diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
index 9b59c49..0585ef1 100644
--- a/debian/gbp.conf
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ debian-branch = debian/latest
 upstream-branch = upstream/latest
 upstream-tag = %(version)s
 pristine-tar = True
+multimaint-merge = True
 
 [tag]
 sign-tags = True