diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 62ae3c3d9036dca8c0afba85c090da350bb5a141..569ca19845e7698675979d89c3e300a0ec370734 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pages:  # "pages" is a job specifically for GitLab pages [1]
     - public
   only:  # only run for these branches
   - master
+  - test_docs
   tags:  # only runners with this tag can do the job [3]
   - python