diff --git a/app/graphql/mutations/ci/project_ci_cd_settings_update.rb b/app/graphql/mutations/ci/project_ci_cd_settings_update.rb
index 082c345adf6d5e7980761d3e9fc7a4fe2eb89f11..7df277641bf32e412f9b8ce407ec0890f181a176 100644
--- a/app/graphql/mutations/ci/project_ci_cd_settings_update.rb
+++ b/app/graphql/mutations/ci/project_ci_cd_settings_update.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class ProjectCiCdSettingsUpdate < BaseMutation
       graphql_name 'ProjectCiCdSettingsUpdate'
 
       include FindsProject
+      include Gitlab::Utils::StrongMemoize
 
       authorize :admin_project
 
@@ -37,13 +38,11 @@ class ProjectCiCdSettingsUpdate < BaseMutation
         description: 'CI/CD settings after mutation.'
 
       def resolve(full_path:, **args)
-        project = authorized_find!(full_path)
-
         if args[:job_token_scope_enabled]
           raise Gitlab::Graphql::Errors::ArgumentError, 'job_token_scope_enabled can only be set to false'
         end
 
-        settings = project.ci_cd_settings
+        settings = project(full_path).ci_cd_settings
         settings.update(args)
 
         {
@@ -51,6 +50,14 @@ def resolve(full_path:, **args)
           errors: errors_on_object(settings)
         }
       end
+
+      private
+
+      def project(full_path)
+        strong_memoize_with(:project, full_path) do
+          authorized_find!(full_path)
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/graphql/types/ci/ci_cd_setting_type.rb b/app/graphql/types/ci/ci_cd_setting_type.rb
index 45ecbf5c084a2f24bb57ccfcc9e70e8a786749cb..8a49c5a6a951d08637b09bb9eaca33be6a66aaf7 100644
--- a/app/graphql/types/ci/ci_cd_setting_type.rb
+++ b/app/graphql/types/ci/ci_cd_setting_type.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class CiCdSettingType < BaseObject
         null: true,
         description: 'Whether merge pipelines are enabled.',
         method: :merge_pipelines_enabled?
+      # TODO(Issue 422295): this is EE only and should be moved to the EE file
       field :merge_trains_enabled,
         GraphQL::Types::Boolean,
         null: true,
@@ -41,3 +42,5 @@ class CiCdSettingType < BaseObject
     end
   end
 end
+
+Types::Ci::CiCdSettingType.prepend_mod_with('Types::Ci::CiCdSettingType')
diff --git a/app/models/project_ci_cd_setting.rb b/app/models/project_ci_cd_setting.rb
index cc9003423be687496eb70cfff8ebd06b7b84961c..8d049b8d1b1e54665ab71ae1898575ca474f5a16 100644
--- a/app/models/project_ci_cd_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_ci_cd_setting.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class ProjectCiCdSetting < ApplicationRecord
 
   attribute :forward_deployment_enabled, default: true
   attribute :separated_caches, default: true
+  validates :merge_trains_skip_train_allowed, inclusion: { in: [true, false] }
 
   chronic_duration_attr :runner_token_expiration_interval_human_readable, :runner_token_expiration_interval
 
diff --git a/config/feature_flags/development/merge_trains_skip_train.yml b/config/feature_flags/development/merge_trains_skip_train.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3d60acef4579598ff793ff1004fc57c3bb147581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/feature_flags/development/merge_trains_skip_train.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: merge_trains_skip_train
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/129422
+rollout_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/422111
+milestone: '16.4'
+type: development
+group: group::pipeline execution
+default_enabled: false
diff --git a/db/migrate/20230918194153_add_merge_immediately_to_ci_cd_settings.rb b/db/migrate/20230918194153_add_merge_immediately_to_ci_cd_settings.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eee1ba6f78176c14beb813c5a04aadd56734e685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20230918194153_add_merge_immediately_to_ci_cd_settings.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddMergeImmediatelyToCiCdSettings < Gitlab::Database::Migration[2.1]
+  enable_lock_retries!
+
+  def up
+    add_column :project_ci_cd_settings, :merge_trains_skip_train_allowed, :boolean, default: false, null: false
+  end
+
+  def down
+    remove_column :project_ci_cd_settings, :merge_trains_skip_train_allowed
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema_migrations/20230918194153 b/db/schema_migrations/20230918194153
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2fd045aa9edf53363f34ead83bb4eaea11e5faa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema_migrations/20230918194153
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1ec3edbe609cd0142790b28c3b55e50ae36be4119f741ce970b36fd8a788a2ce
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index 622c5988d2ac947e571134e17269ac9598402c15..57d77b05a03a70804a1d6451338299bb7a68491f 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -21348,7 +21348,8 @@ CREATE TABLE project_ci_cd_settings (
     separated_caches boolean DEFAULT true NOT NULL,
     allow_fork_pipelines_to_run_in_parent_project boolean DEFAULT true NOT NULL,
     inbound_job_token_scope_enabled boolean DEFAULT true NOT NULL,
-    forward_deployment_rollback_allowed boolean DEFAULT true NOT NULL
+    forward_deployment_rollback_allowed boolean DEFAULT true NOT NULL,
+    merge_trains_skip_train_allowed boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL
 );
 
