff --git a/tap_gitlab/schemas/merge_requests.json b/tap_gitlab/schemas/merge_requests.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a18d83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tap_gitlab/schemas/merge_requests.json
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+{
+    "type": "object",
+    "properties": {
+        "id": {
+            "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "iid": {
+            "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "project_id": {
+            "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "title": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "name": {
+            "type": [
+                "null",
+                "string"
+            ]
+        },
+        "description": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "state": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "created_at": {
+            "anyOf": [
+                {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "format": "date-time"
+                },
+                {
+                    "type": "null"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        "updated_at": {
+            "anyOf": [
+                {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "format": "date-time"
+                },
+                {
+                    "type": "null"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        "merged_by_id": {
+            "type": [
+                "null",
+                "integer"
+            ]
+        },
+        "merge_user_id": {
+            "type": [
+                "null",
+                "integer"
+            ]
+        },
+        "merged_at": {
+            "anyOf": [
+                {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "format": "date-time"
+                },
+                {
+                    "type": "null"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        "closed_by_id": {
+            "type": [
+                "null",
+                "integer"
+            ]
+        },
+        "closed_at": {
+            "anyOf": [
+                {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "format": "date-time"
+                },
+                {
+                    "type": "null"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        "author_id": {
+            "type": [
+                "null",
+                "integer"
+            ]
+        },
+        "assignee_id": {
+            "type": [
+                "null",
+                "integer"
+            ]
+        },
+        "target_branch": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "source_branch": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "user_notes_count": {
+            "type": [
+                "null",
+                "integer"
+            ]
+        },
+        "upvotes": {
+            "type": [
+                "null",
+                "integer"
+            ]
+        },
+        "downvotes": {
+            "type": [
+                "null",
+                "integer"
+            ]
+        },
+        "merge_status": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "has_conflicts": {
+            "type": [
+                "null",
+                "boolean"
+            ]
+        },
+        "squash": {
+            "type": [
+                "null",
+                "boolean"
+            ]
+        },
+        "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": {
+            "type": [
+                "null",
+                "boolean"
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
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