diff --git a/lib/messages.js b/lib/messages.js
index 7afc9b0..5a5d04e 100644
--- a/lib/messages.js
+++ b/lib/messages.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var _ = bitcore.deps._;
 
 var BlockHeaderModel = bitcore.BlockHeader;
 var BlockModel = bitcore.Block;
+var MerkleBlockModel = bitcore.MerkleBlock;
 var BufferReader = bitcore.encoding.BufferReader;
 var BufferWriter = bitcore.encoding.BufferWriter;
 var BufferUtil = bitcore.util.buffer;
@@ -720,6 +721,37 @@ Block.prototype.getPayload = function() {
 
 module.exports.Block = Message.COMMANDS.block = Block;
 
+/**
+ * Contains information about a MerkleBlock
+ *
+ * @name P2P.Message.MerkleBlock
+ * @param {MerkleBlock} block
+ */
+function MerkleBlock(block) {
+  $.checkArgument(_.isUndefined(block) || block instanceof MerkleBlockModel);
+  this.command = 'merkleblock';
+
+  /**
+   * @type {Block}
+   * @desc The block received
+   */
+  this.merkleBlock = block;
+}
+util.inherits(MerkleBlock, Message);
+
+MerkleBlock.prototype.fromBuffer = function(payload) {
+  $.checkArgument(BufferUtil.isBuffer(payload));
+  var block = MerkleBlockModel(payload);
+  return new MerkleBlock(block);
+};
+
+MerkleBlock.prototype.getPayload = function() {
+  return this.merkleBlock ? this.merkleBlock.toBuffer() : new Buffer(0);
+};
+
+module.exports.MerkleBlock = Message.COMMANDS.merkleblock = MerkleBlock;
+
+
 /**
  * Contains information about a transaction
  *