diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
index 8c5e3257222bf..88e1281a1cba3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
       - trunk
       - '3.[7-9]'
       - '[4-9].[0-9]'
+      - feature/**
     tags:
       - '[0-9]+.[0-9]'
       - '[0-9]+.[0-9].[0-9]+'
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ on:
       - trunk
       - '3.[7-9]'
       - '[4-9].[0-9]'
+      - feature/**
   workflow_dispatch:
   # Once weekly On Sundays at 00:00 UTC.
   schedule:
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     secrets: inherit
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+    if: ${{ ( github.repository == 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' ) && ( startsWith( github.base_ref, 'feature/' ) != true || vars.ALLOW_FEATURE_BRANCHES == 'true' ) }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     secrets: inherit
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+    if: ${{ ( github.repository == 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' ) && ( startsWith( github.base_ref, 'feature/' ) != true || vars.ALLOW_FEATURE_BRANCHES == 'true' ) }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     secrets: inherit
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+    if: ${{ ( github.repository == 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' ) && ( startsWith( github.base_ref, 'feature/' ) != true || vars.ALLOW_FEATURE_BRANCHES == 'true' ) }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     secrets: inherit
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+    if: ${{ ( github.repository == 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' ) && ( startsWith( github.base_ref, 'feature/' ) != true || vars.ALLOW_FEATURE_BRANCHES == 'true' ) }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: