diff --git a/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts b/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts
index 4e374f9dc748bc2df6808adebc152e20803055e5..690e38bd6d8b3ef87794dfda130a2cfd43775b9a 100644
--- a/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts
+++ b/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts
@@ -589,4 +589,19 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
     prBodyTemplate:
       '{{{header}}}{{{table}}}{{{notes}}}{{{changelogs}}}{{{configDescription}}}{{{footer}}}',
   },
+  enableGradleLite: {
+    description: 'Enable the gradle-lite manager',
+    'gradle-lite': {
+      enabled: true,
+    },
+  },
+  switchToGradleLite: {
+    description: 'Enable the gradle-lite manager and disablee gradle',
+    gradle: {
+      enabled: false,
+    },
+    'gradle-lite': {
+      enabled: true,
+    },
+  },
 };
diff --git a/lib/manager/gradle-lite/readme.md b/lib/manager/gradle-lite/readme.md
index c9778421d78420f0c8723dc67b8d9280547a926e..67f8c78c0fca351f85b11187e6121c4272e5ed4e 100644
--- a/lib/manager/gradle-lite/readme.md
+++ b/lib/manager/gradle-lite/readme.md
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 `gradle-lite` is an an alternate manager for Gradle, and is written in JavaScript.
-The main benefit of `gradle-lite` is that it skips the slow Gradle commands.
+The main benefit of `gradle-lite` is that it doesn't need to invoke the `gradle` tool from and command line in order to extract dependencies.
 
-You can use the default `gradle` manager and `gradle-lite` at the same time.
+To enable `gradle-lite`:
 
-If you like the commits from `gradle-lite`, you can use `gradle-lite` as a complete replacement for the default manager.
+```json
+{
+  "extends": [":enableGradleLite"]
+}
+```
+
+To disable the original `gradle` manager if `gradle-lite` satisfies all requirements:
+
+```json
+{
+  "extends": [":switchToGradleLite"]
+}
+```
+
+Feedback for this manager would be welcome as we would like to switch it to be the default manager for Gradle soon.