diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 9028f3634d7691..44e9a295714d9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ jobs:
           slack-bot-token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
           channel: github-activities
 
+  metadata-ingestion:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.8"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: ./metadata-ingestion/scripts/install_deps.sh
+      - name: Run metadata-ingestion tests
+        run: ./gradlew :metadata-ingestion:testFull -x :metadata-ingestion:codegen
+
   smoke-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -82,4 +94,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.6"
       - name: Quickstart Compose Validation
-        run: ./docker/quickstart/generate_and_compare.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: ./docker/quickstart/generate_and_compare.sh
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/build.gradle b/metadata-ingestion/build.gradle
index bf42c10c6a914a..acc1a1568f32d1 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/build.gradle
@@ -41,14 +41,19 @@ task lintFix(type: Exec, dependsOn: installDev) {
     "mypy src/ tests/"
 }
 
-task test(type: Exec, dependsOn: installDev) {
+task testQuick(type: Exec, dependsOn: installDev) {
+  // We can't enforce the coverage requirements if we run a subset of the tests.
+  commandLine 'bash', '-x', '-c',
+    "source ${venv_name}/bin/activate && pytest -m 'not slow' -vv --cov-fail-under 0"
+}
+task testFull(type: Exec, dependsOn: installDev) {
   commandLine 'bash', '-x', '-c',
     "source ${venv_name}/bin/activate && pytest -vv"
 }
 
 build.dependsOn install
 check.dependsOn lint
-check.dependsOn test
+check.dependsOn testQuick
 
 clean {
   delete venv_name