diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index ca437dae7f..5418ecbf15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: 'Build Project'
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
+    if: |
+      github.event_name == 'push' ||
+      github.event_name == 'merge_group' ||
+      (github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) ||
+      (github.event.label.name == 'maintainer:e2e:ok')
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
         uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5