diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-automerge.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-automerge.rb
index 471cfc2c7e..c7aadd8ea1 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-automerge.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-automerge.rb
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ module Homebrew
       flag   "--tap=",
              description: "Target tap repository (default: `homebrew/core`)."
       flag   "--with-label=",
-             description: "Pull requests must have this label (default: `ready to merge`)."
+             description: "Pull requests must have this label."
       comma_array "--without-labels=",
                   description: "Pull requests must not have these labels (default: `do not merge`, `new formula`)."
+      switch "--without-approval",
+             description: "Pull requests do not require approval to be merged."
       switch "--publish",
              description: "Run `brew pr-publish` on matching pull requests."
       switch "--ignore-failures",
@@ -33,12 +35,13 @@ module Homebrew
     pr_automerge_args.parse
 
     ENV["HOMEBREW_FORCE_HOMEBREW_ON_LINUX"] = "1" unless OS.mac?
-    with_label = Homebrew.args.with_label || "ready to merge"
     without_labels = Homebrew.args.without_labels || ["do not merge", "new formula"]
     tap = Tap.fetch(Homebrew.args.tap || CoreTap.instance.name)
 
-    query = "is:pr is:open repo:#{tap.full_name} label:\"#{with_label}\""
-    query += args.ignore_failures? ? " -status:pending" : " status:success"
+    query = "is:pr is:open repo:#{tap.full_name}"
+    query += Homebrew.args.ignore_failures? ? " -status:pending" : " status:success"
+    query += " review:approved" unless Homebrew.args.without_approval?
+    query += " label:\"#{with_label}\"" if Homebrew.args.with_label
     without_labels&.each { |label| query += " -label:\"#{label}\"" }
     odebug "Searching: #{query}"
 
diff --git a/docs/Manpage.md b/docs/Manpage.md
index 84ea7ad024..4cae34f275 100644
--- a/docs/Manpage.md
+++ b/docs/Manpage.md
@@ -858,9 +858,11 @@ Find pull requests that can be automatically merged using `brew pr-publish`.
 * `--tap`:
   Target tap repository (default: `homebrew/core`).
 * `--with-label`:
-  Pull requests must have this label (default: `ready to merge`).
+  Pull requests must have this label.
 * `--without-labels`:
   Pull requests must not have these labels (default: `do not merge`, `new formula`).
+* `--without-approval`:
+  Pull requests do not require approval to be merged.
 * `--publish`:
   Run `brew pr-publish` on matching pull requests.
 * `--ignore-failures`:
diff --git a/manpages/brew.1 b/manpages/brew.1
index 813451a8d9..6cc7715b35 100644
--- a/manpages/brew.1
+++ b/manpages/brew.1
@@ -1103,13 +1103,17 @@ Target tap repository (default: \fBhomebrew/core\fR)\.
 .
 .TP
 \fB\-\-with\-label\fR
-Pull requests must have this label (default: \fBready to merge\fR)\.
+Pull requests must have this label\.
 .
 .TP
 \fB\-\-without\-labels\fR
 Pull requests must not have these labels (default: \fBdo not merge\fR, \fBnew formula\fR)\.
 .
 .TP
+\fB\-\-without\-approval\fR
+Pull requests do not require approval to be merged\.
+.
+.TP
 \fB\-\-publish\fR
 Run \fBbrew pr\-publish\fR on matching pull requests\.
 .