diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ebf4a991..c781d19c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ policies:
         scopes:
           - "scope"
         descriptionLength: 72
+        acceptAutoSquash: false
   - type: license
     spec:
       skipPaths:
diff --git a/internal/policy/commit/check_conventional_commit.go b/internal/policy/commit/check_conventional_commit.go
index d20ee096..2b509e07 100644
--- a/internal/policy/commit/check_conventional_commit.go
+++ b/internal/policy/commit/check_conventional_commit.go
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@ type Conventional struct {
 	Types             []string `mapstructure:"types"`
 	Scopes            []string `mapstructure:"scopes"`
 	DescriptionLength int      `mapstructure:"descriptionLength"`
+	AcceptAutoSquash  bool     `mapstructure:"acceptAutoSquash"`
 }
 
 // HeaderRegex is the regular expression used for Conventional Commits 1.0.0.
 var HeaderRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^(\w*)(\(([^)]+)\))?(!)?:\s{1}(.*)($|\n{2})`)
 
+// AutoSquashHeaderRegex matches git autosquash commit messages produced by
+// `git commit --fixup=<hash>` / `--squash=<hash>` and (since Git 2.32)
+// `--fixup=amend:<hash>` / `--fixup=reword:<hash>`.
+var AutoSquashHeaderRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^(fixup|squash|amend)!\s+.+`)
+
 const (
 	// TypeFeat is a commit of the type fix patches a bug in your codebase
 	// (this correlates with MINOR in semantic versioning).
@@ -62,7 +68,19 @@ func (c ConventionalCommitCheck) Errors() []error {
 // ValidateConventionalCommit returns the commit type.
 func (c Commit) ValidateConventionalCommit() policy.Check { //nolint:ireturn
 	check := &ConventionalCommitCheck{}
-	groups := parseHeader(c.msg)
+	header := firstHeaderLine(c.msg)
+
+	if isAutoSquashMessage(header) {
+		if c.Conventional.AcceptAutoSquash {
+			return check
+		}
+
+		check.errors = append(check.errors, errors.Errorf("auto-squash commits are rejected by policy: %q", c.msg))
+
+		return check
+	}
+
+	groups := parseHeader(header)
 
 	if len(groups) != 7 {
 		check.errors = append(check.errors, errors.Errorf("Invalid conventional commits format: %q", c.msg))
@@ -124,12 +142,17 @@ func (c Commit) ValidateConventionalCommit() policy.Check { //nolint:ireturn
 	return check
 }
 
-func parseHeader(msg string) []string {
-	// To circumvent any policy violation due to the leading \n that GitHub
-	// prefixes to the commit message on a squash merge, we remove it from the
-	// message.
-	header := strings.Split(strings.TrimPrefix(msg, "\n"), "\n")[0]
+func parseHeader(header string) []string {
 	groups := HeaderRegex.FindStringSubmatch(header)
 
 	return groups
 }
+
+func isAutoSquashMessage(header string) bool {
+	return AutoSquashHeaderRegex.MatchString(header)
+}
+
+func firstHeaderLine(msg string) string {
+	// GitHub can prefix squash-merge commit messages with a leading newline.
+	return strings.Split(strings.TrimPrefix(msg, "\n"), "\n")[0]
+}
diff --git a/internal/policy/commit/commit_test.go b/internal/policy/commit/commit_test.go
index d71417c0..6e16f2ab 100644
--- a/internal/policy/commit/commit_test.go
+++ b/internal/policy/commit/commit_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func TestConventionalCommitPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 		Name         string
 		CreateCommit func(t *testing.T) error
 		ExpectValid  bool
+		Conventional *Conventional
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range []testDesc{
@@ -60,6 +61,29 @@ func TestConventionalCommitPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 			CreateCommit: createInvalidEmptyCommit,
 			ExpectValid:  false,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:         "FixupRejected",
+			CreateCommit: createFixupCommit,
+			ExpectValid:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:         "FixupAccepted",
+			CreateCommit: createFixupCommit,
+			ExpectValid:  true,
+			Conventional: acceptAutoSquashConventional(),
+		},
+		{
+			Name:         "SquashAccepted",
+			CreateCommit: createSquashCommit,
+			ExpectValid:  true,
+			Conventional: acceptAutoSquashConventional(),
+		},
+		{
+			Name:         "AmendAccepted",
+			CreateCommit: createAmendCommit,
+			ExpectValid:  true,
+			Conventional: acceptAutoSquashConventional(),
+		},
 	} {
 		func(test testDesc) {
 			t.Run(test.Name, func(tt *testing.T) {
@@ -77,7 +101,7 @@ func TestConventionalCommitPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 					tt.Error(err)
 				}
 
-				report, err := runCompliance()
+				report, err := runComplianceWithConventional(test.Conventional)
 				if err != nil {
 					t.Error(err)
 				}
@@ -363,16 +387,30 @@ func runComplianceRange(id1, id2 string) (*policy.Report, error) {
 }
 
 func runCompliance() (*policy.Report, error) {
-	c := &Commit{
-		Conventional: &Conventional{
+	return runComplianceWithConventional(nil)
+}
+
+func runComplianceWithConventional(conventional *Conventional) (*policy.Report, error) {
+	if conventional == nil {
+		conventional = &Conventional{
 			Types:  []string{"type"},
 			Scopes: []string{"scope", "^valid"},
-		},
+		}
 	}
 
+	c := &Commit{Conventional: conventional}
+
 	return c.Compliance(&policy.Options{})
 }
 
+func acceptAutoSquashConventional() *Conventional {
+	return &Conventional{
+		Types:            []string{"type"},
+		Scopes:           []string{"scope", "^valid"},
+		AcceptAutoSquash: true,
+	}
+}
+
 func initRepo(t *testing.T) error {
 	_, err := exec.CommandContext(t.Context(), "git", "init").Output()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -442,3 +480,21 @@ func createInvalidCommitRegex(t *testing.T) error {
 
 	return err
 }
+
+func createFixupCommit(t *testing.T) error {
+	_, err := exec.CommandContext(t.Context(), "git", "-c", "user.name='test'", "-c", "user.email='test@siderolabs.io'", "commit", "-m", "fixup! deadbeef").Output()
+
+	return err
+}
+
+func createSquashCommit(t *testing.T) error {
+	_, err := exec.CommandContext(t.Context(), "git", "-c", "user.name='test'", "-c", "user.email='test@siderolabs.io'", "commit", "-m", "squash! deadbeef").Output()
+
+	return err
+}
+
+func createAmendCommit(t *testing.T) error {
+	_, err := exec.CommandContext(t.Context(), "git", "-c", "user.name='test'", "-c", "user.email='test@siderolabs.io'", "commit", "-m", "amend! deadbeef").Output()
+
+	return err
+}