diff --git a/prow/config.yaml b/prow/config.yaml
index 5adb12f7bc8..063696fa777 100644
--- a/prow/config.yaml
+++ b/prow/config.yaml
@@ -399,6 +399,9 @@ tide:
     istio-private: squash
   target_url: https://prow.istio.io/tide
   blocker_label: tide/merge-blocker
+  squash_label: tide/merge-method-squash
+  rebase_label: tide/merge-method-rebase
+  merge_label: tide/merge-method-merge
   context_options:
     from-branch-protection: true
     skip-unknown-contexts: true