diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport.java
index 614af60ea1..7978d689a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport.java
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.MergedAnnotation;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.MergedAnnotations;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Direction;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Order;
 import org.springframework.data.web.SortDefault.SortDefaults;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
  * @see SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver
  * @see ReactiveSortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver
  * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Vedran Pavic
  */
 public abstract class SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport {
 
@@ -184,10 +186,10 @@ protected String getSortParameter(@Nullable MethodParameter parameter) {
 
 		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
 
-		Qualifier qualifier = parameter != null ? parameter.getParameterAnnotation(Qualifier.class) : null;
+		String value = getQualifier(parameter);
 
-		if (qualifier != null && StringUtils.hasLength(qualifier.value())) {
-			builder.append(qualifier.value());
+		if (StringUtils.hasLength(value)) {
+			builder.append(value);
 			builder.append(qualifierDelimiter);
 		}
 
@@ -293,6 +295,19 @@ static boolean notOnlyDots(String source) {
 		return StringUtils.hasText(source.replace(".", ""));
 	}
 
+	@Nullable
+	private static String getQualifier(@Nullable MethodParameter parameter) {
+
+		if (parameter == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		MergedAnnotations annotations = MergedAnnotations.from(parameter.getParameter());
+		MergedAnnotation<Qualifier> qualifier = annotations.get(Qualifier.class);
+
+		return qualifier.isPresent() ? qualifier.getString("value") : null;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Helper to easily build request parameter expressions for {@link Sort} instances.
 	 *
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests.java
index 295f63b5e6..c0f35327c4 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests.java
@@ -257,6 +257,18 @@ void emptyQualifierIsUsedInParameterLookup() throws Exception {
 		assertSupportedAndResult(parameter, PageRequest.of(2, 10), request);
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1827
+	void mergedQualifierIsUsedInParameterLookup() throws Exception {
+
+		MethodParameter parameter = new MethodParameter(Sample.class.getMethod("mergedQualifier", Pageable.class), 0);
+
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.addParameter("merged_page", "2");
+		request.addParameter("merged_size", "10");
+
+		assertSupportedAndResult(parameter, PageRequest.of(2, 10), request);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	protected PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolver getResolver() {
 		PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolver resolver = new PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolver();
@@ -298,5 +310,7 @@ void simpleDefaultWithContaineredExternalSort(@PageableDefault(size = PAGE_SIZE,
 		void noQualifiers(Pageable first, Pageable second);
 
 		void emptyQualifier(@Qualifier Pageable pageable);
+
+		void mergedQualifier(@TestQualifier Pageable pageable);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests.java
index e89a8361b6..eb65e4ece4 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests.java
@@ -251,6 +251,15 @@ void emptyQualifierIsUsedInParameterLookup() {
 		assertSupportedAndResolvedTo(getRequestWithSort(reference, ""), parameter, reference);
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1827
+	void mergedQualifierIsUsedInParameterLookup() {
+
+		MethodParameter parameter = getParameterOfMethod("mergedQualifier");
+		Sort reference = Sort.by("bar", "foo");
+
+		assertSupportedAndResolvedTo(getRequestWithSort(reference, "merged"), parameter, reference);
+	}
+
 	private static Sort resolveSort(HttpServletRequest request, MethodParameter parameter) throws Exception {
 
 		SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver resolver = new SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver();
@@ -318,5 +327,7 @@ void simpleDefaultWithDirectionCaseInsensitive(
 		void invalid(@SortDefaults(@SortDefault({ "foo", "bar" })) @SortDefault({ "bar", "foo" }) Sort sort);
 
 		void emptyQualifier(@Qualifier Sort sort);
+
+		void mergedQualifier(@TestQualifier Sort sort);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/TestQualifier.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/TestQualifier.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c3f1d86a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/TestQualifier.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.web;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * @author Vedran Pavic
+ * @see PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests
+ * @see SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests
+ */
+@Documented
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.PARAMETER)
+@Qualifier("merged")
+@interface TestQualifier {
+
+}