diff --git a/graph.c b/graph.c
index 9136173e03..fb2e42850f 100644
--- a/graph.c
+++ b/graph.c
@@ -197,6 +197,46 @@ struct git_graph {
 	 * 		|/| | | | |		| | | | | *
 	 */
 	int merge_layout;
+	/*
+	 * The number of columns added to the graph by the current commit. For
+	 * 2-way and octopus merges, this is is usually one less than the
+	 * number of parents:
+	 *
+	 * 		| | |			| |    \
+	 *		| * |			| *---. \
+	 *		| |\ \			| |\ \ \ \
+	 *		| | | |         	| | | | | |
+	 *
+	 *		num_parents: 2		num_parents: 4
+	 *		edges_added: 1		edges_added: 3
+	 *
+	 * For left-skewed merges, the first parent fuses with its neighbor and
+	 * so one less column is added:
+	 *
+	 *		| | |			| |  \
+	 *		| * |			| *-. \
+	 *		|/| |			|/|\ \ \
+	 *		| | |			| | | | |
+	 *
+	 *		num_parents: 2		num_parents: 4
+	 *		edges_added: 0		edges_added: 2
+	 *
+	 * This number determines how edges to the right of the merge are
+	 * displayed in commit and post-merge lines; if no columns have been
+	 * added then a vertical line should be used where a right-tracking
+	 * line would otherwise be used.
+	 *
+	 *		| * \			| * |
+	 *		| |\ \			|/| |
+	 *		| | * \			| * |
+	 */
+	int edges_added;
+	/*
+	 * The number of columns added by the previous commit, which is used to
+	 * smooth edges appearing to the right of a commit in a commit line
+	 * following a post-merge line.
+	 */
+	int prev_edges_added;
 	/*
 	 * The maximum number of columns that can be stored in the columns
 	 * and new_columns arrays.  This is also half the number of entries
@@ -309,6 +349,8 @@ struct git_graph *graph_init(struct rev_info *opt)
 	graph->commit_index = 0;
 	graph->prev_commit_index = 0;
 	graph->merge_layout = 0;
+	graph->edges_added = 0;
+	graph->prev_edges_added = 0;
 	graph->num_columns = 0;
 	graph->num_new_columns = 0;
 	graph->mapping_size = 0;
@@ -670,6 +712,9 @@ void graph_update(struct git_graph *graph, struct commit *commit)
 	 */
 	graph_update_columns(graph);
 
+	graph->prev_edges_added = graph->edges_added;
+	graph->edges_added = graph->num_parents + graph->merge_layout - 2;
+
 	graph->expansion_row = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -943,12 +988,13 @@ static void graph_output_commit_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 
 			if (graph->num_parents > 2)
 				graph_draw_octopus_merge(graph, sb);
-		} else if (seen_this && (graph->num_parents > 2)) {
+		} else if (seen_this && (graph->edges_added > 1)) {
 			strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '\\');
-		} else if (seen_this && (graph->num_parents == 2)) {
+		} else if (seen_this && (graph->edges_added == 1)) {
 			/*
-			 * This is a 2-way merge commit.
-			 * There is no GRAPH_PRE_COMMIT stage for 2-way
+			 * This is either a right-skewed 2-way merge
+			 * commit, or a left-skewed 3-way merge.
+			 * There is no GRAPH_PRE_COMMIT stage for such
 			 * merges, so this is the first line of output
 			 * for this commit.  Check to see what the previous
 			 * line of output was.
@@ -960,6 +1006,7 @@ static void graph_output_commit_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 			 * makes the output look nicer.
