diff --git a/src/datasets/commands/convert_to_parquet.py b/src/datasets/commands/convert_to_parquet.py
index 43e82de802b..b64f8bbfac4 100644
--- a/src/datasets/commands/convert_to_parquet.py
+++ b/src/datasets/commands/convert_to_parquet.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from typing import Optional
 
+from huggingface_hub import HfApi
+
+import datasets.config
 from datasets.commands import BaseDatasetsCLICommand
 from datasets.hub import convert_to_parquet
 
@@ -11,6 +14,7 @@ def _command_factory(args):
         args.token,
         args.revision,
         args.trust_remote_code,
+        args.merge_pull_request,
     )
 
 
@@ -26,6 +30,11 @@ def register_subcommand(parser):
         parser.add_argument(
             "--trust_remote_code", action="store_true", help="whether to trust the code execution of the load script"
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--merge-pull-request",
+            action="store_true",
+            help="whether to automatically merge the pull request after conversion",
+        )
         parser.set_defaults(func=_command_factory)
 
     def __init__(
@@ -34,13 +43,24 @@ def __init__(
         token: Optional[str],
         revision: Optional[str],
         trust_remote_code: bool,
+        merge_pull_request: bool,
     ):
         self._dataset_id = dataset_id
         self._token = token
         self._revision = revision
         self._trust_remote_code = trust_remote_code
+        self._merge_pull_request = merge_pull_request
 
     def run(self) -> None:
-        _ = convert_to_parquet(
+        commit_info = convert_to_parquet(
             self._dataset_id, revision=self._revision, token=self._token, trust_remote_code=self._trust_remote_code
         )
+
+        if self._merge_pull_request:
+            api = HfApi(endpoint=datasets.config.HF_ENDPOINT, token=self._token)
+            api.merge_pull_request(
+                repo_id=self._dataset_id,
+                discussion_num=int(commit_info.pr_num),
+                token=self._token,
+                repo_type="dataset",
+            )