diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-pull-request-labels.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-pull-request-labels.yaml
index 16bdfe0a521..10f4175e31e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-pull-request-labels.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-pull-request-labels.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
               'comp:',
               'inst:',
               'tag:',
+              'mergequeue-status:',
               'performance:',  // To refactor to 'ci: ' in the future
               'run-tests:'     // Unused since GitLab migration
             ]
diff --git a/repository.datadog.yaml b/repository.datadog.yaml
index ded5018823b..8d5c98b060a 100644
--- a/repository.datadog.yaml
+++ b/repository.datadog.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 ---
 schema-version: v1
-kind: mergequeue
-enable: false
+kind: mergequeue # https://datadoghq.atlassian.net/wiki/x/XgUQug
+enable: true
+merge_method: squash
+branches:
+  master:
+    allow_skip_checks: true
+    require_reason_for_skip_checks: true