diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
index 98b80ad..3f869dc 100644
--- a/debian/gbp.conf
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ sign-tags = true
 
 [dch]
 postedit = sed -i s"@^\( \+version: '\)[0-9.]\+\(',\)@\1$GBP_DEBIAN_VERSION\2@" meson.build
+multimaint-merge = true