diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0ca71c2f32ead..5b7e1949a5bc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
         run: sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends libasound2-dev libudev-dev libwayland-dev libxkbcommon-dev
       - name: CI job
         # See tools/ci/src/main.rs for the commands this runs
-        run: cargo run -p ci
+        run: cargo run -p ci -- nonlocal
 
   check-benches:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/tools/ci/src/main.rs b/tools/ci/src/main.rs
index 336db74da7db3..8264db7b44c30 100644
--- a/tools/ci/src/main.rs
+++ b/tools/ci/src/main.rs
@@ -26,4 +26,20 @@ fn main() {
             .run()
             .expect("Compiler errors of the ECS compile fail tests seem to be different than expected! Check locally and compare rust versions.");
     }
+
+    // These tests are already run on the CI
+    // Using a double-negative here allows end-users to have a nicer experience
+    // as we can pass in the extra argument to the CI script
+    let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
+    if args.get(1) != Some(&"nonlocal".to_string()) {
+        // Run tests
+        cmd!("cargo test --workspace")
+            .run()
+            .expect("Please fix failing tests in output above.");
+
+        // Run doc tests: these are ignored by `cargo test`
+        cmd!("cargo test --doc --workspace")
+            .run()
+            .expect("Please fix failing doc-tests in output above.");
+    }
 }