diff --git a/src/TDB.cpp b/src/TDB.cpp
index 32693f0f1..9481309a5 100644
--- a/src/TDB.cpp
+++ b/src/TDB.cpp
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ void TDB::merge (const std::string& mergeFile)
           // Find the same uuid in completed data
           for (it = completed.begin (); it != completed.end (); ++it)
           {
-            if (it->find (uuid) != std::string::npos)
+            if (it->find ("uuid:\"" + uuid) != std::string::npos)
             {
               // Update the completed record.
 /*
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ void TDB::merge (const std::string& mergeFile)
           // Find the same uuid in the pending data.
           for (it = pending.begin (); it != pending.end (); ++it)
           {
-            if (it->find (uuid) != std::string::npos)
+            if (it->find ("uuid:\"" + uuid) != std::string::npos)
             {
               // Update the pending record.
               std::cout << "Found remote change to        "
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ void TDB::merge (const std::string& mergeFile)
         std::vector <std::string>::iterator pit;
         for (pit = pending.begin (); pit != pending.end (); ++pit)
         {
-          if (pit->find (uuid) != std::string::npos)
+          if (pit->find ("uuid:\"" + uuid) != std::string::npos)
           {
             found = true;
             break;
diff --git a/test/bug.mergedeps.t b/test/bug.mergedeps.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..712cb2e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bug.mergedeps.t
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## taskwarrior - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2011, Paul Beckingham, Johannes Schlatow.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program 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 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program 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
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 19;
+use File::Copy;
+
+use constant false => 0;
+use constant true => 1;
+
+# Create data locations
+mkdir("local", 0755);
+ok(-e 'local', "Created directory local");
+mkdir("remote", 0755);
+ok(-e 'remote', "Created directory remote");
+
+# Create the rc files.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'local.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=./local\n",
+            "confirmation=no\n",
+				"merge.autopush=no\n",
+            "report.list.description=DESC\n",
+				"report.list.columns=id,project,active,priority,description,tags\n",
+				"report.list.labels=id,pro,a,pri,d,t\n",
+				"report.list.sort=id+\n",
+				"report.list.filter=status:pending depends.none:\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'local.rc', 'Created local.rc');
+}
+
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'remote.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=./remote\n",
+            "confirmation=no\n",
+				"merge.autopush=no\n",
+            "report.list.description=DESC\n",
+				"report.list.columns=id,project,active,priority,description,tags\n",
+				"report.list.labels=id,pro,a,pri,d,t\n",
+				"report.list.sort=id+\n",
+				"report.list.filter=status:pending depends.none:\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'remote.rc', 'Created remote.rc');
+}
+
+# Create some basic tasks on both sides
+qx{../src/task rc:local.rc add both};
+qx{faketime -f '+1s' ../src/task rc:local.rc add blocked};
+qx{faketime -f '+2s' ../src/task rc:local.rc add blocking};
+qx{faketime -f '+3s' ../src/task rc:local.rc 2 dep:3};
+
+# run gc
+qx{../src/task rc:remote.rc};
+
+# push to remote
+qx{../src/task rc:local.rc push ./remote/};
+
+# make remote modifications
+#qx{faketime -f '+10s' ../src/task rc:remote.rc add right};
+qx{faketime -f '+11s' ../src/task rc:remote.rc done 3};             #blocking
+
+# run gc
+qx{../src/task rc:remote.rc};
+
+my $output_l = qx{../src/task rc:local.rc merge remote/};
+
+#check output
+unlike ($output_l,   qr/Missing/,              "merge: no missing entry");
+unlike ($output_l,   qr/Not adding duplicate/, "merge: no duplicates");
+
+# check reports
+my $report_l = qx{../src/task rc:local.rc};
+
+like   ($report_l,   qr/blocked/,          'merge: "blocked" pending');
+unlike ($report_l,   qr/blocking/,         'merge: "blocking" not pending');
+
+$report_l = qx{../src/task rc:local.rc blocked};
+unlike   ($report_l,   qr/blocked/,        'merge: "blocked" unblocked');
+
+#exit
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'local/pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'local/pending.data', 'Removed local/pending.data');
+
+unlink 'local/completed.data';
+ok (!-r 'local/completed.data', 'Removed local/completed.data');
+
+unlink 'local/undo.data';
+ok (!-r 'local/undo.data', 'Removed local/undo.data');
+
+unlink 'local.rc';
+ok (!-r 'local.rc', 'Removed local.rc');
+
+unlink 'remote/pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'remote/pending.data', 'Removed remote/pending.data');
+
+unlink 'remote/completed.data';
+ok (!-r 'remote/completed.data', 'Removed remote/completed.data');
+
+unlink 'remote/undo.data';
+ok (!-r 'remote/undo.data', 'Removed remote/undo.data');
+
+unlink 'remote.rc';
+ok (!-r 'remote.rc', 'Removed remote.rc');
+
+rmdir("remote");
+ok (!-e "remote", "Removed dir remote");
+rmdir("local");
+ok (!-e "local", "Removed dir local");
+
+exit 0;
+