diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 7479e6777..35317c528 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ jobs:
       pr-number: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
       target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
+  run-kata-monitor-tests:
+    needs: build-kata-static-tarball-amd64
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/run-kata-monitor-tests.yaml
+    with:
+      tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
+      commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+      target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+
   run-k8s-tests-on-aks:
     needs: publish-kata-deploy-payload-amd64
     uses: ./.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-aks.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-kata-monitor-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-kata-monitor-tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98e2a2276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-kata-monitor-tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name: CI | Run kata-monitor tests
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      tarball-suffix:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      commit-hash:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      target-branch:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+
+jobs:
+  run-monitor:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        vmm:
+          - qemu
+        container_engine:
+          - crio
+          - containerd
+        include:
+          - container_engine: containerd
+            containerd_version: lts
+    runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2204-smaller
+    env:
+      CONTAINER_ENGINE: ${{ matrix.container_engine }}
+      CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}
+      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
+        run: |
+          ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"
+        env:
+          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bash tests/functional/kata-monitor/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
+
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/functional/kata-monitor/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Run kata-monitor tests
+        run: bash tests/functional/kata-monitor/gha-run.sh run