diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index a884d9b26d4d97..4213f1c933b007 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ pull_request_rules:
       - "#approved-reviews-by>=1"
       - "#review-threads-unresolved=0"
       - "-draft"
+      - "label!=docker"            # Don't auto merge docker images
+      - "#check-failure=0"         # Don't auto merge with a failure
+      - "#check-pending=0"         # Don't auto merge with anything pending
+      - "check-success~=Build"     # Don't auto merge unless a build has succeeded, needed because above is true on a fresh PR before builds
       - or:
         - "check-success=pullapprove"
         - "check-skipped=pullapprove"