diff --git a/.github/workflows/dco-merge-group.yml b/.github/workflows/dco-merge-group.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0241f80a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dco-merge-group.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: DCO
+on:
+  merge_group:
+
+# Workaround because the DCO app doesn't run on a merge_group trigger
+# https://github.com/dcoapp/app/pull/200
+jobs:
+  DCO:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.actor != 'renovate[bot]' }}
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "dummy DCO workflow (it won't run any check actually) to trigger by merge_group in order to enable merge queue"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
index 398af9661..b6c979e28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**.md'
   pull_request:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**.md'
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - synchronize
+      - reopened
+    branches:
+      - main
+  merge_group:
 
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