diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index f0919df3be..e3e193e61f 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -276,10 +276,12 @@ steps:
 - name: nodb-php7.3
   image: nextcloudci/php7.3:php7.3-4
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=NODB ./autotest.sh sqlite
 - name: nodb-php7.4
   image: nextcloudci/php7.4:2
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=NODB ./autotest.sh sqlite
 
 services:
@@ -310,10 +312,12 @@ steps:
 - name: sqlite-php7.3
   image: nextcloudci/php7.3:php7.3-4
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh sqlite
 - name: sqlite-php7.4
   image: nextcloudci/php7.4:2
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh sqlite
 
 services:
@@ -340,6 +344,7 @@ steps:
 - name: mariadb10.1-php7.2
   image: nextcloudci/php7.2:php7.2-13
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh mariadb
 
 services:
@@ -375,6 +380,7 @@ steps:
 - name: mariadb10.2-php7.2
   image: nextcloudci/php7.2:php7.2-13
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh mariadb
 
 services:
@@ -409,6 +415,7 @@ steps:
 - name: mariadb10.3-php7.2
   image: nextcloudci/php7.2:php7.2-13
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh mariadb
 
 services:
@@ -443,6 +450,7 @@ steps:
 - name: mariadb10.4-php7.3
   image: nextcloudci/php7.3:php7.3-4
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh mariadb
 
 services:
@@ -478,6 +486,7 @@ steps:
 - name: mysql-php7.2
   image: nextcloudci/php7.2:php7.2-13
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh mysql
 
 services:
@@ -514,6 +523,7 @@ steps:
 - name: mysql-php7.2
   image: nextcloudci/php7.2:php7.2-13
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh mysql
 
 services:
@@ -546,6 +556,7 @@ steps:
 - name: mysql-php7.3
   image: nextcloudci/php7.3:php7.3-4
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh mysql
 
 services:
@@ -578,6 +589,7 @@ steps:
 - name: mysql5.6-php7.2
   image: nextcloudci/php7.2:php7.2-13
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh mysql
 
 services:
@@ -612,6 +624,7 @@ steps:
 - name: postgres-php7.3
   image: nextcloudci/php7.3:php7.3-4
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - sleep 10 # gives the database enough time to initialize
     - POSTGRES=9 NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh pgsql
 
@@ -647,6 +660,7 @@ steps:
 - name: postgres-php7.2
   image: nextcloudci/php7.2:php7.2-13
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - sleep 10 # gives the database enough time to initialize
     - POSTGRES=10 NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh pgsql
 
@@ -681,6 +695,7 @@ steps:
 - name: postgres-php7.2
   image: nextcloudci/php7.2:php7.2-13
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - sleep 10 # gives the database enough time to initialize
     - POSTGRES=11 NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh pgsql
 
@@ -716,6 +731,7 @@ steps:
 - name: mysqlmb4-php7.2
   image: nextcloudci/php7.2:php7.2-13
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh mysqlmb4
 
 services:
@@ -751,6 +767,7 @@ steps:
 - name: mysqlmb4-php7.3
   image: nextcloudci/php7.3:php7.3-4
   commands:
+    - bash tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh || exit 0
     - NOCOVERAGE=true TEST_SELECTION=DB ./autotest.sh mysqlmb4
 
 services:
diff --git a/tests/drone-run-integration-tests.sh b/tests/drone-run-integration-tests.sh
index 9da224ccba..605e1eb356 100755
--- a/tests/drone-run-integration-tests.sh
+++ b/tests/drone-run-integration-tests.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ echo "========================="
 
 [[ $(git diff --name-only origin/$DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH...$DRONE_COMMIT_SHA | wc -l) -eq 0 ]] && echo "No files are modified => merge commit" && exit 0
 
+[[ $(git diff --name-only origin/$DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH...$DRONE_COMMIT_SHA | grep -c ".xml") -gt 0 ]] && echo "info.xml files are modified" && exit 0
+
 [[ $(git diff --name-only origin/$DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH...$DRONE_COMMIT_SHA | grep -c ".php$") -gt 0 ]] && echo "PHP files are modified" && exit 0
 
 [[ $(git diff --name-only origin/$DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH...$DRONE_COMMIT_SHA | grep -c "^build/integration/") -gt 0 ]] && echo "Integration test files are modified" && exit 0
diff --git a/tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh b/tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9552141adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/drone-run-php-tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "========================="
+echo "= List of changed files ="
+echo "========================="
+git diff --name-only origin/$DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH...$DRONE_COMMIT_SHA
+echo "========================="
+
+[[ $(git diff --name-only origin/$DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH...$DRONE_COMMIT_SHA | wc -l) -eq 0 ]] && echo "No files are modified => merge commit" && exit 0
+
+[[ $(git diff --name-only origin/$DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH...$DRONE_COMMIT_SHA | grep -c ".xml") -gt 0 ]] && echo "info.xml files are modified" && exit 0
+
+[[ $(git diff --name-only origin/$DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH...$DRONE_COMMIT_SHA | grep -c ".php$") -gt 0 ]] && echo "PHP files are modified" && exit 0
+
+[[ $(git diff --name-only origin/$DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH...$DRONE_COMMIT_SHA | grep -c "^tests/") -gt 0 ]] && echo "PHP test files are modified" && exit 0
+
+[[ $(git diff --name-only origin/$DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH...$DRONE_COMMIT_SHA | grep -c "/tests/") -gt 0 ]] && echo "PHP test files of an app are modified" && exit 0
+
+exit 1