diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 48f68e2e32..8560ac29f7 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@
 # needs additional setup, see tools/mapmerge/install.txt
 *.dmm merge=merge-dmm
 
+# dmi icon merger hook
+# needs additional setup, see tools/dmitool/merging.txt
+*.dmi merge=merge-dmi
+
 # force changelog merging to use union
 html/changelog.html merge=union
diff --git a/tools/dmitool/dmimerge.sh b/tools/dmitool/dmimerge.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbe846fc6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dmitool/dmimerge.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+java -jar tools/dmitool/dmitool.jar merge $1 $2 $3 $2
+if [ "$?" -gt 0 ]
+then
+    echo "Unable to automatically resolve all icon_state conflicts, please merge manually."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/tools/dmitool/merging.txt b/tools/dmitool/merging.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9e7776d9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dmitool/merging.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+1. Install java(http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp)
+2. Make sure java is in your PATH. To test this, open git bash, and type "java". If it says unknown command, you need to add JAVA/bin to your PATH variable (A guide for this can be found at https://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.xml ).
+
+Merging
+The easiest way to do merging is to install the merge driver. For this, open `Baystation12/.git/config` in a text editor, and paste the following lines to the end of it:
+
+[merge "merge-dmi"]
+	name = iconfile merge driver
+	driver = ./tools/dmitool/dmimerge.sh %O %A %B
+
+After this, merging DMI files should happen automagically unless there are conflicts (an icon_state that both you and someone else changed).
+If there are conflicts, you will unfortunately still be stuck with opening both versions in the editor, and manually resolving the issues with those states.
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