diff --git a/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.ts b/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
index c60028a1a0caf58d9dfb9e564d6b06a6d02a5617..2bd1637ae433710f4a4c40be6782d8d152a613cb 100644
--- a/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ export async function getPr(prNo: number) {
     const commits = await utils.accumulateValues(pr.links.commits.href);
     if (commits.length === 1) {
       res.canRebase = true;
+      res.canMerge = true;
     }
   }
   if (await branchExists(pr.source.branch.name)) {
diff --git a/test/platform/bitbucket/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap b/test/platform/bitbucket/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
index 165aacf17d72b12d716b9758f380c1906eac0a84..ced5c899ec9d1c995ff552111cd3c62c8415cf63 100644
--- a/test/platform/bitbucket/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/test/platform/bitbucket/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ exports[`platform/bitbucket getBranchPr() bitbucket finds PR for branch 1`] = `
 Object {
   "body": "summary",
   "branchName": "branch",
+  "canMerge": true,
   "canRebase": true,
   "createdAt": "2018-07-02T07:02:25.275030+00:00",
   "displayNumber": "Pull Request #5",
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ exports[`platform/bitbucket getPr() exists 1`] = `
 Object {
   "body": "summary",
   "branchName": "branch",
+  "canMerge": true,
   "canRebase": true,
   "createdAt": "2018-07-02T07:02:25.275030+00:00",
   "displayNumber": "Pull Request #5",