diff --git a/cmd/merge.go b/cmd/merge.go
index 47bbd183..dbf3634b 100644
--- a/cmd/merge.go
+++ b/cmd/merge.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ func MergeCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("branch", "B", "multi-gitter-branch", "The name of the branch where changes are committed.")
+	cmd.Flags().StringSliceP("merge-type", "", []string{"merge", "squash", "rebase"}, "The type of merge that should be done (GitHub). Multiple types can be used as backup strategies if the first one is not allowed.")
 	cmd.Flags().AddFlagSet(platformFlags())
 	cmd.Flags().AddFlagSet(logFlags("-"))
 
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 7bb14fd4..cdb6c2b6 100755
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/lindell/multi-gitter/internal/domain"
 	"github.com/lindell/multi-gitter/internal/github"
 	"github.com/lindell/multi-gitter/internal/gitlab"
 	"github.com/lindell/multi-gitter/internal/multigitter"
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ func createGithubClient(flag *flag.FlagSet) (multigitter.VersionController, erro
 	orgs, _ := flag.GetStringSlice("org")
 	users, _ := flag.GetStringSlice("user")
 	repos, _ := flag.GetStringSlice("repo")
+	mergeTypeStrs, _ := flag.GetStringSlice("merge-type") // Only used for the merge command
 
 	if len(orgs) == 0 && len(users) == 0 && len(repos) == 0 {
 		return nil, errors.New("no organization or user set")
@@ -156,11 +158,20 @@ func createGithubClient(flag *flag.FlagSet) (multigitter.VersionController, erro
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Convert all defined merge types (if any)
+	mergeTypes := make([]domain.MergeType, len(mergeTypeStrs))
+	for i, mt := range mergeTypeStrs {
+		mergeTypes[i], err = domain.ParseMergeType(mt)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	vc, err := github.New(token, ghBaseURL, github.RepositoryListing{
 		Organizations: orgs,
 		Users:         users,
 		Repositories:  repoRefs,
-	})
+	}, mergeTypes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/domain/pr.go b/internal/domain/pr.go
index 645b1bd4..d685c813 100755
--- a/internal/domain/pr.go
+++ b/internal/domain/pr.go
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 package domain
 
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
 // NewPullRequest is the data needed to create a new pull request
 type NewPullRequest struct {
 	Title string
@@ -46,3 +51,41 @@ type PullRequest interface {
 	Status() PullRequestStatus
 	String() string
 }
+
+// MergeType is the way a pull request is "merged" into the base branch
+type MergeType int
+
+// All MergeTypes
+const (
+	MergeTypeUnknown MergeType = iota
+	MergeTypeMerge
+	MergeTypeRebase
+	MergeTypeSquash
+)
+
+// ParseMergeType parses a merge type
+func ParseMergeType(typ string) (MergeType, error) {
+	switch strings.ToLower(typ) {
+	case "merge":
+		return MergeTypeMerge, nil
+	case "rebase":
+		return MergeTypeRebase, nil
+	case "squash":
+		return MergeTypeSquash, nil
+	}
+	return MergeTypeUnknown, fmt.Errorf(`not a valid merge type: "%s"`, typ)
+}
+
+// MergeTypeIntersection calculates the intersection of two merge type slices,
+// The order of the first slice will be preserved
+func MergeTypeIntersection(mergeTypes1, mergeTypes2 []MergeType) []MergeType {
+	res := []MergeType{}
+	for _, mt := range mergeTypes1 {
+		for _, mt2 := range mergeTypes2 {
+			if mt == mt2 {
+				res = append(res, mt)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return res
+}
diff --git a/internal/github/github.go b/internal/github/github.go
index 89b6d242..3cabd597 100755
--- a/internal/github/github.go
+++ b/internal/github/github.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package github
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"sort"
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // New create a new Github client
-func New(token, baseURL string, repoListing RepositoryListing) (*Github, error) {
+func New(token, baseURL string, repoListing RepositoryListing, mergeTypes []domain.MergeType) (*Github, error) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	ts := oauth2.StaticTokenSource(
 		&oauth2.Token{AccessToken: token},
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ func New(token, baseURL string, repoListing RepositoryListing) (*Github, error)
 
 	return &Github{
 		RepositoryListing: repoListing,
+		MergeTypes:        mergeTypes,
 		ghClient:          client,
 	}, nil
 }
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ func New(token, baseURL string, repoListing RepositoryListing) (*Github, error)
 // Github contain github configuration
 type Github struct {
 	RepositoryListing
-	ghClient *github.Client
+	MergeTypes []domain.MergeType
+	ghClient   *github.Client
 }
 
 // RepositoryListing contains information about which repositories that should be fetched
@@ -365,7 +368,21 @@ func (g Github) GetPullRequestStatuses(ctx context.Context, branchName string) (
 func (g Github) MergePullRequest(ctx context.Context, pullReq domain.PullRequest) error {
 	pr := pullReq.(pullRequest)
 
-	_, _, err := g.ghClient.PullRequests.Merge(ctx, pr.ownerName, pr.repoName, pr.number, "", nil)
+	// We need to fetch the repo again since no AllowXMerge is present in listings of repositories
+	repo, _, err := g.ghClient.Repositories.Get(ctx, pr.ownerName, pr.repoName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Filter out all merge types to only the allowed ones, but keep the order of the ones left
+	mergeTypes := domain.MergeTypeIntersection(g.MergeTypes, repoMergeTypes(repo))
+	if len(mergeTypes) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("none of the configured merge types was permitted")
+	}
+
+	_, _, err = g.ghClient.PullRequests.Merge(ctx, pr.ownerName, pr.repoName, pr.number, "", &github.PullRequestOptions{
+		MergeMethod: mergeTypeGhName[mergeTypes[0]],
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/github/util.go b/internal/github/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acae802b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/github/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package github
+
+import (
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v32/github"
+	"github.com/lindell/multi-gitter/internal/domain"
+)
+
+// maps merge types to what they are called in the github api
+var mergeTypeGhName = map[domain.MergeType]string{
+	domain.MergeTypeMerge:  "merge",
+	domain.MergeTypeRebase: "rebase",
+	domain.MergeTypeSquash: "squash",
+}
+
+// repoMergeTypes returns a list of all allowed merge types
+func repoMergeTypes(repo *github.Repository) []domain.MergeType {
+	ret := []domain.MergeType{}
+	if repo.GetAllowMergeCommit() {
+		ret = append(ret, domain.MergeTypeMerge)
+	}
+	if repo.GetAllowRebaseMerge() {
+		ret = append(ret, domain.MergeTypeRebase)
+	}
+	if repo.GetAllowSquashMerge() {
+		ret = append(ret, domain.MergeTypeSquash)
+	}
+	return ret
+}