 CREATE SEQUENCE project_ci_cd_settings_id_seq
diff --git a/doc/api/graphql/reference/index.md b/doc/api/graphql/reference/index.md
index 17033349edfc5ba40a3ab63159740e911f4dcef3..040a11c649bfdca48d1677d9f32bc9bf90be2261 100644
--- a/doc/api/graphql/reference/index.md
+++ b/doc/api/graphql/reference/index.md
@@ -5543,6 +5543,7 @@ Input type: `ProjectCiCdSettingsUpdateInput`
 | <a id="mutationprojectcicdsettingsupdatekeeplatestartifact"></a>`keepLatestArtifact` | [`Boolean`](#boolean) | Indicates if the latest artifact should be kept for the project. |
 | <a id="mutationprojectcicdsettingsupdatemergepipelinesenabled"></a>`mergePipelinesEnabled` | [`Boolean`](#boolean) | Indicates if merge pipelines are enabled for the project. |
 | <a id="mutationprojectcicdsettingsupdatemergetrainsenabled"></a>`mergeTrainsEnabled` | [`Boolean`](#boolean) | Indicates if merge trains are enabled for the project. |
+| <a id="mutationprojectcicdsettingsupdatemergetrainsskiptrainallowed"></a>`mergeTrainsSkipTrainAllowed` | [`Boolean`](#boolean) | Indicates whether an option is allowed to merge without refreshing the merge train. Ignored unless the `merge_trains_skip_train` feature flag is also enabled. |
 
 #### Fields
 
@@ -23268,6 +23269,7 @@ four standard [pagination arguments](#connection-pagination-arguments):
 | <a id="projectcicdsettingkeeplatestartifact"></a>`keepLatestArtifact` | [`Boolean`](#boolean) | Whether to keep the latest builds artifacts. |
 | <a id="projectcicdsettingmergepipelinesenabled"></a>`mergePipelinesEnabled` | [`Boolean`](#boolean) | Whether merge pipelines are enabled. |
 | <a id="projectcicdsettingmergetrainsenabled"></a>`mergeTrainsEnabled` | [`Boolean`](#boolean) | Whether merge trains are enabled. |
+| <a id="projectcicdsettingmergetrainsskiptrainallowed"></a>`mergeTrainsSkipTrainAllowed` | [`Boolean!`](#boolean) | Whether merge immediately is allowed for merge trains. |
 | <a id="projectcicdsettingproject"></a>`project` | [`Project`](#project) | Project the CI/CD settings belong to. |
 
 ### `ProjectConversations`
diff --git a/ee/app/controllers/ee/projects/settings/merge_requests_controller.rb b/ee/app/controllers/ee/projects/settings/merge_requests_controller.rb
index 91f0eab2a7428093031867d3c612536c2412d804..1a0f79a0dc20ce80922f87ad43138c7d31203f51 100644
--- a/ee/app/controllers/ee/projects/settings/merge_requests_controller.rb
+++ b/ee/app/controllers/ee/projects/settings/merge_requests_controller.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def project_params_ee
 
           attrs << %i[merge_pipelines_enabled] if allow_merge_pipelines_params?
           attrs << %i[merge_trains_enabled] if allow_merge_trains_params?
+          attrs << %i[merge_trains_skip_train_allowed] if allow_merge_trains_params?
           attrs << %i[only_allow_merge_if_all_status_checks_passed] if allow_external_status_checks?
 
