diff --git a/commodore/cli/component.py b/commodore/cli/component.py
index a796bf611..eff49a9d1 100644
--- a/commodore/cli/component.py
+++ b/commodore/cli/component.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from datetime import timedelta
+from functools import reduce
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -27,6 +28,18 @@ def new_update_options(new_cmd: bool):
 
     def decorator(cmd):
         options.verbosity(cmd)
+        click.option(
+            "--automerge-patch-v0 / --no-automerge-patch-v0",
+            is_flag=True,
+            default=False if new_cmd else None,
+            help="Whether to configure the component to automerge patch-level dependency PRs for v0.x dependencies",
+        )(cmd)
+        click.option(
+            "--automerge-patch / --no-automerge-patch",
+            is_flag=True,
+            default=True if new_cmd else None,
+            help="Whether to configure the component to automerge patch-level dependency PRs",
+        )(cmd)
         click.option(
             "--additional-test-case",
             "-t",
@@ -134,6 +147,8 @@ def component_new(
     template_url: str,
     template_version: str,
     additional_test_case: Iterable[str],
+    automerge_patch: bool,
+    automerge_patch_v0: bool,
 ):
     config.update_verbosity(verbose)
     t = ComponentTemplater(
@@ -146,6 +161,8 @@ def component_new(
     t.golden_tests = golden_tests
     t.matrix_tests = matrix_tests
     t.test_cases = ["defaults"] + list(additional_test_case)
+    t.automerge_patch = automerge_patch
+    t.automerge_patch_v0 = automerge_patch_v0
     t.create()
 
 
@@ -167,7 +184,7 @@ def component_new(
     default=[],
     show_default=True,
     multiple=True,
-    help="Test cases to remove from the package. Can be repeated.",
+    help="Test cases to remove from the component. Can be repeated.",
 )
 @click.option(
     "--commit / --no-commit",
@@ -190,6 +207,8 @@ def component_update(
     additional_test_case: Iterable[str],
     remove_test_case: Iterable[str],
     commit: bool,
+    automerge_patch: Optional[bool],
+    automerge_patch_v0: Optional[bool],
 ):
     """This command updates the component at COMPONENT_PATH to the latest version of the
     template which was originally used to create it, if the template version is given as
@@ -216,6 +235,10 @@ def component_update(
         t.library = lib
     if pp is not None:
         t.post_process = pp
+    if automerge_patch is not None:
+        t.automerge_patch = automerge_patch
+    if automerge_patch_v0 is not None:
+        t.automerge_patch_v0 = automerge_patch_v0
 
     test_cases = t.test_cases
     test_cases.extend(additional_test_case)
diff --git a/commodore/component/template.py b/commodore/component/template.py
index 68739ed1b..92f4251a2 100644
--- a/commodore/component/template.py
+++ b/commodore/component/template.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 class ComponentTemplater(Templater):
     library: bool
     post_process: bool
+    _automerge_patch: bool
+    automerge_patch_v0: bool
     _matrix_tests: bool
 
     @classmethod
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ def _initialize_from_cookiecutter_args(self, cookiecutter_args: dict[str, str]):
         self.library = cookiecutter_args["add_lib"] == "y"
         self.post_process = cookiecutter_args["add_pp"] == "y"
         self.matrix_tests = cookiecutter_args["add_matrix"] == "y"
+        self.automerge_patch = cookiecutter_args["automerge_patch"] == "y"
+        self.automerge_patch_v0 = cookiecutter_args["automerge_patch_v0"] == "y"
 
         return update_cruft_json
 
@@ -88,8 +92,25 @@ def cookiecutter_args(self) -> dict[str, str]:
         args["add_lib"] = "y" if self.library else "n"
         args["add_pp"] = "y" if self.post_process else "n"
         args["add_matrix"] = "y" if self.matrix_tests else "n"
+        args["automerge_patch"] = "y" if self.automerge_patch else "n"
+        args["automerge_patch_v0"] = "y" if self.automerge_patch_v0 else "n"
         return args
 
+    @property
+    def automerge_patch(self) -> bool:
+        # TODO(sg): do we want this behavior?
+        if self.automerge_patch_v0:
+            click.echo(
+                " > Forcing automerging of patch dependencies to be enabled "
+                + "when automerging of v0.x patch dependencies is requested"
+            )
+            return True
+        return self._automerge_patch
+
+    @automerge_patch.setter
+    def automerge_patch(self, automerge_patch: bool) -> None:
+        self._automerge_patch = automerge_patch
+
     @property
     def matrix_tests(self) -> bool:
         if len(self.test_cases) > 1:
diff --git a/tests/test_component_template.py b/tests/test_component_template.py
index 685cb3040..fcfb60c8c 100644
--- a/tests/test_component_template.py
+++ b/tests/test_component_template.py
@@ -687,6 +687,8 @@ def test_cookiecutter_args_no_cruft_json(tmp_path: P, config: Config):
     t.post_process = False
     t.copyright_holder = ""
     t.github_owner = "projectsyn"
+    t.automerge_patch = True
+    t.automerge_patch_v0 = False
 
     templater_cookiecutter_args = t.cookiecutter_args