diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 738b08b75f..62a57fa387 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,10 +26,16 @@ trigger_internal_build:
       variables:
         LIBDATADOG_IS_RELEASE_BRANCH: "true"
       when: always
+    - if: '$CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME =~ /^release\//'
+      when: always
     - if: '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_LABELS =~ /run-macos-tests/'
       variables:
         LIBDATADOG_ENABLE_MACOS_JOBS: "true"
       when: always
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"'
+      variables:
+        LIBDATADOG_ENABLE_MACOS_JOBS: "true"
+      when: always
     - when: always
   trigger:
     project: DataDog/apm-reliability/libddprof-build