           attrs += merge_request_rules_params
diff --git a/ee/app/controllers/ee/projects_controller.rb b/ee/app/controllers/ee/projects_controller.rb
index cd299ca893199fa366687eac73618162605f74b0..e901a242fa2590224747d1ccb3f47a459f6b2e46 100644
--- a/ee/app/controllers/ee/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/ee/app/controllers/ee/projects_controller.rb
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ def project_params_ee
 
       attrs << %i[merge_pipelines_enabled] if allow_merge_pipelines_params?
       attrs << %i[merge_trains_enabled] if allow_merge_trains_params?
+      attrs << %i[merge_trains_skip_train_allowed] if allow_merge_trains_params?
 
       attrs += merge_request_rules_params
 
diff --git a/ee/app/graphql/ee/mutations/ci/project_ci_cd_settings_update.rb b/ee/app/graphql/ee/mutations/ci/project_ci_cd_settings_update.rb
index 7a401485be50e9d46508deed6d856b7cf9c46eab..475f8655dca717460ba0187ba5bfac8831fe97a0 100644
--- a/ee/app/graphql/ee/mutations/ci/project_ci_cd_settings_update.rb
+++ b/ee/app/graphql/ee/mutations/ci/project_ci_cd_settings_update.rb
@@ -15,10 +15,19 @@ module ProjectCiCdSettingsUpdate
           argument :merge_trains_enabled, GraphQL::Types::Boolean,
             required: false,
             description: 'Indicates if merge trains are enabled for the project.'
+
+          argument :merge_trains_skip_train_allowed, GraphQL::Types::Boolean,
+            required: false,
+            description: 'Indicates whether an option is allowed to merge without refreshing the merge train. ' \
+                         'Ignored unless the `merge_trains_skip_train` feature flag is also enabled.'
         end
 
         override :resolve
         def resolve(full_path:, **args)
+          if ::Feature.disabled?(:merge_trains_skip_train, project(full_path))
+            args.delete(:merge_trains_skip_train_allowed)
+          end
+
           super.tap do |result|
             ci_cd_settings = result[:ci_cd_settings]
             audit_project = ci_cd_settings.project
diff --git a/ee/app/graphql/ee/types/ci/ci_cd_setting_type.rb b/ee/app/graphql/ee/types/ci/ci_cd_setting_type.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f1b96f5a361a91b8be90c9dc17121518d9560c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/app/graphql/ee/types/ci/ci_cd_setting_type.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module EE
+  module Types
+    module Ci
+      module CiCdSettingType
+        extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+        prepended do
+          field :merge_trains_skip_train_allowed,
+            GraphQL::Types::Boolean,
+            null: false,
+            description: 'Whether merge immediately is allowed for merge trains.',
+            method: :merge_trains_skip_train_allowed?
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ee/app/models/ee/project.rb b/ee/app/models/ee/project.rb
index a05346d4b9dc53aa5ffb37f350d5d88d1c8b9148..3fde1178da93af54ddacd63c5643f4d362e5b9cc 100644
--- a/ee/app/models/ee/project.rb
+++ b/ee/app/models/ee/project.rb
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ def lock_for_confirmation!(id)
 
       delegate :merge_pipelines_enabled, :merge_pipelines_enabled=, to: :ci_cd_settings, allow_nil: true
       delegate :merge_trains_enabled, :merge_trains_enabled=, to: :ci_cd_settings, allow_nil: true
+      delegate :merge_trains_skip_train_allowed, :merge_trains_skip_train_allowed=, to: :ci_cd_settings, allow_nil: true
 
       delegate :auto_rollback_enabled, :auto_rollback_enabled=, to: :ci_cd_settings, allow_nil: true
 
@@ -1111,6 +1112,12 @@ def merge_trains_enabled?
       ci_cd_settings.merge_trains_enabled?
     end
 
