diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
index 9719311b42f1beadeca752888dbd12a05ce511f8..48ce747cf4dad592d642735856eb156e93d6cf30 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ merge.log::
 	Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
 	merge commit messages. False by default.
 
+merge.renameLimit::
+	The number of files to consider when performing rename detection
+	during a merge; if not specified, defaults to the value of
+	diff.renameLimit.
+
 merge.tool::
 	Controls which merge resolution program is used by
 	linkgit:git-mergetool[1].  Valid built-in values are: "kdiff3",
diff --git a/builtin-merge-recursive.c b/builtin-merge-recursive.c
index 910c0d20e7ba1128c705a49bfd9966212c5420b2..46e636fdcf1cb854a486e425df05a2485d18d5d7 100644
--- a/builtin-merge-recursive.c
+++ b/builtin-merge-recursive.c
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ static struct path_list current_directory_set = {NULL, 0, 0, 1};
 
 static int call_depth = 0;
 static int verbosity = 2;
-static int rename_limit = -1;
+static int diff_rename_limit = -1;
+static int merge_rename_limit = -1;
 static int buffer_output = 1;
 static struct strbuf obuf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
@@ -361,7 +362,10 @@ static struct path_list *get_renames(struct tree *tree,
 	diff_setup(&opts);
 	DIFF_OPT_SET(&opts, RECURSIVE);
 	opts.detect_rename = DIFF_DETECT_RENAME;
-	opts.rename_limit = rename_limit;
+	opts.rename_limit = merge_rename_limit >= 0 ? merge_rename_limit :
+			    diff_rename_limit >= 0 ? diff_rename_limit :
+			    500;
+	opts.warn_on_too_large_rename = 1;
 	opts.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT;
 	if (diff_setup_done(&opts) < 0)
 		die("diff setup failed");
@@ -1343,7 +1347,11 @@ static int merge_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!strcasecmp(var, "diff.renamelimit")) {
-		rename_limit = git_config_int(var, value);
+		diff_rename_limit = git_config_int(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (!strcasecmp(var, "merge.renamelimit")) {
+		merge_rename_limit = git_config_int(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return git_default_config(var, value);
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index e35384b4442fbaedbf460ddf61c32b85dde2a4d7..439d4746cae343f08b298473d35d9792048abfa0 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #endif
 
 static int diff_detect_rename_default;
-static int diff_rename_limit_default = 100;
+static int diff_rename_limit_default = 200;
 int diff_use_color_default = -1;
 static const char *external_diff_cmd_cfg;
 int diff_auto_refresh_index = 1;
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index 1bd94a4807c741e7cb2e4d8eb9f6476eba691388..3a02d38d12d94c39ff9ef3ab744ea7d157fb52b4 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct diff_options {
 	int pickaxe_opts;
 	int rename_score;
 	int rename_limit;
+	int warn_on_too_large_rename;
 	int dirstat_percent;
 	int setup;
 	int abbrev;
diff --git a/diffcore-rename.c b/diffcore-rename.c
index 1369a5ec45349c1ef04e4df2d7d7d4dd28cd3596..1b2ebb40014d820fe4fb679509ab694d453be7b4 100644
--- a/diffcore-rename.c
+++ b/diffcore-rename.c
@@ -492,7 +492,8 @@ void diffcore_rename(struct diff_options *options)
 		rename_limit = 32767;
 	if ((num_create > rename_limit && num_src > rename_limit) ||
 	    (num_create * num_src > rename_limit * rename_limit)) {
-		warning("too many files, skipping inexact rename detection");
+		if (options->warn_on_too_large_rename)
+			warning("too many files, skipping inexact rename detection");
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
diff --git a/t/t6032-merge-large-rename.sh b/t/t6032-merge-large-rename.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eac5ebac24a0174fa20625a19835861573147a26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t6032-merge-large-rename.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='merging with large rename matrix'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+count() {
+	i=1
+	while test $i -le $1; do
+		echo $i
+		i=$(($i + 1))
+	done
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'setup (initial)' '
+	touch file &&
+	git add . &&
+	git commit -m initial &&
+	git tag initial
+'
+
+make_text() {
+	echo $1: $2
+	for i in `count 20`; do
+		echo $1: $i
+	done
+	echo $1: $3
+}
+
+test_rename() {
+	test_expect_success "rename ($1, $2)" '
+	n='$1'
+	expect='$2'
+	git checkout -f master &&
+	git branch -D test$n || true &&
+	git reset --hard initial &&
+	for i in $(count $n); do
+		make_text $i initial initial >$i
+	done &&
+	git add . &&
+	git commit -m add=$n &&
+	for i in $(count $n); do
+		make_text $i changed initial >$i
+	done &&
+	git commit -a -m change=$n &&
+	git checkout -b test$n HEAD^ &&
+	for i in $(count $n); do
+		git rm $i
+		make_text $i initial changed >$i.moved
+	done &&
+	git add . &&
+	git commit -m change+rename=$n &&
+	case "$expect" in
+		ok) git merge master ;;
+		 *) test_must_fail git merge master ;;
+	esac
+	'
+}
+
+test_rename 5 ok
+
+test_expect_success 'set diff.renamelimit to 4' '
+	git config diff.renamelimit 4
+'
+test_rename 4 ok
+test_rename 5 fail
+
+test_expect_success 'set merge.renamelimit to 5' '
+	git config merge.renamelimit 5
+'
+test_rename 5 ok
+test_rename 6 fail
+
+test_done
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 532b4ea2c1960f18e41a5167a60f6de1b481606b..a44c5433754eb89cb84a64c7c7c6d2181bcf7641 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static void wt_status_print_updated(struct wt_status *s)
 	rev.diffopt.format_callback = wt_status_print_updated_cb;
 	rev.diffopt.format_callback_data = s;
 	rev.diffopt.detect_rename = 1;
-	rev.diffopt.rename_limit = 100;
+	rev.diffopt.rename_limit = 200;
 	rev.diffopt.break_opt = 0;
 	run_diff_index(&rev, 1);
 }