diff --git a/pagure/static/pagure.css b/pagure/static/pagure.css
index e6b4cd3..5c38480 100644
--- a/pagure/static/pagure.css
+++ b/pagure/static/pagure.css
@@ -391,6 +391,12 @@ a.notblue {
     background-repeat: no-repeat;
     min-height: 150px;
 }
+.content-loading {
+    background-image: url("images/spinner.gif");
+    background-position: center center;
+    background-repeat: no-repeat;
+    min-height: 150px;
+}
 
 .repoinfo-branchlistitem
 {
diff --git a/pagure/templates/pull_request.html b/pagure/templates/pull_request.html
index 4e268cc..90a96c5 100644
--- a/pagure/templates/pull_request.html
+++ b/pagure/templates/pull_request.html
@@ -435,7 +435,9 @@
         </form>
        </div>
       {% endif %}
-        <small id="merge-alert-message"></small>
+      <small id="merge-alert-message">
+        <div id="merge-load" class="content-loading" style="display:none"></div>
+      </small>
       </div>
       {% if pull_request.status != 'Open'%}
       <div class="alert {{'alert-success' if pull_request.status == 'Merged' else 'alert-danger'}}
@@ -777,6 +779,7 @@ function setup_reply_btns() {
 
   {% if pull_request.status == 'Open' %}
   $(function(){
+    $('#merge-load').show();
     $.ajax({
       url: '{{ url_for("internal_ns.mergeable_request_pull") }}' ,
       type: 'POST',
@@ -786,6 +789,7 @@ function setup_reply_btns() {
       },
       dataType: 'json',
       success: function(res) {
+        $('#merge-load').hide();
         if (res.code == 'FFORWARD'){
           $('#merge_btn').addClass("btn-success");
           $('#merge-alert').addClass("alert-success");