diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4718b320..635e124c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ You will receive a pull request within your repository if there are some changes
 | pr_branch_name_prefix | `[optional]` the prefix of branches created by this action | `false` | `chore/template_sync`  |
 | pr_title | `[optional]` the title of PRs opened by this action. Must be already created. | `false` | `upstream merge template repository`  |
 | pr_labels | `[optional]` comma separated list. [pull request labels][pr-labels]. Must be already created. | `false` | |
+| pr_commit_msg | `[optional]` commit message in the created pull request | `false` | `chore(template): merge template changes :up:` |
 | hostname | `[optional]` the hostname of the repository | `false` | `github.com` |
 | is_dry_run | `[optional]` set to `true` if you do not want to push the changes and not want to create a PR |  `false` |   |
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 1112e282..99520439 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ inputs:
     default: 'upstream merge template repository'
   pr_labels:
     description: '[optional] comma separated list of pull request labels'
+  pr_commit_msg:
+    description: '[optional] the commit message of the template merge'
+    default: 'chore(template): merge template changes :up:'
   hostname:
     description: '[optional] the hostname of the GitHub repository'
     default: 'github.com'
@@ -41,5 +44,6 @@ runs:
     PR_BRANCH_NAME_PREFIX: ${{ inputs.pr_branch_name_prefix }}
     PR_TITLE: ${{ inputs.pr_title }}
     PR_LABELS: ${{ inputs.pr_labels }}
+    PR_COMMIT_MSG: ${{ inputs.pr_commit_msg }}
     HOSTNAME: ${{ inputs.hostname }}
     IS_DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.is_dry_run }}
diff --git a/src/sync_template.sh b/src/sync_template.sh
index d01629cd..a0a16b3b 100755
--- a/src/sync_template.sh
+++ b/src/sync_template.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ set -e
 # set -u
 set -x
 
+if [[ -z "${PR_COMMIT_MSG}" ]]; then
+  echo "::error::Missing env variable 'PR_COMMIT_MSG'" >&2;
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
 if [[ -z "${SOURCE_REPO}" ]]; then
   echo "::error::Missing env variable 'SOURCE_REPO'" >&2;
   exit 1;
@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ then
   git checkout -- .
 fi
 
-git commit -m "chore(template): merge template changes :up:"
+git commit -m "${PR_COMMIT_MSG}"
 
 push_and_create_pr () {
   if [ "$IS_DRY_RUN" != "true" ]; then