diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e9646947359a3e58aa938c837ac97ed96743ea25..75c459b8e03ae3f7407ec957b0f3abe6cc9e40b3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ workflow:
     # Disable CI for non-MR user-scoped pipelines
     - if: '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID == null && $CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE != "ogs"'
       when: never
+    - if: '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_LABELS =~ /.*workflow:paused.*/'
+      when: never
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID                    # merge requests
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG                           # tags, ogs/ogs repo only
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH  # master, ogs/ogs repo only