diff --git a/src/program/Config.cpp b/src/program/Config.cpp
index 705b15d0..a1a71fbd 100644
--- a/src/program/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/program/Config.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ void Config::save(const std::string& gamepath) {
     settings.setValue("autosave_frames", autosave_frames);
     settings.setValue("autosave_count", autosave_count);
     settings.setValue("auto_restart", auto_restart);
+    settings.setValue("merge_dump_segments", merge_dump_segments);
 
     settings.beginGroup("keymapping");
 
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ void Config::load(const std::string& gamepath) {
     autosave_frames = settings.value("autosave_frames", autosave_frames).toInt();
     autosave_count = settings.value("autosave_count", autosave_count).toInt();
     auto_restart = settings.value("auto_restart", auto_restart).toBool();
+    merge_dump_segments = settings.value("merge_dump_segments", merge_dump_segments).toBool();
 
     /* Load key mapping */
 
diff --git a/src/program/Config.h b/src/program/Config.h
index fdd30ca9..cf9506a9 100644
--- a/src/program/Config.h
+++ b/src/program/Config.h
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ class Config {
 
     /* Were we started up with the -d option? */
     bool dumping;
+    
+    /* Are we supposed to merge the segments after dumping? */
+    bool merge_dump_segments = false;
 
     /* Path of the libraries used by the game */
     std::string libdir;
diff --git a/src/program/GameLoop.cpp b/src/program/GameLoop.cpp
index 8ca78823..0cffbfeb 100644
--- a/src/program/GameLoop.cpp
+++ b/src/program/GameLoop.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "GameLoop.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "AutoSave.h"
+#include "MergeHelperScript.h"
 
 #include "../shared/sockethelpers.h"
 #include "../shared/SharedConfig.h"
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h> // stat
 #include <sys/wait.h> // waitpid
 #include <X11/X.h>
+#include <stdlib.h> //system()
 
 #include <sys/personality.h>
 #ifndef HAVE_PERSONALITY
@@ -1108,6 +1110,8 @@ bool GameLoop::processEvent(uint8_t type, struct HotKey &hk)
                  * allows to start a new encode on the same frame
                  */
                 sendMessage(MSGN_STOP_ENCODE);
+                if (context->config.merge_dump_segments)
+                  mergeSegments();
             }
             emit sharedConfigChanged();
             return false;
@@ -1421,7 +1425,10 @@ void GameLoop::loopExit()
         emit statusChanged();
 
         return;
-    }
+    } 
+    /* If we're not restarting, then check if we need to merge the dumps */
+    else if (context->config.sc.av_dumping && context->config.merge_dump_segments)
+        mergeSegments();
 
     if (movie.modifiedSinceLastSave) {
 
@@ -1451,3 +1458,14 @@ void GameLoop::loopExit()
     context->status = Context::INACTIVE;
     emit statusChanged();
 }
+
+void GameLoop::mergeSegments()
+{  
+    std::ostringstream mergeCommand;
+    mergeCommand << "bash -c '";
+    mergeCommand << MERGE_HELPER_SCRIPT;
+    mergeCommand << "' -- ";
+    mergeCommand << context->config.dumpfile;
+    sleep(2); //make sure encode has time to finish before merging
+    system(mergeCommand.str().c_str());
+}
diff --git a/src/program/GameLoop.h b/src/program/GameLoop.h
index d84abbde..65426f6a 100644
--- a/src/program/GameLoop.h
+++ b/src/program/GameLoop.h
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ class GameLoop : public QObject {
     bool haveFocus();
 
     void loopExit();
+    
+    void mergeSegments();
 
