diff --git a/test/unit/test_uop_symbolic.py b/test/unit/test_uop_symbolic.py
index 255c94fbcf..e720712042 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_uop_symbolic.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_uop_symbolic.py
@@ -492,6 +492,30 @@ class TestSymbolic(unittest.TestCase):
     self.helper_test_variable(cond.where(u1, u0), 0, 1, "(a<2)")
     self.helper_test_variable(cond.where(u1, u0).where(u1, u0), 0, 1, "(a<2)")
 
+  def test_where_combine(self):
+    cond = Variable("x", 0, 3).lt(2)
+    a = Variable("a", 0, 3)
+    b = Variable("b", 0, 3)
+    aa = cond.where(a, a.ufix(0))
+    bb = cond.where(b, b.ufix(1))
+    self.helper_test_variable(aa, 0, 3, "(a if (x<2) else 0)")
+    self.helper_test_variable(bb, 0, 3, "(b if (x<2) else 1)")
+    self.helper_test_variable(aa+bb, 0, 6, "((a+b) if (x<2) else 1)")
+    self.helper_test_variable(aa.maximum(bb), 0, 3, "(max(a, b) if (x<2) else 1)")
+
+    # not combining because it increased total ALU
+    c = Variable("c", 0, 3)
+    cc = cond.where(c, c+1)
+    self.helper_test_variable(bb+cc, 0, 7, "((b if (x<2) else 1)+(c if (x<2) else (c+1)))")
+
+    # not combining  # TODO: can combine if it can further simplify?
+    ab = cond.where(a, b)
+    ba = cond.where(b, a)
+    self.helper_test_variable(ab+ba, 0, 6, "((a if (x<2) else b)+(b if (x<2) else a))")
+
+    # not combining  # TODO: can combine if one is identity element const
+    self.helper_test_variable(aa+ab, 0, 6, "((a if (x<2) else b)+(a if (x<2) else 0))")
+
 class TestSymbolicNumeric(unittest.TestCase):
   def helper_test_numeric(self, f):
     MIN, MAX = 0, 10
diff --git a/tinygrad/ops.py b/tinygrad/ops.py
index 07b30a7967..2bc2999733 100644
--- a/tinygrad/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/ops.py
@@ -1132,6 +1132,9 @@ symbolic = symbolic_simple+PatternMatcher([
   # a conditional with the same results either way is a noop, also fold const conditionals
   (UPat.var().where(UPat.var("val"), UPat.var("val")), lambda val: val),
   (UPat.cvar("gate", vec=False).where(UPat.var("c0"), UPat.var("c1")), lambda gate, c0, c1: c0 if gate.arg else c1),
+  # alu of two where with same conds can combine, only do if true branch or false branch is const
+  (UPat(GroupOp.Binary, name="alu", src=(UPat.var("c").where(UPat.var("t"), UPat.var("f")), UPat.var("c").where(UPat.var("tt"), UPat.var("ff")))), \
+   lambda alu,c,t,tt,f,ff: c.where(t.alu(alu.op, tt), f.alu(alu.op, ff)) if t.op == tt.op == Ops.CONST or f.op == ff.op == Ops.CONST else None),
   # ALU min==max -> CONST (slow!)
   (UPat(GroupOp.ALU, name="x"), lambda x: x.const_like(x.vmin) if x.vmin == x.vmax else None),
   # max folding