diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index cc7aae1..4aab0d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
     tags: ["v*"]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**.md"
+  # Fork PRs (e.g. Oliver-CG's fix series) previously ran NO CI at all -
+  # seven open PRs sat unvalidated while main itself was red on the
+  # rocksdb NIF build. Every PR now runs the same pipeline.
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
     paths-ignore:
       - "**.md"
       - "site/**"