diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 55632482a71fc..ada9d9b6be8ff 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ freebsd_task:
   name: FREEBSD_DEBUG_NTS
   freebsd_instance:
     image_family: freebsd-13-2
+  skip: "changesIncludeOnly('docs/**', 'NEWS', 'UPGRADING', 'UPGRADING.INTERNALS', '**/README.*', 'CONTRIBUTING.md', 'CODING_STANDARDS.md', '.travis.yml', 'travis/**', '.circleci/**')"
   env:
     ARCH: amd64
   install_script: