diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
index 7b815d996e003d4e6510e1a2850e1dca5cc27b2a..4a7aa9a86abc97b061f3d57dad3d7ef1d7eae4b0 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@
     .issuable-meta
       %ul.controls.d-flex.align-items-end
         - if merge_request.merged?
+          - merged_at = merge_request.merged_at ? l(merge_request.merged_at.to_time) : _("Merge date & time could not be determined")
           %li.d-none.d-sm-flex
-            = render Pajamas::BadgeComponent.new(_('Merged'), size: 'sm', variant: 'info')
+            %a.has-tooltip{ href: "#{merge_request_path(merge_request)}#widget-state", title: merged_at }
+              = render Pajamas::BadgeComponent.new(_('Merged'), size: 'sm', variant: 'info')
         - elsif merge_request.closed?
           %li.d-none.d-sm-flex
             = render Pajamas::BadgeComponent.new(_('Closed'), size: 'sm', variant: 'danger')
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index e23b2dfb135109ceaaacbb6a54f799872c834777..0ef51b75c0220c16a134488a490254bba9016fe1 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -29412,6 +29412,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Merge conflicts"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Merge date & time could not be determined"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Merge details"
 msgstr ""