diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 737f997c..ab34fb76 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 
 Changes in 0.7.X
 =================
+- Fixed Q object merge edge case (MongoEngine/mongoengine#109)
 - Fixed reloading on sharded documents (hmarr/mongoengine#569)
 - Added NotUniqueError for duplicate keys (MongoEngine/mongoengine#62)
 - Added custom collection / sequence naming for SequenceFields (MongoEngine/mongoengine#92)
diff --git a/mongoengine/queryset.py b/mongoengine/queryset.py
index 8b627d83..f9494ebc 100644
--- a/mongoengine/queryset.py
+++ b/mongoengine/queryset.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class QNode(object):
     def _combine(self, other, operation):
         """Combine this node with another node into a QCombination object.
         """
-        if other.empty:
+        if getattr(other, 'empty', True):
             return self
 
         if self.empty:
diff --git a/tests/test_queryset.py b/tests/test_queryset.py
index 27205c40..15e2d9de 100644
--- a/tests/test_queryset.py
+++ b/tests/test_queryset.py
@@ -1347,6 +1347,21 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
         query = Foo.objects(Q(__raw__=q1) & Q(c=1))._query
         self.assertEqual(query, {'$or': [{'a': 1}, {'b': 1}], 'c': 1})
 
+    def test_q_merge_queries_edge_case(self):
+
+        class User(Document):
+            email = EmailField(required=False)
+            name = StringField()
+
+        User.drop_collection()
+        pk = ObjectId()
+        User(email='example@example.com', pk=pk).save()
+
+        self.assertEqual(1, User.objects.filter(
+                                Q(email='example@example.com') |
+                                Q(name='John Doe')
+                                ).limit(2).filter(pk=pk).count())
+
     def test_exec_js_query(self):
         """Ensure that queries are properly formed for use in exec_js.
         """