diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e92e42711..8cee0e21c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,35 @@ env:
     -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
 
 jobs:
+  changes:
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: read
+    outputs:
+      relinker: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.relinker }}
+      code: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.code }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v4
+        id: filter
+        with:
+          predicate-quantifier: some-with-excludes
+          filters: |
+            relinker:
+              - 'core/relinker/**'
+              - 'core/libs/prx/libc/src/specifics/windows/**'
+              - 'CMakeLists.txt'
+              - '.github/workflows/build.yml'
+            code:
+              - '**'
+              - '!**/*.md'
+              - '!docs/**'
+
   relinker:
     name: Relinker (${{ matrix.os }})
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && (needs.changes.result != 'success' || needs.changes.outputs.relinker == 'true') }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     strategy:
@@ -59,6 +86,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: ctest --test-dir build-relinker --output-on-failure --timeout 120
 
   linux:
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && (needs.changes.result != 'success' || needs.changes.outputs.code == 'true') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
@@ -83,6 +112,8 @@ jobs:
           GALLIUM_OVERRIDE_CPU_CAPS: avx
 
   windows:
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && (needs.changes.result != 'success' || needs.changes.outputs.code == 'true') }}
     runs-on: windows-latest
     timeout-minutes: 45
     env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/progress-report.yml b/.github/workflows/progress-report.yml
index 3fbf7361b..1a69d7338 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/progress-report.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/progress-report.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ name: Progress report
 
 on:
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'core/libs/prx/**'
+      - 'tools/progress.py'
+      - '.github/workflows/progress-report.yml'
 
 permissions:
   contents: read