diff --git a/git-flow-feature b/git-flow-feature
index b9f18b7..18467a6 100644
--- a/git-flow-feature
+++ b/git-flow-feature
@@ -105,6 +105,31 @@
 	gitflow_require_clean_working_tree
 	gitflow_require_branch $BRANCH
 
+	# detect if we're restoring from a merge conflict
+	if [ -f "$GIT_DIR/.gitflow/MERGE_BASE" ]; then
+		#
+		# TODO: detect that we're working on the correct branch here!
+		# The user need not necessarily have given the same $NAME twice here
+		# (although he/she should).
+		# 
+		FINISH_BASE="$(cat "$GIT_DIR/.gitflow/MERGE_BASE")"
+		if gitflow_is_branch_merged_into $BRANCH $FINISH_BASE; then
+			rm -f "$GIT_DIR/.gitflow/MERGE_BASE"
+			helper_finish_cleanup
+			exit 0
+		else
+			echo
+			echo "Merge conflicts not resolved yet, use:"
+			echo "    git mergetool"
+			echo "    git commit"
+			echo 
+			echo "You can then complete the finish by running it again:"
+			echo "    git flow feature finish $NAME"
+			echo
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	fi
+
 	# update local repo with remote changes first, if asked
 	if [ $FLAG_FETCH -eq 1 ]; then
 		git fetch -q $ORIGIN $BRANCH
@@ -125,8 +150,28 @@
 		git merge --no-ff $BRANCH
 	fi
 
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		# oops.. we have a merge conflict!
+		# write the given $BASE to a temporary file (we need it later)
+        mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/.gitflow"
+		echo "$BASE" > "$GIT_DIR/.gitflow/MERGE_BASE"
+		echo
+		echo "There were merge conflicts. To resolve the merge conflict manually, use:"
+		echo "    git mergetool"
+		echo "    git commit"
+		echo 
+		echo "You can then complete the finish by running it again:"
+		echo "    git flow feature finish $NAME"
+		echo
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	# when no merge conflict is detected, just clean up the feature branch
+	helper_finish_cleanup
+}
+
+helper_finish_cleanup() {
 	# delete branch
-	# TODO: How do we handle merge conflicts here??
 	git push $ORIGIN :refs/heads/$BRANCH
 	git branch -d $BRANCH