diff --git a/.backportrc.json b/.backportrc.json
index 3a61acaf3..24ccaa6b7 100644
--- a/.backportrc.json
+++ b/.backportrc.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "repoOwner": "elastic",
   "repoName": "ingest-docs",
-  "targetBranchChoices": ["main", "8.14","8.13","8.12", "8.11", "8.10", "8.9", "8.8", "8.7", "8.6", "7.17"],
+  "targetBranchChoices": ["main", "8.15","8.14","8.13","8.12", "8.11", "8.10", "8.9", "8.8", "8.7", "8.6", "7.17"],
   "autoMerge": true,
   "autoMergeMethod": "squash",
   "branchLabelMapping": {
diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index b209cd9f6..fe6908453 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ pull_request_rules:
           git merge <remote-repo>/{{base}}
           git push <remote-repo> {{head}}
           ```
+  - name: backport patches to 8.15 branch
+    conditions:
+      - merged
+      - base=main
+      - label=backport-8.15
+    actions:
+      backport:
+        assignees:
+          - "{{ author }}"
+        branches:
+          - "8.15"
+        title: "[{{ destination_branch }}] {{ title }} (backport #{{ number }})"
+        labels:
+          - backport
   - name: backport patches to 8.14 branch
     conditions:
       - merged