diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
index e7b25e7427..cc2f2e8906 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
     - cat .gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/$NAME.yml
     - cirrus-run -v --show-build-log always .gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/$NAME.yml
   rules:
+    # Allow on 'staging' branch and 'stable-X.Y-staging' branches only
+    - if: '$CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE == "qemu-project" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH !~ /staging/'
+      when: never
     - if: "$CIRRUS_GITHUB_REPO && $CIRRUS_API_TOKEN"
 
 x64-freebsd-12-build: