diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/safe_pr_checks.yml
similarity index 79%
rename from .github/workflows/pr_checks.yml
rename to .github/workflows/safe_pr_checks.yml
index 6cef39dd6..6225371fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/safe_pr_checks.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-name: Run CI
-on: [push]
+name: CI Checks - Safe
+on: [
+  pull_request
+]
 
 jobs:
   Autoformat:
@@ -65,16 +67,3 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - run: echo "💡 The ${{ github.repository }} repository has been cloned to the runner."
       - run: make pytest-integration-erasure
-
-  Integration-Tests-External:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - run: echo "Running CI for branch ${{ github.ref }}."
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - run: echo "💡 The ${{ github.repository }} repository has been cloned to the runner."
-      - name: Run unit tests that connect to an external db
-        env:
-          REDSHIFT_TEST_URI: ${{ secrets.REDSHIFT_TEST_URI }}
-          SNOWFLAKE_TEST_URI: ${{ secrets.SNOWFLAKE_TEST_URI }}
-        run: make pytest-external-integration
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unsafe_pr_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/unsafe_pr_checks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f12affe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/unsafe_pr_checks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: CI Checks - Unsafe
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [labeled]
+
+jobs:
+  Integration-Tests-External:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run unsafe ci checks')
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "Running CI for branch ${{ github.ref }}."
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - run: echo "💡 The ${{ github.repository }} repository has been cloned to the runner."
+      - name: Run unit tests that connect to an external db
+        env:
+          REDSHIFT_TEST_URI: ${{ secrets.REDSHIFT_TEST_URI }}
+          SNOWFLAKE_TEST_URI: ${{ secrets.SNOWFLAKE_TEST_URI }}
+        run: make pytest-external-integration