diff --git a/lib/config/options.rb b/lib/config/options.rb
index 69247df1..ea2b7bda 100644
--- a/lib/config/options.rb
+++ b/lib/config/options.rb
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ def merge!(hash)
       current = to_hash
       DeepMerge.deep_merge!(hash.dup,
                             current,
+                            merge_nil_values: true,
                             preserve_unmergeables: false,
                             overwrite_arrays:      Config.overwrite_arrays)
       marshal_load(__convert(current).marshal_dump)
diff --git a/spec/config_spec.rb b/spec/config_spec.rb
index 736bcd5f..0f72639a 100644
--- a/spec/config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/config_spec.rb
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@
   context "Merging nested hash at runtime" do
     let(:config) { Config.load_files("#{fixture_path}/deep_merge/config1.yml") }
     let(:hash) { { :inner => { :something1 => 'changed1', :something3 => 'changed3' } } }
+    let(:hash_with_nil) { { :inner => { :something1 => nil } } }
 
     it 'should preserve first level keys' do
       expect { config.merge!(hash) }.to_not change { config.keys }
@@ -216,7 +217,35 @@
     it 'should rewrite a merged value' do
       expect { config.merge!(hash) }.to change { config.inner.something1 }.from('blah1').to('changed1')
     end
-  end
+
+    it 'should update a string to nil ' do
+      expect { config.merge!(hash_with_nil) }.to change { config.inner.something1 }.from('blah1').to(nil)
+    end
+
+    it 'should update something nil to true' do
+      expect { config.merge!({:inner => {:somethingnil => true}}) }.to change { config.inner.somethingnil }.from(nil).to(true)
+    end
+
+    it 'should update something nil to false' do
+      expect { config.merge!({:inner => {:somethingnil => false}}) }.to change { config.inner.somethingnil }.from(nil).to(false)
+    end
+
+    it 'should update something false to true' do
+      expect { config.merge!({:inner => {:somethingfalse => true}}) }.to change { config.inner.somethingfalse }.from(false).to(true)
+    end
+
+    it 'should update something false to nil' do
+      expect { config.merge!({:inner => {:somethingfalse => nil}}) }.to change { config.inner.somethingfalse }.from(false).to(nil)
+    end
+
+    it 'should update something true to false' do
+      expect { config.merge!({:inner => {:somethingtrue => false}}) }.to change { config.inner.somethingtrue }.from(true).to(false)
+    end
+
+    it 'should update something true to nil' do
+      expect { config.merge!({:inner => {:somethingtrue => nil}}) }.to change { config.inner.somethingtrue }.from(true).to(nil)
+    end
+end
 
   context "[] accessors" do
     let(:config) do
@@ -355,7 +384,7 @@
         end
 
         it 'should merge hashes from multiple configs' do
-          expect(config.inner.marshal_dump.keys.size).to eq(3)
+          expect(config.inner.marshal_dump.keys.size).to eq(6)
           expect(config.inner2.inner2_inner.marshal_dump.keys.size).to eq(3)
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/deep_merge/config1.yml b/spec/fixtures/deep_merge/config1.yml
index 0ffefd8f..1ba74eda 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/deep_merge/config1.yml
+++ b/spec/fixtures/deep_merge/config1.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ server: google.com
 inner:
   something1: "blah1"
   something2: "blah2"
+  somethingnil:
+  somethingfalse: false
+  somethingtrue: true
 
 inner2:
   inner2_inner: