diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FilterMergePolicy.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FilterMergePolicy.java
index 08c0196a413..34cbb4a447b 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FilterMergePolicy.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/FilterMergePolicy.java
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ public MergeSpecification findForcedDeletesMerges(
     return in.findForcedDeletesMerges(segmentInfos, mergeContext);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public MergeSpecification findMergesBySegmentNames(
+      SegmentInfos segmentInfos, MergeContext mergeContext, String[] segmentNames)
+      throws IOException {
+    return in.findMergesBySegmentNames(segmentInfos, mergeContext, segmentNames);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public MergeSpecification findFullFlushMerges(
       MergeTrigger mergeTrigger, SegmentInfos segmentInfos, MergeContext mergeContext)
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
index 7c907b31b5d..b00a792877c 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
@@ -2275,6 +2275,72 @@ public void forceMergeDeletes(boolean doWait) throws IOException {
     // background threads accomplish the merging
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Just like {@link #forceMergeDeletes()},The only difference is that merging can be enforced
+   * based on the name of the segment
+   */
+  public void forceMergeBySegmentNames(boolean doWait, String[] segmentNames) throws IOException {
+    ensureOpen();
+
+    flush(true, true);
+
+    if (infoStream.isEnabled("IW")) {
+      infoStream.message("IW", "forceMergeDeletes: index now " + segString());
+    }
+
+    final MergePolicy mergePolicy = config.getMergePolicy();
+    final CachingMergeContext cachingMergeContext = new CachingMergeContext(this);
+    MergePolicy.MergeSpecification spec;
+    boolean newMergesFound = false;
+    synchronized (this) {
+      spec = mergePolicy.findMergesBySegmentNames(segmentInfos, cachingMergeContext, segmentNames);
+      newMergesFound = spec != null;
+      if (newMergesFound) {
+        final int numMerges = spec.merges.size();
+        for (int i = 0; i < numMerges; i++) registerMerge(spec.merges.get(i));
+      }
+    }
+
+    mergeScheduler.merge(mergeSource, MergeTrigger.EXPLICIT);
+
+    if (spec != null && doWait) {
+      final int numMerges = spec.merges.size();
+      synchronized (this) {
+        boolean running = true;
+        while (running) {
+
+          if (tragedy.get() != null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(
+                "this writer hit an unrecoverable error; cannot complete forceMergeDeletes",
+                tragedy.get());
+          }
+
+          // Check each merge that MergePolicy asked us to
+          // do, to see if any of them are still running and
+          // if any of them have hit an exception.
+          running = false;
+          for (int i = 0; i < numMerges; i++) {
+            final MergePolicy.OneMerge merge = spec.merges.get(i);
+            if (pendingMerges.contains(merge) || runningMerges.contains(merge)) {
+              running = true;
+            }
+            Throwable t = merge.getException();
+            if (t != null) {
+              throw new IOException("background merge hit exception: " + merge.segString(), t);
+            }
+          }
+
+          // If any of our merges are still running, wait:
+          if (running) doWait();
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // NOTE: in the ConcurrentMergeScheduler case, when
+    // doWait is false, we can return immediately while
+    // background threads accomplish the merging
+  }
+
   /**
    * Forces merging of all segments that have deleted documents. The actual merges to be executed
    * are determined by the {@link MergePolicy}. For example, the default {@link TieredMergePolicy}
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MergePolicy.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MergePolicy.java
index cbea98daf58..19a6b5b801b 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MergePolicy.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/MergePolicy.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.EnumMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -676,6 +677,45 @@ public abstract MergeSpecification findForcedMerges(
   public abstract MergeSpecification findForcedDeletesMerges(
       SegmentInfos segmentInfos, MergeContext mergeContext) throws IOException;
 
+  /**
+   * Finds the specified segment based on its name
+   *
+   * @param segmentInfos the total set of segments in the index
+   * @param mergeContext the MergeContext to find the merges on
+   * @param segmentNames specified segment names
+   */
+  public MergeSpecification findMergesBySegmentNames(
+      SegmentInfos segmentInfos, MergeContext mergeContext, String[] segmentNames)
+      throws IOException {
+    final Set<SegmentCommitInfo> merging = mergeContext.getMergingSegments();
+
+    boolean haveWork = false;
+    for (SegmentCommitInfo info : segmentInfos) {
+      if (!merging.contains(info)) {
+        haveWork = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (haveWork == false) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    List<SegmentCommitInfo> candidate = new ArrayList<>();
+    for (SegmentCommitInfo segmentInfo : segmentInfos) {
+      if (Arrays.stream(segmentNames)
+          .anyMatch(segmentName -> segmentInfo.info.name.equals(segmentName))) {
+        candidate.add(segmentInfo);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (candidate.size() == 0) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    MergeSpecification spec = new MergeSpecification();
+    OneMerge merge = new OneMerge(candidate);
+    spec.add(merge);
+    return spec;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Identifies merges that we want to execute (synchronously) on commit. By default, this will
    * return {@link #findMerges natural merges} whose segments are all less than the {@link
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/NoMergePolicy.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/NoMergePolicy.java
index ce7b1ce006b..78cf4c5edf2 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/NoMergePolicy.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/NoMergePolicy.java
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ public MergeSpecification findForcedDeletesMerges(
     return null;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public MergeSpecification findMergesBySegmentNames(
+      SegmentInfos segmentInfos, MergeContext mergeContext, String[] segmentNames)
+      throws IOException {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public MergeSpecification findFullFlushMerges(
       MergeTrigger mergeTrigger, SegmentInfos segmentInfos, MergeContext mergeContext) {
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/OneMergeWrappingMergePolicy.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/OneMergeWrappingMergePolicy.java
index 4faabdc8ef3..59845fc4171 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/OneMergeWrappingMergePolicy.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/OneMergeWrappingMergePolicy.java
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ public MergeSpecification findForcedDeletesMerges(
     return wrapSpec(in.findForcedDeletesMerges(segmentInfos, mergeContext));
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public MergeSpecification findMergesBySegmentNames(
+      SegmentInfos segmentInfos, MergeContext mergeContext, String[] segmentNames)
+      throws IOException {
+    return wrapSpec(in.findMergesBySegmentNames(segmentInfos, mergeContext, segmentNames));
+  }
+
   @Override
   public MergeSpecification findFullFlushMerges(
       MergeTrigger mergeTrigger, SegmentInfos segmentInfos, MergeContext mergeContext)