diff --git a/packages/shell-api/src/helpers.ts b/packages/shell-api/src/helpers.ts
index 403f5a12ae..69ec523e08 100644
--- a/packages/shell-api/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/shell-api/src/helpers.ts
@@ -327,6 +327,15 @@ export async function getPrintableShardStatus(
           autosplit === null || autosplit.enabled ? 'yes' : 'no',
       };
     })(),
+    (async (): Promise<void> => {
+      // Is automerge currently enabled, available since >= 7.0
+      const automerge = await settingsColl.findOne({ _id: 'automerge' });
+      if (automerge) {
+        result.automerge = {
+          'Currently enabled': automerge.enabled ? 'yes' : 'no',
+        };
+      }
+    })(),
     (async (): Promise<void> => {
       // Is the balancer currently enabled
       const balancerEnabled = await settingsColl.findOne({ _id: 'balancer' });
@@ -713,6 +722,10 @@ export type ShardingStatusResult = {
   autosplit: {
     'Currently enabled': 'yes' | 'no';
   };
+  /** Shown if explicitly set, available and enabled by default from 7.0.0 */
+  automerge?: {
+    'Currently enabled': 'yes' | 'no';
+  };
   balancer: {
     'Currently enabled': 'yes' | 'no';
     'Currently running': 'yes' | 'no' | 'unknown';
diff --git a/packages/shell-api/src/shard.spec.ts b/packages/shell-api/src/shard.spec.ts
index d797666a0f..cfc6fd37fa 100644
--- a/packages/shell-api/src/shard.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/shell-api/src/shard.spec.ts
@@ -2468,6 +2468,18 @@ describe('Shard', function () {
           ]);
         });
       });
+      describe('with a 7.0+ server', function () {
+        skipIfServerVersion(mongos, '< 7.0');
+
+        it('displays automerge status, if explicitly set', async function () {
+          await sh.startAutoMerger();
+          const result = await sh.status();
+
+          expect(result.value.automerge).to.deep.equal({
+            'Currently enabled': 'yes',
+          });
+        });
+      });
     });
     describe('turn on sharding', function () {
       it('enableSharding for a db', async function () {
@@ -2516,6 +2528,35 @@ describe('Shard', function () {
         );
       });
     });
+    describe('automerge', function () {
+      it('not shown if sh.status() if not explicitly enabled', async function () {
+        // It might be explicitly set from 7.0
+        skipIfServerVersion(mongos, '>= 7.0');
+
+        // Ensure no previous automerge settings are present
+        await instanceState.currentDb
+          .getSiblingDB('config')
+          .getCollection('settings')
+          .deleteOne({ _id: 'automerge' });
+
+        expect((await sh.status()).value.automerge).is.undefined;
+      });
+      describe('from 7.0', function () {
+        skipIfServerVersion(mongos, '< 7.0'); // Available from 7.0
+        it('stops correctly', async function () {
+          expect((await sh.stopAutoMerger()).acknowledged).to.equal(true);
+          expect(
+            ((await sh.status()).value.automerge ?? {})['Currently enabled']
+          ).to.equal('no');
+        });
+        it('enables correctly', async function () {
+          expect((await sh.startAutoMerger()).acknowledged).to.equal(true);
+          expect(
+            ((await sh.status()).value.automerge ?? {})['Currently enabled']
+          ).to.equal('yes');
+        });
+      });
+    });
     describe('autosplit', function () {
       skipIfServerVersion(mongos, '> 6.x'); // Auto-splitter is removed in 7.0
       it('disables correctly', async function () {