 			 */
 			if (graph->prev_state == GRAPH_POST_MERGE &&
+			    graph->prev_edges_added > 0 &&
 			    graph->prev_commit_index < i)
 				strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '\\');
 			else
@@ -1031,8 +1078,14 @@ static void graph_output_post_merge_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf
 				else
 					idx++;
 			}
+			if (graph->edges_added == 0)
+				strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
+
 		} else if (seen_this) {
-			strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '\\');
+			if (graph->edges_added > 0)
+				strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '\\');
+			else
+				strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '|');
 			strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
 		} else {
 			strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '|');
diff --git a/t/t4215-log-skewed-merges.sh b/t/t4215-log-skewed-merges.sh
index cfaba40f97..e479d6e676 100755
--- a/t/t4215-log-skewed-merges.sh
+++ b/t/t4215-log-skewed-merges.sh
@@ -39,4 +39,155 @@ test_expect_success 'log --graph with left-skewed merge' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'setup nested left-skewed merge' '
+	git checkout --orphan 1_p &&
+	test_commit 1_A &&
+	test_commit 1_B &&
+	test_commit 1_C &&
+	git checkout -b 1_q @^ && test_commit 1_D &&
+	git checkout 1_p && git merge --no-ff 1_q -m 1_E &&
+	git checkout -b 1_r @~3 && test_commit 1_F &&
+	git checkout 1_p && git merge --no-ff 1_r -m 1_G &&
+	git checkout @^^ && git merge --no-ff 1_p -m 1_H
+'
+
+cat > expect <<\EOF
+*   1_H
+|\
+| *   1_G
+| |\
+| | * 1_F
+| * | 1_E
+|/| |
+| * | 1_D
+* | | 1_C
+|/ /
+* | 1_B
+|/
+* 1_A
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'log --graph with nested left-skewed merge' '
+	git log --graph --pretty=tformat:%s | sed "s/ *$//" > actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'setup nested left-skewed merge following normal merge' '
+	git checkout --orphan 2_p &&
+	test_commit 2_A &&
+	test_commit 2_B &&
+	test_commit 2_C &&
+	git checkout -b 2_q @^^ &&
+	test_commit 2_D &&
+	test_commit 2_E &&
+	git checkout -b 2_r @^ && test_commit 2_F &&
+	git checkout 2_q &&
+	git merge --no-ff 2_r -m 2_G &&
+	git merge --no-ff 2_p^ -m 2_H &&
+	git checkout -b 2_s @^^ && git merge --no-ff 2_q -m 2_J &&
+	git checkout 2_p && git merge --no-ff 2_s -m 2_K
+'
+
+cat > expect <<\EOF
+*   2_K
+|\
+| *   2_J
+| |\
+| | *   2_H
+| | |\
+| | * | 2_G
+| |/| |
+| | * | 2_F
+| * | | 2_E
+| |/ /
+| * | 2_D
+* | | 2_C
+| |/
+|/|
+* | 2_B
+|/
+* 2_A
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'log --graph with nested left-skewed merge following normal merge' '
+	git log --graph --pretty=tformat:%s | sed "s/ *$//" > actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'setup nested right-skewed merge following left-skewed merge' '
+	git checkout --orphan 3_p &&
+	test_commit 3_A &&
+	git checkout -b 3_q &&
+	test_commit 3_B &&
+	test_commit 3_C &&
+	git checkout -b 3_r @^ &&
+	test_commit 3_D &&
+	git checkout 3_q && git merge --no-ff 3_r -m 3_E &&
+	git checkout 3_p && git merge --no-ff 3_q -m 3_F &&
+	git checkout 3_r && test_commit 3_G &&
+	git checkout 3_p && git merge --no-ff 3_r -m 3_H &&
+	git checkout @^^ && git merge --no-ff 3_p -m 3_J
+'
+
+cat > expect <<\EOF
+*   3_J
+|\
+| *   3_H
+| |\
+| | * 3_G
+| * | 3_F
+|/| |
+| * |   3_E
+| |\ \
+| | |/
+| | * 3_D
+| * | 3_C
+| |/
+| * 3_B
+|/
+* 3_A
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'log --graph with nested right-skewed merge following left-skewed merge' '
+	git log --graph --pretty=tformat:%s | sed "s/ *$//" > actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'setup right-skewed merge following a left-skewed one' '
+	git checkout --orphan 4_p &&
+	test_commit 4_A &&
+	test_commit 4_B &&
+	test_commit 4_C &&
+	git checkout -b 4_q @^^ && test_commit 4_D &&
+	git checkout -b 4_r 4_p^ && git merge --no-ff 4_q -m 4_E &&
+	git checkout -b 4_s 4_p^^ &&
+	git merge --no-ff 4_r -m 4_F &&
+	git merge --no-ff 4_p -m 4_G &&
+	git checkout @^^ && git merge --no-ff 4_s -m 4_H
+'
+
+cat > expect <<\EOF
+*   4_H
+|\
+| *   4_G
+| |\
+| * | 4_F
+|/| |
+| * |   4_E
+| |\ \
+| | * | 4_D
+| |/ /
+|/| |
+| | * 4_C
+| |/
+| * 4_B
+|/
+* 4_A
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'log --graph with right-skewed merge following a left-skewed one' '
+	git log --graph --date-order --pretty=tformat:%s | sed "s/ *$//" > actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
