diff --git a/openmc/filter_expansion.py b/openmc/filter_expansion.py
index b9860846fda..f8e677578f1 100644
--- a/openmc/filter_expansion.py
+++ b/openmc/filter_expansion.py
@@ -53,6 +53,34 @@ def from_xml_element(cls, elem, **kwargs):
         order = int(elem.find('order').text)
         return cls(order, filter_id=filter_id)
 
+    def merge(self, other):
+        """Merge this filter with another.
+
+        This overrides the behavior of the parent Filter class, since its
+        merging technique is to take the union of the set of bins of each
+        filter. That technique does not apply to expansion filters, since the
+        argument should be the maximum filter order rather than the list of all
+        bins.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        other : openmc.Filter
+            Filter to merge with
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        merged_filter : openmc.Filter
+            Filter resulting from the merge
+
+        """
+
+        if not self.can_merge(other):
+            msg = f'Unable to merge "{type(self)}" with "{type(other)}"'
+            raise ValueError(msg)
+
+        # Create a new filter with these bins and a new auto-generated ID
+        return type(self)(max(self.order, other.order))
+
 
 class LegendreFilter(ExpansionFilter):
     r"""Score Legendre expansion moments up to specified order.