diff --git a/repository.datadog.yml b/repository.datadog.yml
index ded5018823..65b6771a40 100644
--- a/repository.datadog.yml
+++ b/repository.datadog.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 ---
 schema-version: v1
 kind: mergequeue
-enable: false
+enable: true
+workflow_type: noqueue # TODO: change to speculative once stable
+merge_method: squash
+gitlab_check_enable: true
+gitlab_jobs_retry_enable: true
+gitlab_fail_fast: true
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