diff --git a/bin/count_commits b/bin/count_commits
index 6e47184..e700424 100755
--- a/bin/count_commits
+++ b/bin/count_commits
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 my $cmd = "git shortlog -sne " .
   "--since='01 $from $year' " .
   "--before='31 $to $year' " .
+  "--no-merges " .
   "--max-parents=1";
 
 my $sum = 0;