diff --git a/lib/cheerio.js b/lib/cheerio.js
index b03942367a..46a706cfcb 100644
--- a/lib/cheerio.js
+++ b/lib/cheerio.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ var Cheerio = (module.exports = function (selector, context, root, options) {
     return new Cheerio(selector, context, root, options);
   }
 
+  this.length = 0;
   this.options = Object.assign(
     {},
     defaultOptions,
@@ -106,7 +107,6 @@ Cheerio.prototype.cheerio = '[cheerio object]';
 /*
  * Make cheerio an array-like object
  */
-Cheerio.prototype.length = 0;
 Cheerio.prototype.splice = Array.prototype.splice;
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/static.js b/lib/static.js
index fb3fe10726..188235a9ef 100644
--- a/lib/static.js
+++ b/lib/static.js
@@ -202,9 +202,11 @@ exports.merge = function (arr1, arr2) {
   if (!isArrayLike(arr1) || !isArrayLike(arr2)) {
     return;
   }
-  var newLength = arr1.length + arr2.length;
-  for (var i = 0; i < arr2.length; i++) {
-    arr1[i + arr1.length] = arr2[i];
+  var newLength = arr1.length;
+  var len = +arr2.length;
+
+  for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    arr1[newLength++] = arr2[i];
   }
   arr1.length = newLength;
   return arr1;
diff --git a/test/api/deprecated.js b/test/api/deprecated.js
index ddf0c02273..3f44950cd8 100644
--- a/test/api/deprecated.js
+++ b/test/api/deprecated.js
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ describe('deprecated APIs', function () {
         expect(typeof cheerio.merge).toBe('function');
       });
 
+      // #1674 - merge, wont accept Cheerio object
+      it('should be a able merge array and cheerio object', function () {
+        var ret = cheerio.merge(new cheerio(), ['elem1', 'elem2']);
+        expect(typeof ret).toBe('object');
+        expect(ret).toHaveLength(2);
+      });
+
       it('(arraylike, arraylike) : should return an array', function () {
         var ret = cheerio.merge(arr1, arr2);
         expect(typeof ret).toBe('object');