diff --git a/common.yml b/common.yml
index 69faaf61be26514dba6fdbbebdbfc7f1c765e761..774d8a2a2829b35adb23f9c5316fd10b8a44e154 100644
--- a/common.yml
+++ b/common.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ yamllint:
   extends: .infrastructure
   stage: check
   rules:
+    # Do not run check if the "skip build" label is set on the merge request
+    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_LABELS =~ /skip build/
+      when: never
     # Do not integration pipeline for merge requests for integrate/gitlab-ci/ branches
     # The integration is done from the pipeline in gitlab-ci already
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^integrate\/gitlab-ci\/.*/