+    def merge_trains_skip_train_allowed?
+      return false unless ci_cd_settings
+
+      ci_cd_settings.merge_trains_skip_train_allowed?
+    end
+
     def auto_rollback_enabled?
       return false unless ci_cd_settings
 
diff --git a/ee/app/models/ee/project_ci_cd_setting.rb b/ee/app/models/ee/project_ci_cd_setting.rb
index 7884c3888dcf6181167543f5a43e2be9b35a826d..1d7e03009e1881730ebd172801074690c961d819 100644
--- a/ee/app/models/ee/project_ci_cd_setting.rb
+++ b/ee/app/models/ee/project_ci_cd_setting.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ def auto_rollback_enabled?
       super && project.feature_available?(:auto_rollback)
     end
 
+    def merge_trains_skip_train_allowed?
+      merge_trains_skip_train_allowed && ::Feature.enabled?(:merge_trains_skip_train, project)
+    end
+
     private
 
     def merge_trains_disabled?(project)
diff --git a/ee/app/views/projects/settings/merge_requests/_merge_trains_settings.html.haml b/ee/app/views/projects/settings/merge_requests/_merge_trains_settings.html.haml
index fc12aba5e6c8d3ea5ae5c0155e399642a058738f..41c420a6ba3c41274580b746570e88a15898d5c7 100644
--- a/ee/app/views/projects/settings/merge_requests/_merge_trains_settings.html.haml
+++ b/ee/app/views/projects/settings/merge_requests/_merge_trains_settings.html.haml
@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@
     s_('ProjectSettings|Enable merge trains'),
     help_text: s_('ProjectSettings|Merge requests approved for merge are queued, and pipelines validate the combined results of the source and target branches before merge. %{link_start}What are merge trains?%{link_end}').html_safe % { link_start: merge_trains_help_link_start, link_end: '</a>'.html_safe },
     checkbox_options: { class: 'js-merge-options-merge-trains', data: { qa_selector: 'merge_trains_checkbox' } }
+  - if Feature.enabled?(:merge_trains_skip_train)
+    = form.gitlab_ui_checkbox_component :merge_trains_skip_train_allowed,
+      s_('ProjectSettings|Allow skipping the merge train'),
+      help_text: s_('ProjectSettings|Merge requests can be set to merge immediately without interrupting the merge train. Commits in earlier merge train pipelines might not get validated with immediately merged commits.'),
+      checkbox_options: { class: 'js-merge-options-merge-trains-skip-train-allowed' }
diff --git a/ee/lib/ee/api/entities/project.rb b/ee/lib/ee/api/entities/project.rb
index 346d27cf201d981d2c1498d560ce4ece7f3e0d1f..a2d62c4126395ab5794b5e8a753c3eca498be7fd 100644
--- a/ee/lib/ee/api/entities/project.rb
+++ b/ee/lib/ee/api/entities/project.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def preload_relation(projects_relation, options = {})
           end
           expose :merge_pipelines_enabled?, as: :merge_pipelines_enabled, if: ->(project, _) { project.feature_available?(:merge_pipelines) }
           expose :merge_trains_enabled?, as: :merge_trains_enabled, if: ->(project, _) { project.feature_available?(:merge_pipelines) }
+          expose :merge_trains_skip_train_allowed?, as: :merge_trains_skip_train_allowed, if: ->(project, _) { project.feature_available?(:merge_pipelines) }
           expose :only_allow_merge_if_all_status_checks_passed, if: ->(project, _) { project.feature_available?(:external_status_checks) }
           expose :allow_pipeline_trigger_approve_deployment, documentation: { type: 'boolean' }, if: ->(project, _) { project.feature_available?(:protected_environments) }
         end
diff --git a/ee/lib/ee/api/helpers/projects_helpers.rb b/ee/lib/ee/api/helpers/projects_helpers.rb
index eb4e53550ed127b2cf852b9c0f5f67e28d209269..d02515cef67ae9d25d5b07559b227bee1f01460c 100644
--- a/ee/lib/ee/api/helpers/projects_helpers.rb
+++ b/ee/lib/ee/api/helpers/projects_helpers.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ module ProjectsHelpers
             optional :merge_requests_template, type: String, desc: 'Default description for merge requests. Description is parsed with GitLab Flavored Markdown.'
             optional :merge_pipelines_enabled, type: Grape::API::Boolean, desc: 'Enable merged results pipelines.'
             optional :merge_trains_enabled, type: Grape::API::Boolean, desc: 'Enable merge trains.'
+            optional :merge_trains_skip_train_allowed, type: Grape::API::Boolean, desc: 'Allow merge train merge requests to be merged without waiting for pipelines to finish.'
           end
         end
 
