diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5a83d213468100f08423925bce77a3b45f65f0e4..93888de8d303889bf1d2b76cff37c0be05117ca8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ test_octave:
     OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS: 1
   script:
     - make check-octave
+  when: manual