diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_mkdocs.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_mkdocs.yml
index bb95d3e4..211ade6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_mkdocs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_mkdocs.yml
@@ -5,15 +5,20 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
     paths:
-      # Only rebuild website when docs have changed
+      - 'README.md'
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
+      - 'CONTRIBUTING.md'
+      - 'docs/**'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
       - 'README.md'
       - 'CHANGELOG.md'
       - 'CONTRIBUTING.md'
       - 'docs/**'
 
 jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Deploy docs
+  docs:
+    name: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && 'Deploy docs' || 'Build docs' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -28,5 +33,10 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material mkdocs-jupyter pandas seaborn folium
 
+      - name: Build docs
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        run: mkdocs build -f docs/mkdocs.yml
+
       - name: Deploy docs
+        if: github.event_name == 'push'
         run: mkdocs gh-deploy --force -f docs/mkdocs.yml