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ def update_params_at_least_one_of
               :merge_requests_template,
               :merge_pipelines_enabled,
               :merge_trains_enabled,
+              :merge_trains_skip_train_allowed,
               :requirements_access_level
             ]
           end
diff --git a/ee/lib/ee/api/projects.rb b/ee/lib/ee/api/projects.rb
index 2cf9a1cf754a02c1e17f868ea52d782e2f866bd7..56fe90eff7cf4a8cc65cf6b30801098f0a0f3024 100644
--- a/ee/lib/ee/api/projects.rb
+++ b/ee/lib/ee/api/projects.rb
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ def verify_merge_pipelines_attrs!(project, attrs)
 
             attrs.delete(:merge_pipelines_enabled) unless project.feature_available?(:merge_pipelines)
             attrs.delete(:merge_trains_enabled) unless project.feature_available?(:merge_trains)
+            attrs.delete(:merge_trains_skip_train_allowed) unless project.feature_available?(:merge_trains)
           end
 
           def check_audit_events_available!(project)
diff --git a/ee/spec/controllers/projects/settings/merge_requests_controller_spec.rb b/ee/spec/controllers/projects/settings/merge_requests_controller_spec.rb
index 1471a6ca55794eb7135569901521e6fe851ce094..3f2dbbfb6fae24b4259cee3480016cc746010961 100644
--- a/ee/spec/controllers/projects/settings/merge_requests_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/controllers/projects/settings/merge_requests_controller_spec.rb
@@ -129,6 +129,37 @@
       end
     end
 
+    context 'when merge_trains_skip_train_allowed param is specified' do
+      let(:params) { { merge_trains_skip_train_allowed: true } }
+      let(:ci_settings) { project.ci_cd_settings }
+
+      let(:request) do
+        put :update, params: { namespace_id: project.namespace, project_id: project, project: params }
+      end
+
+      before do
+        stub_licensed_features(merge_pipelines: true, merge_trains: true)
+      end
+
+      it 'updates the attribute' do
+        request
+
+        expect(ci_settings.merge_trains_skip_train_allowed).to be_truthy
+      end
+
+      context 'when license is not sufficient' do
+        before do
+          stub_licensed_features(merge_trains: false)
+        end
+
+        it 'does not update the attribute' do
+          request
+
+          expect(ci_settings.merge_trains_skip_train_allowed).to be_falsy
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when only_allow_merge_if_all_status_checks_passed param is specified' do
       let(:params) { { project_setting_attributes: { only_allow_merge_if_all_status_checks_passed: true } } }
 
diff --git a/ee/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb b/ee/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
index 4ffc59e1a9d7bd3dbe3297cbcc05ab9d441abfc3..4a062fc9222838d399a515cbcddf1abb7d011feb 100644
--- a/ee/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
@@ -422,6 +422,36 @@
       end
     end
 
+    context 'when merge_trains_skip_train_allowed param is specified' do
+      let(:params) { { merge_trains_skip_train_allowed: true } }
+
+      let(:request) do
+        put :update, params: { namespace_id: project.namespace, id: project, project: params }
+      end
+
+      before do
+        stub_licensed_features(merge_pipelines: true, merge_trains: true)
+      end
+
+      it 'updates the attribute' do
+        request
+
+        expect(project.merge_trains_skip_train_allowed).to be_truthy
+      end
+
+      context 'when license is not sufficient' do
+        before do
+          stub_licensed_features(merge_trains: false)
+        end
+
+        it 'does not update the attribute' do
+          request
+
+          expect(project.merge_trains_skip_train_allowed).to be_falsy
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when auto_rollback_enabled param is specified' do
       let(:params) { { auto_rollback_enabled: true } }
 
