diff --git a/src/Shell/Task/ExtractTask.php b/src/Shell/Task/ExtractTask.php
index 0830ac997b1..155410124fb 100644
--- a/src/Shell/Task/ExtractTask.php
+++ b/src/Shell/Task/ExtractTask.php
@@ -482,9 +482,10 @@ protected function _buildFiles()
                         $sentence .= "msgstr[1] \"\"\n\n";
                     }
 
-                    $this->_store($domain, $header, $sentence);
                     if ($domain !== 'default' && $this->_merge) {
                         $this->_store('default', $header, $sentence);
+                    } else {
+                        $this->_store($domain, $header, $sentence);
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Shell/Task/ExtractTaskTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Shell/Task/ExtractTaskTest.php
index c7481933b92..ae86691fb37 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Shell/Task/ExtractTaskTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Shell/Task/ExtractTaskTest.php
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ public function tearDown()
      */
     public function testExecute()
     {
-        $this->Task->interactive = false;
-
         $this->Task->params['paths'] = TEST_APP . 'TestApp' . DS . 'Template' . DS . 'Pages';
         $this->Task->params['output'] = $this->path . DS;
         $this->Task->params['extract-core'] = 'no';
+        $this->Task->params['merge'] = 'no';
+
         $this->Task->expects($this->never())->method('err');
         $this->Task->expects($this->any())->method('in')
             ->will($this->returnValue('y'));
@@ -132,6 +132,29 @@ public function testExecute()
         $this->assertRegExp($pattern, $result);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * testExecute with merging on method
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testExecuteMerge()
+    {
+        $this->Task->params['paths'] = TEST_APP . 'TestApp' . DS . 'Template' . DS . 'Pages';
+        $this->Task->params['output'] = $this->path . DS;
+        $this->Task->params['extract-core'] = 'no';
+        $this->Task->params['merge'] = 'yes';
+
+        $this->Task->expects($this->never())->method('err');
+        $this->Task->expects($this->any())->method('in')
+            ->will($this->returnValue('y'));
+        $this->Task->expects($this->never())->method('_stop');
+
+        $this->Task->main();
+        $this->assertFileExists($this->path . DS . 'default.pot');
+        $this->assertFileNotExists($this->path . DS . 'cake.pot');
+        $this->assertFileNotExists($this->path . DS . 'domain.pot');
+    }
+
     /**
      * test exclusions
      *