diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 124cb5846b..30e45237a2 100755
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ DONE="$DOTEST"/done
 MSG="$DOTEST"/message
 SQUASH_MSG="$DOTEST"/message-squash
 REWRITTEN="$DOTEST"/rewritten
+DROPPED="$DOTEST"/dropped
 PRESERVE_MERGES=
 STRATEGY=
 ONTO=
@@ -179,8 +180,12 @@ pick_one_preserving_merges () {
 
 	# rewrite parents; if none were rewritten, we can fast-forward.
 	new_parents=
-	for p in $(git rev-list --parents -1 $sha1 | cut -d' ' -f2-)
+	pend=" $(git rev-list --parents -1 $sha1 | cut -d' ' -f2-)"
+	while [ "$pend" != "" ]
 	do
+		p=$(expr "$pend" : ' \([^ ]*\)')
+		pend="${pend# $p}"
+
 		if test -f "$REWRITTEN"/$p
 		then
 			new_p=$(cat "$REWRITTEN"/$p)
@@ -193,7 +198,13 @@ pick_one_preserving_merges () {
 				;;
 			esac
 		else
-			new_parents="$new_parents $p"
+			if test -f "$DROPPED"/$p
+			then
+				fast_forward=f
+				pend=" $(cat "$DROPPED"/$p)$pend"
+			else
+				new_parents="$new_parents $p"
+			fi
 		fi
 	done
 	case $fast_forward in
@@ -599,6 +610,28 @@ first and then run 'git rebase --continue' again."
 #
 EOF
 
+		# Watch for commits that been dropped by --cherry-pick
+		if test t = "$PRESERVE_MERGES"
+		then
+			mkdir "$DROPPED"
+			# drop the --cherry-pick parameter this time
+			git rev-list $MERGES_OPTION --abbrev-commit \
+				--abbrev=7 $UPSTREAM...$HEAD --left-right | \
+				sed -n "s/^>//p" | while read rev
+			do
+				grep --quiet "$rev" "$TODO"
+				if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+				then
+					# Use -f2 because if rev-list is telling this commit is not
+					# worthwhile, we don't want to track its multiple heads,
+					# just the history of its first-parent for others that will
+					# be rebasing on top of us
+					full=$(git rev-parse $rev)
+					git rev-list --parents -1 $rev | cut -d' ' -f2 > "$DROPPED"/$full
+				fi
+			done
+		fi
+
 		has_action "$TODO" ||
 			die_abort "Nothing to do"
 
diff --git a/t/t3410-rebase-preserve-dropped-merges.sh b/t/t3410-rebase-preserve-dropped-merges.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5816415aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t3410-rebase-preserve-dropped-merges.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2008 Stephen Haberman
+#
+
+test_description='git rebase preserve merges
+
+This test runs git rebase with preserve merges and ensures commits
+dropped by the --cherry-pick flag have their childrens parents
+rewritten.
+'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+# set up two branches like this:
+#
+# A - B - C - D - E
+#   \
+#     F - G - H
+#       \
+#         I
+#
+# where B, D and G touch the same file.
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	: > file1 &&
+	git add file1 &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m A &&
+	git tag A &&
+	echo 1 > file1 &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m B file1 &&
+	: > file2 &&
+	git add file2 &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m C &&
+	echo 2 > file1 &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m D file1 &&
+	: > file3 &&
+	git add file3 &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m E &&
+	git tag E &&
+	git checkout -b branch1 A &&
+	: > file4 &&
+	git add file4 &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m F &&
+	git tag F &&
+	echo 3 > file1 &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m G file1 &&
+	git tag G &&
+	: > file5 &&
+	git add file5 &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m H &&
+	git tag H &&
+	git checkout -b branch2 F &&
+	: > file6 &&
+	git add file6 &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m I &&
+	git tag I
+'
+
+# A - B - C - D - E
+#   \             \ \
+#     F - G - H -- L \        -->   L
+#       \            |               \
+#         I -- G2 -- J -- K           I -- K
+# G2 = same changes as G
+test_expect_success 'skip same-resolution merges with -p' '
+	git checkout branch1 &&
+	! git merge E &&
+	echo 23 > file1 &&
+	git add file1 &&
+	git commit -m L &&
+	git checkout branch2 &&
+	echo 3 > file1 &&
+	git commit -a -m G2 &&
+	! git merge E &&
+	echo 23 > file1 &&
+	git add file1 &&
+	git commit -m J &&
+	echo file7 > file7 &&
+	git add file7 &&
+	git commit -m K &&
+	GIT_EDITOR=: git rebase -i -p branch1 &&
+	test $(git rev-parse branch2^^) = $(git rev-parse branch1) &&
+	test "23" = "$(cat file1)" &&
+	test "" = "$(cat file6)" &&
+	test "file7" = "$(cat file7)" &&
+
+	git checkout branch1 &&
+	git reset --hard H &&
+	git checkout branch2 &&
+	git reset --hard I
+'
+
+# A - B - C - D - E
+#   \             \ \
+#     F - G - H -- L \        -->   L
+#       \            |               \
+#         I -- G2 -- J -- K           I -- G2 -- K
+# G2 = different changes as G
+test_expect_success 'keep different-resolution merges with -p' '
+	git checkout branch1 &&
+	! git merge E &&
+	echo 23 > file1 &&
+	git add file1 &&
+	git commit -m L &&
+	git checkout branch2 &&
+	echo 4 > file1 &&
+	git commit -a -m G2 &&
+	! git merge E &&
+	echo 24 > file1 &&
+	git add file1 &&
+	git commit -m J &&
+	echo file7 > file7 &&
+	git add file7 &&
+	git commit -m K &&
+	! GIT_EDITOR=: git rebase -i -p branch1 &&
+	echo 234 > file1 &&
+	git add file1 &&
+	GIT_EDITOR=: git rebase --continue &&
+	test $(git rev-parse branch2^^^) = $(git rev-parse branch1) &&
+	test "234" = "$(cat file1)" &&
+	test "" = "$(cat file6)" &&
+	test "file7" = "$(cat file7)" &&
+
+	git checkout branch1 &&
+	git reset --hard H &&
+	git checkout branch2 &&
+	git reset --hard I
+'
+
+test_done