diff --git a/ee/spec/features/projects/settings/merge_requests/merge_trains/enable_merge_trains_skip_train_allowed_spec.rb b/ee/spec/features/projects/settings/merge_requests/merge_trains/enable_merge_trains_skip_train_allowed_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aea7dc4eb26a7087abcd0588fa0e3471e7105e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/spec/features/projects/settings/merge_requests/merge_trains/enable_merge_trains_skip_train_allowed_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe 'Merge Trains Skip Train Setting', :js, feature_category: :merge_trains do
+  let_it_be_with_reload(:project) { create(:project) }
+  let_it_be(:user) { create(:user) }
+
+  before_all do
+    project.add_maintainer(user)
+  end
+
+  before do
+    stub_licensed_features(merge_pipelines: true, merge_trains: true)
+    sign_in(user)
+  end
+
+  context 'when visiting the project settings page' do
+    before do
+      visit project_settings_merge_requests_path(project)
+      wait_for_requests
+    end
+
+    it 'is unchecked by default' do
+      expect(find('#project_merge_trains_skip_train_allowed')).not_to be_checked
+    end
+
+    it 'can be enabled' do
+      page.within('#project-merge-options') do
+        check _('Allow skipping the merge train')
+        expect(find('#project_merge_trains_skip_train_allowed')).to be_checked
+      end
+
+      click_button('Save changes')
+
+      wait_for_requests
+
+      expect(project.ci_cd_settings.merge_trains_skip_train_allowed).to eq(true)
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'when the feature flag is disabled' do
+    before do
+      stub_feature_flags(merge_trains_skip_train: false)
+    end
+
+    it 'does not show the checkbox' do
+      expect(page).not_to have_checked_field('#project_merge_trains_skip_train_allowed')
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ee/spec/graphql/ee/mutations/ci/project_ci_cd_settings_update_spec.rb b/ee/spec/graphql/ee/mutations/ci/project_ci_cd_settings_update_spec.rb
index d35d538414c777a87b3e7d2850633e66dffbdeef..62cdb81e697e9d65611c6bb0e7ee54c925741f64 100644
--- a/ee/spec/graphql/ee/mutations/ci/project_ci_cd_settings_update_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/graphql/ee/mutations/ci/project_ci_cd_settings_update_spec.rb
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
   before do
     stub_licensed_features(merge_pipelines: true, merge_trains: true)
     stub_feature_flags(disable_merge_trains: false)
-    project.merge_pipelines_enabled = nil
-    project.merge_trains_enabled = false
+    project.update!(
+      merge_pipelines_enabled: nil,
+      merge_trains_enabled: false,
+      merge_trains_skip_train_allowed: false
+    )
   end
 
   describe '#resolve' do
@@ -53,6 +56,18 @@
         expect(project.merge_trains_enabled?).to eq(true)
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when merge_trains_skip_train_allowed is set to true' do
+      let(:mutation_params) do
+        {
+          merge_trains_skip_train_allowed: true
+        }
+      end
+
+      it 'updates the value' do
+        expect(project.ci_cd_settings.merge_trains_skip_train_allowed?).to eq(true)
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'when the inbound_job_token_scope parameter is not provided' do
diff --git a/ee/spec/models/ee/project_spec.rb b/ee/spec/models/ee/project_spec.rb
index 6d70b3e131fa9378920e402280d466c916d14e90..9b9b40f6a66d67b22f42b61d60dc3b59d055d567 100644
--- a/ee/spec/models/ee/project_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/models/ee/project_spec.rb
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
           # EE only
           'auto_rollback_enabled' => '',
           'merge_pipelines_enabled' => '',
-          'merge_trains_enabled' => ''
+          'merge_trains_enabled' => '',
+          'merge_trains_skip_train_allowed' => ''
         }
       end
 
diff --git a/ee/spec/models/project_ci_cd_setting_spec.rb b/ee/spec/models/project_ci_cd_setting_spec.rb
index 68db5d8d8545ebb4738c7cf49d30a188546097f0..81d4ce1e7094b2022e058e4a7943bd28b0f6e92c 100644
--- a/ee/spec/models/project_ci_cd_setting_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/models/project_ci_cd_setting_spec.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
     stub_feature_flags(disable_merge_trains: false)
   end
 
