diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-aarch64-darwin.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-aarch64-darwin.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97a1ee878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-aarch64-darwin.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: build and test on aarch64 with QEMU
+on: [push, pull_request]
+jobs:
+  test-on-macos-aarch64:
+    runs-on: macos-14
+    name: test on macos-14-aarch64
+    steps:
+      - name: install prerequisites
+        run: |
+            brew install meson
+            curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
+      - name: git checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+      - run: cargo build --release
+      - run: .github/workflows/test.sh -r ./target/release/dav1d -s ./target/release/seek_stress
+
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-aarch64.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-aarch64.yml
index 2d00dc896..a9facf011 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-aarch64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-aarch64.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: build and test on aarch64 with QEMU
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  # * is a special character in YAML so we quote lines containing it
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**qemu**' # Run when pushing branches that have qemu in the name
 jobs:
   test-on-qemu-linux-aarch64:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-arm7.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-arm7.yml
index 3ad636792..b7c3b59f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-arm7.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-arm7.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: build and test on arm7 with QEMU
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  # * is a special character in YAML so we quote lines containing it
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**qemu**' # Run when pushing branches that have qemu in the name
 jobs:
   test-on-qemu-linux-arm7:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest