diff --git a/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/querydsl/sql/SQLListeners.java b/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/querydsl/sql/SQLListeners.java
index e21cf10a3..df4ca87a1 100644
--- a/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/querydsl/sql/SQLListeners.java
+++ b/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/querydsl/sql/SQLListeners.java
@@ -245,4 +245,9 @@ public class SQLListeners implements SQLDetailedListener {
             listener.exception(context);
         }
     }
+
+    public Set<SQLDetailedListener> getListeners() {
+        return listeners;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/querydsl/sql/SQLNoCloseListener.java b/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/querydsl/sql/SQLNoCloseListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e989155a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/querydsl/sql/SQLNoCloseListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015, The Querydsl Team (http://www.querydsl.com/team)
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.querydsl.sql;
+
+/**
+ *  SQLNoCloseListener can be used to block {@link SQLCloseListener} from closing the connection, useful for
+ *  helper query executions
+ */
+public final class SQLNoCloseListener extends SQLBaseListener {
+
+    public static final SQLNoCloseListener DEFAULT = new SQLNoCloseListener();
+
+    private SQLNoCloseListener() { }
+
+    @Override
+    public void start(SQLListenerContext context) {
+        context.setData(AbstractSQLQuery.PARENT_CONTEXT, context);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void end(SQLListenerContext context) {
+        context.setData(AbstractSQLQuery.PARENT_CONTEXT, null);
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/querydsl/sql/dml/SQLMergeClause.java b/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/querydsl/sql/dml/SQLMergeClause.java
index adab3688f..29220f56a 100644
--- a/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/querydsl/sql/dml/SQLMergeClause.java
+++ b/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/querydsl/sql/dml/SQLMergeClause.java
@@ -320,6 +320,10 @@ public class SQLMergeClause extends AbstractSQLClause<SQLMergeClause> implements
 
     private boolean hasRow() {
         SQLQuery<?> query = new SQLQuery<Void>(connection(), configuration).from(entity);
+        for (SQLListener listener : listeners.getListeners()) {
+            query.addListener(listener);
+        }
+        query.addListener(SQLNoCloseListener.DEFAULT);
         addKeyConditions(query);
         return query.select(Expressions.ONE).fetchFirst() != null;
     }
@@ -344,17 +348,25 @@ public class SQLMergeClause extends AbstractSQLClause<SQLMergeClause> implements
             // update
             SQLUpdateClause update = new SQLUpdateClause(connection(), configuration, entity);
             populate(update);
+            addListeners(update);
             addKeyConditions(update);
             return update.execute();
         } else {
             // insert
             SQLInsertClause insert = new SQLInsertClause(connection(), configuration, entity);
+            addListeners(insert);
             populate(insert);
             return insert.execute();
 
         }
     }
 
+    private void addListeners(AbstractSQLClause<?> clause) {
+        for (SQLListener listener : listeners.getListeners()) {
+            clause.addListener(listener);
+        }
+    }
+
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     private void populate(StoreClause<?> clause) {
         for (int i = 0; i < columns.size(); i++) {
diff --git a/querydsl-sql/src/test/java/com/querydsl/sql/MergeBase.java b/querydsl-sql/src/test/java/com/querydsl/sql/MergeBase.java
index d2947a728..22f11a6a7 100644
--- a/querydsl-sql/src/test/java/com/querydsl/sql/MergeBase.java
+++ b/querydsl-sql/src/test/java/com/querydsl/sql/MergeBase.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -223,5 +224,24 @@ public class MergeBase extends AbstractBaseTest {
         assertEquals(1, merge.execute());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void merge_listener() {
+        final AtomicInteger calls = new AtomicInteger(0);
+        SQLListener listener = new SQLBaseListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void end(SQLListenerContext context) {
+                if (context.getData(AbstractSQLQuery.PARENT_CONTEXT) == null) {
+                    calls.incrementAndGet();
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        SQLMergeClause clause = merge(survey).keys(survey.id)
+                .set(survey.id, 5)
+                .set(survey.name, "Hello World");
+        clause.addListener(listener);
+        assertEquals(1, clause.execute());
+        assertEquals(1, calls.intValue());
+    }
 
 }