+  it { is_expected.to validate_inclusion_of(:merge_trains_skip_train_allowed).in_array([true, false]) }
+
   describe '#merge_pipelines_enabled?' do
     subject { project.merge_pipelines_enabled? }
 
diff --git a/ee/spec/requests/api/graphql/ci/ci_cd_setting_spec.rb b/ee/spec/requests/api/graphql/ci/ci_cd_setting_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1469eb53fff5dcbef358d528dd39c5a3312a410c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/spec/requests/api/graphql/ci/ci_cd_setting_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe 'Getting Ci Cd Setting', feature_category: :continuous_integration do
+  include GraphqlHelpers
+
+  let_it_be_with_reload(:project) { create(:project, :repository) }
+  let_it_be(:owner) { project.first_owner }
+  let_it_be(:user) { create(:user) }
+
+  let(:fields) do
+    <<~QUERY
+      #{all_graphql_fields_for('ProjectCiCdSetting', max_depth: 1)}
+    QUERY
+  end
+
+  let(:query) do
+    graphql_query_for(
+      'project',
+      { 'fullPath' => project.full_path },
+      query_graphql_field('ciCdSettings', {}, fields)
+    )
+  end
+
+  let(:settings_data) { graphql_data['project']['ciCdSettings'] }
+
+  context 'without permissions' do
+    before_all do
+      project.add_reporter(user)
+    end
+
+    before do
+      post_graphql(query, current_user: user)
+    end
+
+    it_behaves_like 'a working graphql query'
+
+    specify { expect(settings_data).to be nil }
+  end
+
+  context 'with project permissions' do
+    before do
+      post_graphql(query, current_user: owner)
+    end
+
+    let(:skip_train_setting) { project.ci_cd_settings.merge_trains_skip_train_allowed? }
+
+    it_behaves_like 'a working graphql query'
+
+    it 'fetches the settings data' do
+      expect(settings_data['mergeTrainsSkipTrainAllowed']).to eq skip_train_setting
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 840af45c1fbdc85b2311926be4554b10a66b052a..860ec9cad7c7da1373e7804546cacb2f102570fb 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -36854,6 +36854,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "ProjectSettings|Allow anyone to pull from Package Registry"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "ProjectSettings|Allow skipping the merge train"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "ProjectSettings|Always show thumbs-up and thumbs-down emoji buttons on issues, merge requests, and snippets."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -37073,6 +37076,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "ProjectSettings|Merge requests approved for merge are queued, and pipelines validate the combined results of the source and target branches before merge. %{link_start}What are merge trains?%{link_end}"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "ProjectSettings|Merge requests can be set to merge immediately without interrupting the merge train. Commits in earlier merge train pipelines might not get validated with immediately merged commits."
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "ProjectSettings|Merge suggestions"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/spec/models/project_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
index 6193a565d76fb4ac3db45dea20ec88b2c8966895..877da5e81ce3e31c1a4c3a561807196168ed3a6c 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
@@ -1158,6 +1158,7 @@
           merge_pipelines_enabled
           merge_trains_enabled
           auto_rollback_enabled
+          merge_trains_skip_train_allowed
         )
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/project_attributes.yml b/spec/requests/api/project_attributes.yml
index 677cb243a7cab02f383a0fd89f0d9ed85b1d98c1..d95f96c25d64140e8dd7ac748c1f9f57beeba49c 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/project_attributes.yml
+++ b/spec/requests/api/project_attributes.yml
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ ci_cd_settings:
     - id
     - project_id
     - merge_trains_enabled
+    - merge_trains_skip_train_allowed
     - merge_pipelines_enabled
     - auto_rollback_enabled
     - inbound_job_token_scope_enabled
diff --git a/spec/support/rspec_order_todo.yml b/spec/support/rspec_order_todo.yml
index c2cb29064b69bfd28724ae448f1a014223b887d2..0c530f63e598cf948a0581bf0ae55f7c97e0c6a4 100644
--- a/spec/support/rspec_order_todo.yml
+++ b/spec/support/rspec_order_todo.yml
@@ -591,7 +591,6 @@
 - './ee/spec/graphql/api/vulnerabilities_spec.rb'
 - './ee/spec/graphql/ee/mutations/boards/issues/issue_move_list_spec.rb'
 - './ee/spec/graphql/ee/mutations/boards/lists/create_spec.rb'
-- './ee/spec/graphql/ee/mutations/ci/project_ci_cd_settings_update_spec.rb'
 - './ee/spec/graphql/ee/mutations/ci/runner/update_spec.rb'
 - './ee/spec/graphql/ee/mutations/concerns/mutations/resolves_issuable_spec.rb'
 - './ee/spec/graphql/ee/resolvers/board_list_issues_resolver_spec.rb'