diff --git a/.github/actions/run-backend-tests/action.yml b/.github/actions/run-backend-tests/action.yml
index 5bb24905fd0..5435d29d13c 100644
--- a/.github/actions/run-backend-tests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/run-backend-tests/action.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ runs:
           if: ${{ inputs.foss == 'true' }}
           shell: bash
           run: |
-              pytest -m "not ee" posthog/ --cov  --cov-report=xml:coverage-postgres.xml
+              pytest -m "not ee and not async_migrations" posthog/ --cov  --cov-report=xml:coverage-postgres.xml
 
         - name: Run ee/ tests
           if: ${{ inputs.ee == 'true' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-async-migrations.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-async-migrations.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab9042e499b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-async-migrations.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+name: Async Migrations CI
+
+on:
+    pull_request:
+        paths:
+            - 'posthog/async_migrations/**'
+            - 'ee/clickhouse/sql/**'
+            - 'ee/clickhouse/migrations/**'
+            - 'ee/migrations/**'
+
+env:
+    SECRET_KEY: '6b01eee4f945ca25045b5aab440b953461faf08693a9abbf1166dc7c6b9772da' # unsafe - for testing only
+    DATABASE_URL: 'postgres://posthog:posthog@localhost:5432/posthog'
+    REDIS_URL: 'redis://localhost'
+    CLICKHOUSE_HOST: 'localhost'
+    CLICKHOUSE_SECURE: 'False'
+    CLICKHOUSE_VERIFY: 'False'
+    TEST: 1
+    CLICKHOUSE_SERVER_IMAGE_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.clickhouseServerVersion || '' }}
+
+jobs:
+    async-migrations:
+        name: Async Migrations tests
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - name: 'Checkout repo'
+              uses: actions/checkout@v2
+              with:
+                  fetch-depth: 1
+
+            - name: Start stack with Docker Compose
+              shell: bash
+              run: |
+                  export CLICKHOUSE_SERVER_IMAGE_VERSION=${{ inputs.clickhouse-server-image-version }}
+                  docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml down
+                  docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -d db clickhouse zookeeper kafka redis &
+
+            - name: Set up Python
+              uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+              with:
+                  python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+
+            - name: Install SAML (python3-saml) dependencies
+              shell: bash
+              run: |
+                  sudo apt-get update
+                  sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libxmlsec1-openssl
+
+            - uses: syphar/restore-virtualenv@v1.2
+              id: cache-async-migrations-tests
+              with:
+                  custom_cache_key_element: v1-${{ inputs.cache-id }}
+
+            - uses: syphar/restore-pip-download-cache@v1
+              if: steps.cache-backend-tests.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+
+            - name: Install python dependencies
+              if: steps.cache-backend-tests.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+              shell: bash
+              run: |
+                  python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+                  python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+            - name: Add kafka host to /etc/hosts for kafka connectivity
+              shell: bash
+              run: sudo echo "127.0.0.1 kafka" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
+
+            - name: Set up needed files
+              shell: bash
+              run: |
+                  mkdir -p frontend/dist
+                  touch frontend/dist/index.html
+                  touch frontend/dist/layout.html
+                  touch frontend/dist/shared_dashboard.html
+
+            - name: Wait for Clickhouse & Kafka
+              shell: bash
+              run: bin/check_kafka_clickhouse_up
+
+            - name: Run async migrations tests
+              shell: bash
+              run: |
+                  pytest -m "async_migrations" posthog/ --cov  --cov-report=xml:coverage-postgres.xml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml
index fbf4c4970e1..0a859b373d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml
@@ -313,4 +313,4 @@ jobs:
               run: |
                   source .env.template
                   cd deploy
-                  pytest multi_tenancy messaging -m "not skip_on_multitenancy"
+                  pytest multi_tenancy messaging -m "not skip_on_multitenancy and not async_migrations"
diff --git a/posthog/async_migrations/test/test_0002_events_sample_by.py b/posthog/async_migrations/test/test_0002_events_sample_by.py
index 2d0a135947e..8b68a62f028 100644
--- a/posthog/async_migrations/test/test_0002_events_sample_by.py
+++ b/posthog/async_migrations/test/test_0002_events_sample_by.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Test0002EventsSampleBy(AsyncMigrationBaseTest):
         execute_query(f"DROP TABLE {CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE}.events")
 
     # Run the full migration through
-    @pytest.mark.ee
+    @pytest.mark.async_migrations
     def test_run_migration_in_full(self):
         from posthog.client import sync_execute
 
diff --git a/posthog/async_migrations/test/test_0003_fill_person_distinct_id2.py b/posthog/async_migrations/test/test_0003_fill_person_distinct_id2.py
index d9fb77dbe08..bbe5a112b8f 100644
--- a/posthog/async_migrations/test/test_0003_fill_person_distinct_id2.py
+++ b/posthog/async_migrations/test/test_0003_fill_person_distinct_id2.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class Test0003FillPersonDistinctId2(AsyncMigrationBaseTest):
         sync_execute("TRUNCATE TABLE person_distinct_id2")
         sync_execute("ALTER TABLE person_distinct_id COMMENT COLUMN distinct_id 'dont_skip_0003'")
 
+    @pytest.mark.async_migrations
     def test_is_required(self):
         from posthog.client import sync_execute
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ class Test0003FillPersonDistinctId2(AsyncMigrationBaseTest):
         sync_execute("ALTER TABLE person_distinct_id COMMENT COLUMN distinct_id 'skip_0003_fill_person_distinct_id2'")
         self.assertFalse(self.migration.is_required())
 
+    @pytest.mark.async_migrations
     def test_migration(self):
         from posthog.client import sync_execute
 
diff --git a/posthog/async_migrations/test/test_0004_replicated_schema.py b/posthog/async_migrations/test/test_0004_replicated_schema.py
index 23091047b7c..d8d56ccb6f4 100644
--- a/posthog/async_migrations/test/test_0004_replicated_schema.py
+++ b/posthog/async_migrations/test/test_0004_replicated_schema.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ def _create_event(**kwargs):
     create_event(**kwargs)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.ee
 class Test0004ReplicatedSchema(AsyncMigrationBaseTest, ClickhouseTestMixin):
     def setUp(self):
         self.recreate_database()
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@ class Test0004ReplicatedSchema(AsyncMigrationBaseTest, ClickhouseTestMixin):
         sync_execute(f"CREATE DATABASE {settings.CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE}")
         create_clickhouse_tables(0)
 
+    @pytest.mark.async_migrations
     def test_is_required(self):
         from posthog.client import sync_execute
 
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class Test0004ReplicatedSchema(AsyncMigrationBaseTest, ClickhouseTestMixin):
         sync_execute(DISTRIBUTED_EVENTS_TABLE_SQL())
         self.assertFalse(migration.is_required())
 
+    @pytest.mark.async_migrations
     def test_migration(self):
         # :TRICKY: Relies on tables being migrated as unreplicated before.
 
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ class Test0004ReplicatedSchema(AsyncMigrationBaseTest, ClickhouseTestMixin):
         )
         self.assertEqual(self.get_event_table_row_count(), 2)
 
+    @pytest.mark.async_migrations
     def test_rollback(self):
         # :TRICKY: Relies on tables being migrated as unreplicated before.
 
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index d0dd7b16ebd..25f9b01f5d9 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ addopts = -p no:warnings --reuse-db
 markers =
     ee
     clickhouse_only
-    skip_on_multitenancy
\ No newline at end of file
+    skip_on_multitenancy
+    async_migrations
\ No newline at end of file