 signals:
     void statusChanged();
diff --git a/src/program/MergeHelperScript.h b/src/program/MergeHelperScript.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0710b72a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/program/MergeHelperScript.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+    Copyright 2015-2019 Clément Gallet <clement.gallet@ens-lyon.org>
+
+    This file is part of libTAS.
+
+    libTAS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    libTAS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with libTAS.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MERGE_HELPER_SCRIPT_HEADER
+#define MERGE_HELPER_SCRIPT_HEADER
+
+/* Embeds Bash helper script as a C++11 raw string.
+ *
+ * This avoids having to cart around the script as a separate file.
+ *
+ * A "raw" string also avoids having to deal with escape sequences.
+ * However, if your syntax highlighter isn't aware of raw strings,
+ * then this may look a bit like a train wreck. */
+ 
+ /*try to avoid using single-quoted strings within the script, it may make it harder to run later.*/
+ 
+const static char* MERGE_HELPER_SCRIPT = R"(
+
+# absolute path to the first video (eg. /home/user/tasproject01/video.avi) is passed as command line argument 1
+
+VID_PATH=$1
+VID_EXT=$(echo $VID_PATH | sed "s/^.*\././g")
+VID_DIR=$(dirname $VID_PATH)
+VID_NAME=$(basename -s $VID_EXT $VID_PATH)
+
+getChunks(){
+    for i in $(ls -v "$VID_DIR"/"$VID_NAME"_*"$VID_EXT")
+    do
+      echo file $i
+    done
+}
+
+sync
+ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i <(getChunks) -c copy -y $VID_DIR/$VID_NAME-merged.mkv
+
+)";
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/program/ui/EncodeWindow.cpp b/src/program/ui/EncodeWindow.cpp
index c1bfb186..d3d8b51d 100644
--- a/src/program/ui/EncodeWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/program/ui/EncodeWindow.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ EncodeWindow::EncodeWindow(Context* c, QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags flags) :
     connect(audioBitrate, static_cast<void (QSpinBox::*)(int)>(&QSpinBox::valueChanged), this, &EncodeWindow::slotUpdate);
 
     ffmpegOptions = new QLineEdit();
+    
+    mergeCheck = new QCheckBox("Automatically merge dump segments");
+    connect(mergeCheck, &QAbstractButton::clicked, this, &EncodeWindow::slotMerge);
 
     QGroupBox *codecGroupBox = new QGroupBox(tr("Encode codec settings"));
     QGridLayout *encodeCodecLayout = new QGridLayout;
@@ -86,6 +89,8 @@ EncodeWindow::EncodeWindow(Context* c, QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags flags) :
 
     encodeCodecLayout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("ffmpeg options:")), 2, 0);
     encodeCodecLayout->addWidget(ffmpegOptions, 2, 1, 1, 4);
+    encodeCodecLayout->addWidget(mergeCheck, 3, 1, 1, 4);
+    
 
     encodeCodecLayout->setColumnMinimumWidth(2, 50);
     encodeCodecLayout->setColumnStretch(2, 1);
@@ -128,6 +133,8 @@ void EncodeWindow::update_config()
 
     /* Set ffmpeg options */
     ffmpegOptions->setText(context->config.ffmpegoptions.c_str());
+    
+    mergeCheck->setChecked(context->config.merge_dump_segments);
 
     if (context->config.ffmpegoptions.empty()) {
         slotUpdate();
@@ -167,3 +174,8 @@ void EncodeWindow::slotBrowseEncodePath()
     if (!filename.isNull())
         encodePath->setText(filename);
 }
+
+void EncodeWindow::slotMerge(bool checked)
+{
+        context->config.merge_dump_segments = checked;
+}
diff --git a/src/program/ui/EncodeWindow.h b/src/program/ui/EncodeWindow.h
index a3f71cf3..533ebd0e 100644
--- a/src/program/ui/EncodeWindow.h
+++ b/src/program/ui/EncodeWindow.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <QLineEdit>
 #include <QComboBox>
 #include <QSpinBox>
+#include <QCheckBox>
+
 
 #include "../Context.h"
 
@@ -47,11 +49,14 @@ class EncodeWindow : public QDialog {
     QComboBox *audioChoice;
     QSpinBox *audioBitrate;
     QLineEdit *ffmpegOptions;
+    QCheckBox *mergeCheck;
+
 
 private slots:
     void slotBrowseEncodePath();
     void slotUpdate();
     void slotOk();
+    void slotMerge(bool checked);
 };
 
 #endif