diff --git a/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/json/JsonObject.java b/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/json/JsonObject.java
index f03059a9c..c2b9581a5 100644
--- a/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/json/JsonObject.java
+++ b/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/json/JsonObject.java
@@ -555,6 +555,33 @@ public class JsonObject extends JsonValue implements Iterable<Member> {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Copies all members of the specified object into this object. When the specified object contains
+	 * members with names that also exist in this object, the existing values in this object will be
+	 * replaced by the corresponding values in the specified object, except for the case that both values
+	 * are JsonObjects themselves, which will trigger another merge of these objects.
+	 *
+	 * @param object the object to deep merge
+	 * @return the object itself, to enable method chaining
+	 */
+	public JsonObject deepMerge(JsonObject object) {
+		if (object == null) {
+			throw new NullPointerException("object is null");
+		}
+		for (Member member : object) {
+			final String name = member.name;
+			JsonValue value = member.value;
+			if (value instanceof JsonObject) {
+				final JsonValue existingValue = this.get(member.name);
+				if (existingValue instanceof JsonObject) {
+					value = ((JsonObject) existingValue).deepMerge((JsonObject) value);
+				}
+			}
+			this.set(name, value);
+		}
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the value of the member with the specified name in this object. If
 	 * this object contains multiple members with the given name, this method will
diff --git a/test/net/sourceforge/plantuml/json/JsonObjectTest.java b/test/net/sourceforge/plantuml/json/JsonObjectTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9666a0b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/net/sourceforge/plantuml/json/JsonObjectTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package net.sourceforge.plantuml.json;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNullPointerException;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayNameGenerator.ReplaceUnderscores;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.IndicativeSentencesGeneration;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+@IndicativeSentencesGeneration(separator = ": ", generator = ReplaceUnderscores.class)
+class JsonObjectTest {
+
+    private JsonObject object;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() {
+        object = new JsonObject();
+    }
+
+	@Nested
+	class Merge_Test {
+        @Test
+        void merge_fails_With_Null() {
+            assertThatNullPointerException().isThrownBy(() -> object.merge(null)).withMessage("object is null");
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void merge_appends_Members() {
+            object.add("a", 1).add("b", 1);
+            object.merge(Json.object().add("c", 2).add("d", 2));
+
+            assertThat(object).isEqualTo(Json.object().add("a", 1).add("b", 1).add("c", 2).add("d", 2));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void merge_replaces_Members() {
+            object.add("a", 1).add("b", 1).add("c", 1);
+            object.merge(Json.object().add("b", 2).add("d", 2));
+
+            assertThat(object).isEqualTo(Json.object().add("a", 1).add("b", 2).add("c", 1).add("d", 2));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void merge_replaces_Members_With_no_deep() {
+            object.add("a", 1).add("b", Json.object().add("x", 1).add("y", 1)).add("c", Json.object().add("A", 1));
+            object.merge(Json.object().add("b", Json.object().add("y", 2).add("z", 1)).add("c", 1)
+                    .add("d", Json.object().add("B", 1)));
+
+            assertThat(object).isEqualTo(Json.object().add("a", 1).add("b", Json.object().add("y", 2).add("z", 1)).add("c", 1)
+                    .add("d", Json.object().add("B", 1)));
+        }
+    }
+
+	@Nested
+	class DeepMerge_Test {
+        @Test
+        void deepMerge_fails_With_Null() {
+            assertThatNullPointerException().isThrownBy(() -> object.deepMerge(null)).withMessage("object is null");
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void deepMerge_appends_Members() {
+            object.add("a", 1).add("b", 1);
+            object.deepMerge(Json.object().add("c", 2).add("d", 2));
+
+            assertThat(object).isEqualTo(Json.object().add("a", 1).add("b", 1).add("c", 2).add("d", 2));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void deepMerge_replaces_Members() {
+            object.add("a", 1).add("b", 1).add("c", 1);
+            object.deepMerge(Json.object().add("b", 2).add("d", 2));
+
+            assertThat(object).isEqualTo(Json.object().add("a", 1).add("b", 2).add("c", 1).add("d", 2));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void deepMerge_merges_Member_Object() {
+            object.add("a", 1).add("b", Json.object().add("x", 1).add("y", 1)).add("c", Json.object().add("A", 1));
+            object.deepMerge(Json.object().add("b", Json.object().add("y", 2).add("z", 1)).add("c", 1)
+                    .add("d", Json.object().add("B", 1)));
+
+            assertThat(object).isEqualTo(Json.object().add("a", 1).add("b", Json.object().add("x", 1).add("y", 2).add("z", 1)).add("c", 1)
+                    .add("d", Json.object().add("B", 1)));
+        }
+    }
+}