diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index 1193d7810..cf8c8c886 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ on:
       - main
     tags-ignore:
       - "**-rc**"
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
 
 name: Deploy DataFusion Python site
 
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ jobs:
           make html
 
       - name: Copy & push the generated HTML
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
         run: |
           set -x
           cd docs-target