diff --git a/src/lib/git.test.ts b/src/lib/git.test.ts
index 59cdac9f..5dfff7b6 100644
--- a/src/lib/git.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/git.test.ts
@@ -403,6 +403,35 @@ describe('cherrypick', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('should use signoff option when specified', async () => {
+    const spawnSpy = jest
+      .spyOn(childProcess, 'spawnPromise')
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ stderr: '', stdout: '', code: 0, cmdArgs: [] }) // mock getIsMergeCommit(...)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ stderr: '', stdout: '', code: 0, cmdArgs: [] }); // mock cherrypick(...)
+
+    await cherrypick({
+      options: { ...options, signoff: true },
+      sha: 'abcd',
+      commitAuthor,
+    });
+
+    const args = spawnSpy.mock.calls[1];
+    expect(args).toEqual([
+      'git',
+      [
+        '-c',
+        'user.name="Soren L"',
+        '-c',
+        'user.email="soren@mail.dk"',
+        'cherry-pick',
+        '-x',
+        '--signoff',
+        'abcd',
+      ],
+      '/myHomeDir/.backport/repositories/elastic/kibana',
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('should return `needsResolving: true` upon cherrypick error', async () => {
     jest
       .spyOn(childProcess, 'spawnPromise')
diff --git a/src/lib/git.ts b/src/lib/git.ts
index 6e5f3d22..e1192453 100644
--- a/src/lib/git.ts
+++ b/src/lib/git.ts
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ export async function cherrypick({
       ? ['--mainline', `${options.mainline}`]
       : []),
     ...(options.cherrypickRef === false ? [] : ['-x']),
+    ...(options.signoff ? ['--signoff'] : []),
     shaOrRange,
   ];
 
diff --git a/src/options/ConfigOptions.ts b/src/options/ConfigOptions.ts
index 10656049..ca72ad6c 100644
--- a/src/options/ConfigOptions.ts
+++ b/src/options/ConfigOptions.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ type Options = Partial<{
   targetBranchChoices: TargetBranchChoiceOrString[];
   targetBranches: string[];
   targetPRLabels: string[];
+  signoff: boolean;
 }>;
 
 export type ConfigFileOptions = Options &
diff --git a/src/options/cliArgs.ts b/src/options/cliArgs.ts
index ae23216a..bc8f435a 100644
--- a/src/options/cliArgs.ts
+++ b/src/options/cliArgs.ts
@@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ export function getOptionsFromCliArgs(processArgs: readonly string[]) {
       },
     })
 
+    .option('signoff', {
+      description: 'Pass the --signoff option to the cherry-pick command',
+      type: 'boolean',
+      alias: ['s'],
+    })
+
     // display 10 commits to pick from
     .option('maxNumber', {
       description: 'Number of commits to choose from',
diff --git a/src/options/options.test.ts b/src/options/options.test.ts
index 6c07d1da..59d5a82a 100644
--- a/src/options/options.test.ts
+++ b/src/options/options.test.ts
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ describe('getOptions', () => {
       repoOwner: 'elastic',
       resetAuthor: false,
       reviewers: [],
+      signoff: false,
       sourceBranch: 'default-branch-from-github',
       sourcePRLabels: [],
       targetBranchChoices: ['7.9', '8.0'],
diff --git a/src/options/options.ts b/src/options/options.ts
index 16f825e5..222c9cda 100644
--- a/src/options/options.ts
+++ b/src/options/options.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export const defaultConfigOptions = {
   targetBranchChoices: [] as TargetBranchChoiceOrString[],
   targetBranches: [] as string[],
   targetPRLabels: [] as string[],
+  signoff: false,
 };
 
 export async function getOptions({
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/cli/entrypoint.cli.private.test.ts b/src/test/e2e/cli/entrypoint.cli.private.test.ts
index 4d1e65e7..c975ada7 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/cli/entrypoint.cli.private.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/e2e/cli/entrypoint.cli.private.test.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ describe('entrypoint cli', () => {
             --ls                              List commits instead of backporting them           [boolean]
             --mainline                        Parent id of merge commit. Defaults to 1 when supplied
                                               without arguments                                   [number]
+        -s, --signoff                         Pass the --signoff option to the cherry-pick command
+                                                                                                 [boolean]
         -n, --maxNumber, --number             Number of commits to choose from                    [number]
             --multiple                        Select multiple branches/commits                   [boolean]
             --multipleBranches                Backport to multiple branches                      [boolean]