diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
index 22c02b7b54..52ea3f4838 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   - ".github/**/*.yml"
   - ".murdock"
   - ".murdock.yml"
+  - "bors.toml"
 
 "Area: CoAP":
   - "sys/net/application_layer/*coap/**/*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-test.yml b/.github/workflows/static-test.yml
index 8d80d3a781..81b2a51786 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-test.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - staging
+      - trying
     tags:
       - '[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]-RC[0-9]*'
       - '[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools-buildtest.yml b/.github/workflows/tools-buildtest.yml
index 3934f51727..32096030d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools-buildtest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools-buildtest.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - staging
+      - trying
     tags:
       - '*'
   pull_request:
diff --git a/bors.toml b/bors.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c92b093c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bors.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# List of commit statuses that must pass on the PR commit when it is r+-ed.
+# (listed in same order as in the repo's branch protection settings)
+pr_status = [
+ "python-tests",
+ "tools-build",
+ "check-labels",
+ "static-tests",
+ "check-commits (commit-msg)",
+ "check-commits (pr_check)",
+ "Murdock",
+ ]
+
+# List of commit statuses that must pass on the merge commit before it is
+# pushed to master.
+status = [
+  "Murdock",
+  "static-tests",
+  "tools-build",
+  ]
+
+# Number of project members who must approve the PR (using GitHub Reviews)
+# before it is pushed to master.
+# This necessary even with the check-labels action (which checks for >1 ACKs),
+# as that passes when there's no review or no special label set.
+required_approvals = 1
+
+# delete branch after successful merge
+delete_merged_branches = true
+
+# timeout for bors-initiated builds.
+# unfortunately bors is not the only entity queuing builds, so this needs
+# to take a full nightly build *plus* another full bors build *plus* some
+# possible intermediate PR builds into accound.
+# let's try ten hours (36000s)
+timeout_sec = 36000