diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/FormRequest.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/FormRequest.php
index 8c2da9699600..e7aa757c8c5b 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/FormRequest.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/FormRequest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Routing\Redirector;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
 use Illuminate\Validation\ValidatesWhenResolvedTrait;
 use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
 
@@ -253,4 +254,28 @@ public function setContainer(Container $container)
 
         return $this;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Merge rules based on a given condition.
+     *
+     * @param  callable|bool  $condition
+     * @param  callable|array  $rules
+     * @return \Illuminate\Validation\MergeRules
+     */
+    protected function mergeWhen($condition, $rules)
+    {
+        return Rule::mergeWhen($condition, $rules);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new conditional rule set.
+     *
+     * @param  callable|bool  $condition
+     * @param  array|string  $rules
+     * @return \Illuminate\Validation\ConditionalRules
+     */
+    protected function when($condition, $rules)
+    {
+        return Rule::when($condition, $rules);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Validation/MergeRules.php b/src/Illuminate/Validation/MergeRules.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f8f0e9f31d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Validation/MergeRules.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Validation;
+
+class MergeRules
+{
+    /**
+     * The boolean condition indicating if the rules should be merged.
+     *
+     * @var callable|bool
+     */
+    protected $condition;
+
+    /**
+     * The rules to be added to be merged.
+     *
+     * @var callable|array
+     */
+    protected $rules;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new conditional rules instance.
+     *
+     * @param  callable|bool  $condition
+     * @param  callable|array  $rules
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct($condition, $rules)
+    {
+        $this->condition = $condition;
+        $this->rules = $rules;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determine if the conditional rules should be added.
+     *
+     * @param  array  $data
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function passes(array $data = [])
+    {
+        return is_callable($this->condition)
+                    ? call_user_func($this->condition, $data)
+                    : $this->condition;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the rules.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function rules()
+    {
+        return is_callable($this->rules)
+                    ? call_user_func($this->rules)
+                    : $this->rules;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Rule.php b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Rule.php
index 549a8c6d3bbe..1ff13c06e35e 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Rule.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Rule.php
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ public static function when($condition, $rules)
         return new ConditionalRules($condition, $rules);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Merge rules based on a given condition.
+     *
+     * @param  callable|bool  $condition
+     * @param  callable|array  $rules
+     * @return MergeRules
+     */
+    public static function mergeWhen($condition, $rules)
+    {
+        return new MergeRules($condition, $rules);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get a dimensions constraint builder instance.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Validation/ValidationRuleParser.php b/src/Illuminate/Validation/ValidationRuleParser.php
index 293849d220af..c67315531648 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Validation/ValidationRuleParser.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Validation/ValidationRuleParser.php
@@ -62,8 +62,14 @@ public function explode($rules)
      */
     protected function explodeRules($rules)
     {
+        $mergeable = [];
+
         foreach ($rules as $key => $rule) {
-            if (Str::contains($key, '*')) {
+            if ($rule instanceof MergeRules) {
+                $mergeable[$key] = $rule;
+
+                unset($rules[$key]);
+            } elseif (Str::contains($key, '*')) {
                 $rules = $this->explodeWildcardRules($rules, $key, [$rule]);
 
                 unset($rules[$key]);
@@ -72,6 +78,12 @@ protected function explodeRules($rules)
             }
         }
 
+        foreach ($mergeable as $rule) {
+            $rules = array_merge_recursive($rules, $this->explodeRules(
+                ValidationRuleParser::filterConditionalRules($rule->rules(), $this->data)
+            ));
+        }
+
         return $rules;
     }
 
@@ -285,6 +297,10 @@ protected static function normalizeRule($rule)
     public static function filterConditionalRules($rules, array $data = [])
     {
         return collect($rules)->mapWithKeys(function ($attributeRules, $attribute) use ($data) {
+            if ($attributeRules instanceof MergeRules) {
+                return [$attribute => $attributeRules->passes($data) ? $attributeRules : null];
+            }
+
             if (! is_array($attributeRules) &&
                 ! $attributeRules instanceof ConditionalRules) {
                 return [$attribute => $attributeRules];
diff --git a/tests/Validation/ValidationRuleParserTest.php b/tests/Validation/ValidationRuleParserTest.php
index dab4ec5c342f..92b389f53015 100644
--- a/tests/Validation/ValidationRuleParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/Validation/ValidationRuleParserTest.php
@@ -29,4 +29,60 @@ public function test_conditional_rules_are_properly_expanded_and_filtered()
             'city' => ['required', 'min:2'],
         ], $rules);
     }
+
+    public function testMergeRules()
+    {
+        $rules = [
+            'name' => 'required|string',
+            'city' => 'required|min:2',
+            'airports.*' => ['required', 'string'],
+
+            Rule::mergeWhen(true, [
+                'city' => 'string',
+                'country' => 'required|string|size:2',
+
+                'airports.*' => [
+                    Rule::when(function ($input) {
+                        return $input['country'] === 'US';
+                    }, 'in:NYC'),
+                    Rule::when(function ($input) {
+                        return $input['country'] === 'NL';
+                    }, 'in:AMS'),
+                ],
+
+                Rule::mergeWhen(function ($input) {
+                    return $input['country'] === 'US';
+                }, [
+                    'state' => 'required|size:2',
+                ]),
+
+                Rule::mergeWhen(function ($input) {
+                    return $input['country'] === 'NL';
+                }, [
+                    'province' => 'required|size:2',
+                ]),
+            ]),
+
+            Rule::mergeWhen(false, [
+                'notincluded' => ['required', 'size:2'],
+            ]),
+        ];
+
+        $data = [
+            'country' => 'US',
+            'airports' => ['NYC', 'AMS'],
+        ];
+
+        $response = (new ValidationRuleParser($data))
+            ->explode(ValidationRuleParser::filterConditionalRules($rules, $data));
+
+        $this->assertEquals([
+            'name' => ['required', 'string'],
+            'city' => ['required', 'min:2', 'string'],
+            'country' => ['required', 'string', 'size:2'],
+            'state' => ['required', 'size:2'],
+            'airports.0' => ['required', 'string', 'in:NYC'],
+            'airports.1' => ['required', 'string', 'in:NYC'],
+        ], $response->rules);
+    }
 }