diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Styling/Styling/Styles.cs b/src/Avalonia.Styling/Styling/Styles.cs
index 789bb6ffd3..a4563110a9 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Styling/Styling/Styles.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Styling/Styling/Styles.cs
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Styling
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public bool TryGetResource(object key, out object value)
         {
-            if (_resources != null && _resources.TryGetValue(key, out value))
+            if (_resources != null && _resources.TryGetResource(key, out value))
             {
                 return true;
             }
diff --git a/tests/Avalonia.Styling.UnitTests/StylesTests.cs b/tests/Avalonia.Styling.UnitTests/StylesTests.cs
index c033dad0c6..82b6b81759 100644
--- a/tests/Avalonia.Styling.UnitTests/StylesTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Avalonia.Styling.UnitTests/StylesTests.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See licence.md file in the project root for full license information.
 
 using System;
+using Avalonia.Controls;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace Avalonia.Styling.UnitTests
@@ -111,5 +112,28 @@ namespace Avalonia.Styling.UnitTests
 
             Assert.False(raised);
         }
+
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Finds_Resource_In_Merged_Dictionary()
+        {
+            var target = new Styles
+            {
+                Resources = new ResourceDictionary
+                {
+                    MergedDictionaries =
+                    {
+                        new ResourceDictionary
+                        {
+                            { "foo", "bar" },
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+            var result = target.FindResource("foo");
+
+            Assert.Equal("bar", result);
+        }
     }
 }