diff --git a/git-flow-feature b/git-flow-feature
index 074081f..3ee35ef 100644
--- a/git-flow-feature
+++ b/git-flow-feature
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 usage() {
 	echo "usage: git flow feature [list] [-v]"
 	echo "       git flow feature start [-F] <name> [<base>]"
-	echo "       git flow feature finish [-rFkD] [<name|nameprefix>]"
+	echo "       git flow feature finish [-rFkDS] [<name|nameprefix>]"
 	echo "       git flow feature publish <name>"
 	echo "       git flow feature track <name>"
 	echo "       git flow feature diff [<name|nameprefix>]"
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@
 	DEFINE_boolean rebase false "rebase instead of merge" r
 	DEFINE_boolean keep false "keep branch after performing finish" k
 	DEFINE_boolean force_delete false "force delete feature branch after finish" D
+	DEFINE_boolean squash false "squash feature during merge" S
 	parse_args "$@"
 	expand_nameprefix_arg_or_current
 
@@ -314,7 +315,13 @@
 	if [ "$(git rev-list -n2 "$DEVELOP_BRANCH..$BRANCH" | wc -l)" -eq 1 ]; then
 		git merge --ff "$BRANCH"
 	else
-		git merge --no-ff "$BRANCH"
+		if noflag squash; then
+		    git merge --no-ff "$BRANCH"
+		else
+			git merge --squash "$BRANCH"
+			git commit
+			git merge "$BRANCH"
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
diff --git a/git-flow-release b/git-flow-release
index 4a43c8e..62fb8b7 100644
--- a/git-flow-release
+++ b/git-flow-release
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 usage() {
 	echo "usage: git flow release [list] [-v]"
 	echo "       git flow release start [-F] <version> [<base>]"
-	echo "       git flow release finish [-Fsumpk] <version>"
+	echo "       git flow release finish [-FsumpkS] <version>"
 	echo "       git flow release publish <name>"
 	echo "       git flow release track <name>"
 }
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@
 	DEFINE_boolean push false "push to $ORIGIN after performing finish" p
 	DEFINE_boolean keep false "keep branch after performing finish" k
 	DEFINE_boolean notag false "don't tag this release" n
+	DEFINE_boolean squash false "squash release during merge" S
 
 	parse_args "$@"
 	require_version_arg
@@ -227,9 +228,15 @@
 	if ! git_is_branch_merged_into "$BRANCH" "$MASTER_BRANCH"; then
 		git checkout "$MASTER_BRANCH" || \
 		  die "Could not check out $MASTER_BRANCH."
-		git merge --no-ff "$BRANCH" || \
-		  die "There were merge conflicts."
-		  # TODO: What do we do now?
+		if noflag squash; then
+			git merge --no-ff "$BRANCH" || \
+				die "There were merge conflicts."
+				# TODO: What do we do now?
+		else
+			git merge --squash "$BRANCH" || \
+				die "There were merge conflicts."
+			git commit
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	if noflag notag; then
@@ -257,9 +264,16 @@
 
 		# TODO: Actually, accounting for 'git describe' pays, so we should
 		# ideally git merge --no-ff $tagname here, instead!
-		git merge --no-ff "$BRANCH" || \
-		  die "There were merge conflicts."
-		  # TODO: What do we do now?
+		if noflag squash; then
+			git merge --no-ff "$BRANCH" || \
+				die "There were merge conflicts."
+				# TODO: What do we do now?
+		else
+			git merge --squash "$BRANCH" || \
+				die "There were merge conflicts."
+				# TODO: What do we do now?
+			git commit
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	# delete branch