diff --git a/cluster/ci/config/prow/config.yaml b/cluster/ci/config/prow/config.yaml
index c8e8d1a13cd28..d6cf98f9b24be 100644
--- a/cluster/ci/config/prow/config.yaml
+++ b/cluster/ci/config/prow/config.yaml
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ tide:
     - lgtm
     - approved
     - bugzilla/valid-bug
+    - cherry-pick-approved
     missingLabels:
     - needs-rebase
     - do-not-merge/blocked-paths
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ tide:
     labels:
     - lgtm
     - bugzilla/valid-bug
+    - cherry-pick-approved
     missingLabels:
     - needs-rebase
     - do-not-merge/blocked-paths
diff --git a/cluster/ci/config/prow/labels.yaml b/cluster/ci/config/prow/labels.yaml
index 8ef7451d7be05..f071f2a2494d5 100644
--- a/cluster/ci/config/prow/labels.yaml
+++ b/cluster/ci/config/prow/labels.yaml
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ default:
       target: prs
       addedBy: prow
       prowPlugin: cherrypickunapproved
+    - color: fef2c0
+      description: Indicates a cherry-pick PR into a release branch has been approved by the release branch manager. # Consumed by the kubernetes/kubernetes cherry-pick-queue.
+      name: cherry-pick-approved
+      target: prs
+      addedBy: humans
     - color: e11d21
       description: Indicates that a PR should not merge because someone has issued a /hold command.
       name: do-not-merge/hold