diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/pdfmerge.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/pdfmerge.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8554dbc6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/pdfmerge.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+'''
+Merge PDF files into a single PDF document.
+'''
+from __future__ import with_statement
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2009, John Schember <john@nachtimwald.com>'
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
+
+import os, sys, re
+
+from calibre.ebooks.metadata.meta import metadata_from_formats
+from calibre.ebooks.metadata import authors_to_string
+from calibre.utils.config import Config, StringConfig
+
+from pyPdf import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReader
+
+def config(defaults=None):
+    desc = _('Options to control the transformation of pdf')
+    default_crop=10
+    if defaults is None:
+        c = Config('trimpdf', desc)
+    else:
+        c = StringConfig(defaults, desc)
+    c.add_opt('verbose', ['-v', '--verbose'], default=0, action='count',
+          help=_('Be verbose, useful for debugging. Can be specified multiple times for greater verbosity.'))
+    c.add_opt('output', ['-o', '--output'],default='merged.pdf',
+          help=_('Path to output file. By default a file is created in the current directory.'))
+    return c
+
+def option_parser():
+    c = config()
+    return c.option_parser(usage=_('''\
+	%prog [options] file1.pdf file2.pdf ...
+
+	Merges individual pdfs. Metadata will be used from the first PDF specified.
+	'''))
+
+def merge_files(in_paths, out_path, metadata=None):
+    if metadata == None:
+        title = _('Unknown')
+        author = _('Unknown')
+    else:
+        title = metadata.title
+        author = authors_to_string(metadata.authors)
+
+    out_pdf = PdfFileWriter(title=title, author=author)
+
+    for pdf_path in in_paths:
+        pdf = PdfFileReader(open(os.path.abspath(pdf_path), 'rb'))
+        for page in pdf.pages:
+            out_pdf.addPage(page)
+
+    with open(out_path, 'wb') as out_file:
+        out_pdf.write(out_file)
+    
+def verify_files(files):
+    invalid = []
+
+    for pdf_path in files:
+        try:
+            with open(os.path.abspath(pdf_path), 'rb') as pdf_file:
+                pdf = PdfFileReader(pdf_file)
+                if pdf.isEncrypted or pdf.numPages <= 0:
+                    raise Exception
+        except:
+            invalid.append(pdf_path)
+    return invalid
+
+def main(args=sys.argv):
+    parser = option_parser()
+    opts, args = parser.parse_args(args)
+    args = args[1:]
+    
+    if len(args) < 2:
+        print 'Error: Two or more PDF files are required.\n\n'
+        print parser.get_usage()
+        return 2
+    
+    bad_pdfs = verify_files(args)
+    if bad_pdfs != []:
+        for pdf in bad_pdfs:
+            print 'Error: Could not read file `%s`. Is it a vaild PDF file or is it encrypted/DRMed?.' % pdf
+        return 2
+        
+    mi = metadata_from_formats([args[0]])
+
+    merge_files(args, opts.output, mi)
+
+    return 0
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
+
diff --git a/src/calibre/linux.py b/src/calibre/linux.py
index 15dcb6fed9..c7a6099623 100644
--- a/src/calibre/linux.py
+++ b/src/calibre/linux.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ entry_points = {
              'calibre-fontconfig = calibre.utils.fontconfig:main',
              'calibre-parallel   = calibre.parallel:main',
              'calibre-customize  = calibre.customize.ui:main',
-             'pdftrim            = calibre.ebooks.pdf.pdftrim:main' ,
+             'pdftrim            = calibre.ebooks.pdf.pdftrim:main',
+             'pdfmerge           = calibre.ebooks.pdf.pdfmerge:main',
              'fetch-ebook-metadata = calibre.ebooks.metadata.fetch:main',
         ],
         'gui_scripts'    : [