diff --git a/.changeset/many-lamps-tickle.md b/.changeset/many-lamps-tickle.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8b8b95df54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/many-lamps-tickle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@graphql-tools/stitching-directives': patch
+---
+
+Allow using merge directive without keyArg argument if resolver takes 0 arguments
diff --git a/packages/stitch/tests/typeMerging.test.ts b/packages/stitch/tests/typeMerging.test.ts
index 879a211ceab..19fa49f56df 100644
--- a/packages/stitch/tests/typeMerging.test.ts
+++ b/packages/stitch/tests/typeMerging.test.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,78 @@ describe('merging using type merging', () => {
     expect(userByIdData.chirps[1].author.email).not.toBe(null);
   });
 
+  test('works without resolver args', async () => {
+    let chirpSchema = makeExecutableSchema({
+      typeDefs: /* GraphQL */ `
+        type Stats {
+          totalChirps: Int!
+        }
+
+        type Query {
+          stats: Stats!
+        }
+      `,
+    });
+
+    chirpSchema = addMocksToSchema({ schema: chirpSchema });
+
+    let authorSchema = makeExecutableSchema({
+      typeDefs: /* GraphQL */ `
+        type Stats {
+          totalUsers: Int!
+        }
+        type Query {
+          stats: Stats!
+        }
+      `,
+    });
+
+    authorSchema = addMocksToSchema({ schema: authorSchema });
+
+    const stitchedSchema = stitchSchemas({
+      subschemas: [
+        {
+          schema: chirpSchema,
+          merge: {
+            Stats: {
+              fieldName: 'stats',
+              args: () => ({}),
+            },
+          },
+          batch: true,
+        },
+        {
+          schema: authorSchema,
+          merge: {
+            Stats: {
+              fieldName: 'stats',
+              args: () => ({}),
+            },
+          },
+          batch: true,
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const query = /* GraphQL */ `
+      query {
+        stats {
+          totalChirps
+        }
+      }
+    `;
+
+    const result = await graphql({
+      schema: stitchedSchema,
+      source: query,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.errors).toBeUndefined();
+    assertSome(result.data);
+    const statsData: any = result.data['stats'];
+    expect(statsData.totalChirps).not.toBe(null);
+  });
+
   test('handle top level failures on subschema queries', async () => {
     let userSchema = makeExecutableSchema({
       typeDefs: /* GraphQL */ `
diff --git a/packages/stitching-directives/src/stitchingDirectivesValidator.ts b/packages/stitching-directives/src/stitchingDirectivesValidator.ts
index f5d82b8512f..880b70cbc54 100644
--- a/packages/stitching-directives/src/stitchingDirectivesValidator.ts
+++ b/packages/stitching-directives/src/stitchingDirectivesValidator.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export function stitchingDirectivesValidator(
 
           const keyArg = mergeDirective['keyArg'];
           if (keyArg == null) {
-            if (!mergeArgsExpr && args.length !== 1) {
+            if (!mergeArgsExpr && args.length > 1) {
               throw new Error(
                 'Cannot use @merge directive without `keyArg` argument if resolver takes more than one argument.'
               );
diff --git a/packages/stitching-directives/tests/stitchingDirectivesValidator.test.ts b/packages/stitching-directives/tests/stitchingDirectivesValidator.test.ts
index c6433ed347e..064c60f40bf 100644
--- a/packages/stitching-directives/tests/stitchingDirectivesValidator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/stitching-directives/tests/stitchingDirectivesValidator.test.ts
@@ -156,4 +156,40 @@ describe('type merging directives', () => {
     expect(() => makeExecutableSchema({ typeDefs })).not.toThrow();
     expect(() => stitchingDirectivesValidator(makeExecutableSchema({ typeDefs }))).not.toThrow();
   });
+
+  test('does not throw an error if merge used without arguments on a zero args endpoint', () => {
+    const typeDefs = /* GraphQL */ `
+      ${allStitchingDirectivesTypeDefs}
+
+      type Query {
+        _stats: Stats @merge
+      }
+
+      type Stats {
+        firstStat: Int
+        secondStat: Int
+      }
+    `;
+
+    expect(() => makeExecutableSchema({ typeDefs })).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() => stitchingDirectivesValidator(makeExecutableSchema({ typeDefs }))).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  test('throws an error if merge used without arguments on a multiple args endpoint', () => {
+    const typeDefs = /* GraphQL */ `
+      ${allStitchingDirectivesTypeDefs}
+
+      type Query {
+        _user(id: ID, name: String): User @merge
+      }
+
+      type User @key(selectionSet: "{ id name }") {
+        id: ID
+        name: String
+      }
+    `;
+
+    expect(() => makeExecutableSchema({ typeDefs })).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() => stitchingDirectivesValidator(makeExecutableSchema({ typeDefs }))).toThrow();
+  });
 });