diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 941e5822e8..b2fcf6c28f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 variables:
   XEN_REGISTRY: registry.gitlab.com/xen-project/xen
+  SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY:
+    description: "Regex to select only some jobs, must be enclosed with /. For example /job1|job2/"
 
 workflow:
   rules:
diff --git a/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml b/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
index 73fabe6f2f..60b221ee5e 100644
--- a/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
+++ b/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
       - '*/*.log'
     when: always
   needs: []
+  rules:
+  - if: $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY && $CI_JOB_NAME =~ $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY
+    when: always
+  - if: $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY
+    when: never
+  - when: on_success
 
 .gcc-tmpl:
   variables: &gcc
diff --git a/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml b/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
index a2dcf27b1f..8f9752e179 100644
--- a/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
+++ b/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 .test-jobs-common:
   stage: test
   image: ${XEN_REGISTRY}/${CONTAINER}
+  rules:
+  - if: $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY && $CI_JOB_NAME =~ $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY
+  - if: $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY
+    when: never
+  - when: on_success
 
 .arm64-test-needs: &arm64-test-needs
   - alpine-3.18-arm64-rootfs-export
@@ -99,6 +104,9 @@
       - '*.dtb'
     when: always
   rules:
+    - if: $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY && $CI_JOB_NAME =~ $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY
+    - if: $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY
+      when: never
     - if: $XILINX_JOBS == "true" && $CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED == "true"
   tags:
     - xilinx
@@ -117,6 +125,9 @@
       - '*.log'
     when: always
   rules:
+    - if: $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY && $CI_JOB_NAME =~ $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY
+    - if: $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY
+      when: never
     - if: $XILINX_JOBS == "true" && $CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED == "true"
   tags:
     - xilinx
@@ -137,6 +148,9 @@
       - '*.log'
     when: always
   rules:
+    - if: $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY && $CI_JOB_NAME =~ $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY
+    - if: $SELECTED_JOBS_ONLY
+      when: never
     - if: $QUBES_JOBS == "true" && $CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED == "true"
   tags:
     - qubes-hw2