diff --git a/lib/kennel/github_reporter.rb b/lib/kennel/github_reporter.rb
index 2d80cc3..7051881 100644
--- a/lib/kennel/github_reporter.rb
+++ b/lib/kennel/github_reporter.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ def initialize(token, ref: "HEAD")
       @token = token
       commit = Utils.capture_sh("git show #{ref}")
       @sha = commit[/^Merge: \S+ (\S+)/, 1] || commit[/\Acommit (\S+)/, 1] || raise("Unable to find commit")
-      @pr = commit[/^\s+.*\(#(\d+)\)/, 1] # from squash
+      @pr =
+        commit[/^\s+.*\(#(\d+)\)/, 1] || # from squash
+        commit[/^\s+Merge pull request #(\d+)/, 1] # from merge with unmodified commit message
       @repo_part = ENV["GITHUB_REPOSITORY"] || begin
         origin = ENV["PROJECT_REPOSITORY"] || Utils.capture_sh("git remote -v").split("\n").first
         origin[%r{github\.com[:/](\S+?)(\.git|$)}, 1] || raise("no origin found in #{origin}")
diff --git a/test/kennel/github_reporter_test.rb b/test/kennel/github_reporter_test.rb
index 3d66fa6..a13d2d3 100644
--- a/test/kennel/github_reporter_test.rb
+++ b/test/kennel/github_reporter_test.rb
@@ -58,13 +58,20 @@
       reporter.instance_variable_get(:@repo_part).must_equal "foo/bar"
     end
 
-    it "can create PR comments" do
+    it "can create PR comments for squash" do
       show_response << "\n  foo (#123)"
       request = stub_request(:post, "https://api.github.com/repos/foo/bar/issues/123/comments").to_return(status: 201)
       Kennel::Console.capture_stdout { reporter.report { Kennel.out.puts "HEY" } }
       assert_requested request
     end
 
+    it "can create PR comments for merge" do
+      show_response << "\n  Merge pull request #123"
+      request = stub_request(:post, "https://api.github.com/repos/foo/bar/issues/123/comments").to_return(status: 201)
+      Kennel::Console.capture_stdout { reporter.report { Kennel.out.puts "HEY" } }
+      assert_requested request
+    end
+
     it "can create merge comments" do
       show_response.replace "commit: nope\nMerge: foo abcd"
       request = stub_request(:post, "https://api.github.com/repos/foo/bar/commits/abcd/comments").to_return(status: 201)