diff --git a/.buildkite/pull-requests.json b/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
index 387ef196db..63d92bde76 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
+++ b/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
       "build_on_comment": true,
       "trigger_comment_regex": "^(?:(?:buildkite\\s+)?(?:build|test)\\s+(?:this|it))\\s*(?<args>.*)",
       "always_trigger_comment_regex": "^(?:(?:buildkite\\s+)?(?:build|test)\\s+(?:this|it))\\s*(?<args>.*)",
-      "skip_ci_labels": ["skip-ci"]
+      "skip_ci_labels": ["skip-ci"],
+      "skip_ci_on_only_changed": ["^docs/"]
     }
   ]
 }