diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-fork.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-fork.yml
index bda1246521d..8d7e510fe22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-fork.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-fork.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 name: Tests / E2E Fork
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
     paths-ignore:
       - docs/**
+
 jobs:
   # dynamically build a matrix of test/test suite pairs to run
   build-test-matrix:
-    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork || github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork || github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       SIMD_TAG: latest
       SIMD_IMAGE: ibc-go-simd-e2e
-    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork || github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork || github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
     needs:
       - build-test-matrix
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 989a73285f2..80aba365318 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: Tests / E2E
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
   push:
     branches: