diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
index f025f8df415..d2723f88be8 100644
--- a/.drone.star
+++ b/.drone.star
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 load('scripts/drone/pipelines/pr.star', 'pr_pipelines')
 load('scripts/drone/pipelines/main.star', 'main_pipelines')
+load('scripts/drone/pipelines/docs.star', 'docs_pipelines')
 load('scripts/drone/pipelines/release.star', 'release_pipelines', 'publish_image_pipelines', 'publish_artifacts_pipelines', 'publish_npm_pipelines', 'publish_packages_pipeline')
 load('scripts/drone/version.star', 'version_branch_pipelines')
 load('scripts/drone/pipelines/cron.star', 'cronjobs')
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ load('scripts/drone/vault.star', 'secrets')
 
 def main(ctx):
     edition = 'oss'
-    return pr_pipelines(edition=edition) + main_pipelines(edition=edition) + release_pipelines() + \
+    return pr_pipelines(edition=edition) + docs_pipelines(edition=edition) + main_pipelines(edition=edition) + release_pipelines() + \
         publish_image_pipelines('public') + publish_image_pipelines('security') + \
         publish_artifacts_pipelines('security') + publish_artifacts_pipelines('public') + \
         publish_npm_pipelines('public') + publish_packages_pipeline() + \
diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index dea2d555745..6a8ab70cfde 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ steps:
 trigger:
   event:
   - pull_request
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - docs/**
 type: docker
 volumes:
 - host:
@@ -288,20 +291,6 @@ steps:
   failure: always
   image: grafana/docker-puppeteer:1.0.0
   name: test-a11y-frontend
-- commands:
-  - ./scripts/ci-reference-docs-lint.sh ci
-  depends_on:
-  - build-frontend
-  image: grafana/build-container:1.4.9
-  name: build-frontend-docs
-- commands:
-  - mkdir -p /hugo/content/docs/grafana
-  - cp -r docs/sources/* /hugo/content/docs/grafana/latest/
-  - cd /hugo && make prod
-  depends_on:
-  - build-frontend-docs
-  image: grafana/docs-base:latest
-  name: build-docs-website
 - commands:
   - ls dist/*.tar.gz*
   - cp dist/*.tar.gz* packaging/docker/
@@ -324,6 +313,9 @@ steps:
 trigger:
   event:
   - pull_request
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - docs/**
 type: docker
 volumes:
 - host:
@@ -399,6 +391,9 @@ steps:
 trigger:
   event:
   - pull_request
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - docs/**
 type: docker
 volumes:
 - host:
@@ -413,6 +408,68 @@ volumes:
 ---
 depends_on: []
 kind: pipeline
+name: pr-docs
+node:
+  type: no-parallel
+platform:
+  arch: amd64
+  os: linux
+services: []
+steps:
+- commands:
+  - mkdir -p bin
+  - curl -fL -o bin/grabpl https://grafana-downloads.storage.googleapis.com/grafana-build-pipeline/v2.9.2/grabpl
+  - chmod +x bin/grabpl
+  image: byrnedo/alpine-curl:0.1.8
+  name: grabpl
+- commands:
+  - echo $DRONE_RUNNER_NAME
+  image: alpine:3.15
+  name: identify-runner
+- commands:
+  - make gen-go
+  - ./bin/grabpl gen-version --build-id ${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}
+  - yarn install --immutable
+  image: grafana/build-container:1.4.9
+  name: initialize
+- commands:
+  - ./bin/grabpl build-frontend --jobs 8 --no-install-deps --edition oss --build-id
+    ${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER} --no-pull-enterprise
+  depends_on:
+  - initialize
+  environment:
+    NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=8192
+  image: grafana/build-container:1.4.9
+  name: build-frontend
+- commands:
+  - ./scripts/ci-reference-docs-lint.sh ci
+  depends_on:
+  - build-frontend
+  image: grafana/build-container:1.4.9
+  name: build-frontend-docs
+- commands:
+  - mkdir -p /hugo/content/docs/grafana
+  - cp -r docs/sources/* /hugo/content/docs/grafana/latest/
+  - cd /hugo && make prod
+  depends_on:
+  - build-frontend-docs
+  image: grafana/docs-base:latest
+  name: build-docs-website
+trigger:
+  event:
+  - pull_request
+  paths:
+    include:
+    - docs/**
+    - packages/**
+type: docker
+volumes:
+- host:
+    path: /var/run/docker.sock
+  name: docker
+---
+depends_on: []
+kind: pipeline
 name: main-test
 node:
   type: no-parallel
@@ -4215,6 +4272,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: gcp_upload_artifacts_key
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: a29229ea9d7c398be08208f7294bebc889c74f2b886822c295aeabd844eabf8e
+hmac: 2f3e4a200f53c4de03ce05564cbe081f6fef47dc959a770807864f020037c620
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/pipelines/docs.star b/scripts/drone/pipelines/docs.star
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2bbe1088a26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/drone/pipelines/docs.star
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+load(
+    'scripts/drone/steps/lib.star',
+    'initialize_step',
+    'download_grabpl_step',
+    'lint_frontend_step',
+    'codespell_step',
+    'shellcheck_step',
+    'build_frontend_step',
+    'test_frontend_step',
+    'build_storybook_step',
+    'build_frontend_docs_step',
+    'build_docs_website_step',
+)
+
+load(
+    'scripts/drone/services/services.star',
+    'integration_test_services',
+    'ldap_service',
+)
+
+load(
+    'scripts/drone/utils/utils.star',
+    'pipeline',
+)
+
+ver_mode = 'pr'
+
+def docs_pipelines(edition):
+    steps = [download_grabpl_step()] + initialize_step(edition, platform='linux', ver_mode=ver_mode)
+    steps.extend([
+        build_frontend_step(edition=edition, ver_mode=ver_mode),
+    ])
+
+    # Insert remaining steps
+    steps.extend([
+        build_frontend_docs_step(edition=edition),
+        build_docs_website_step(),
+    ])
+
+    trigger = {
+        'event':  [
+            'pull_request',
+        ],
+        'paths': {
+            'include': [
+                'docs/**',
+                'packages/**',
+            ],
+        },
+    }
+    return [
+        pipeline(
+            name='pr-docs', edition=edition, trigger=trigger, services=[], steps=steps,
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/scripts/drone/pipelines/pr.star b/scripts/drone/pipelines/pr.star
index 2054098e899..c1cdf182d51 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/pipelines/pr.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/pipelines/pr.star
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ load(
     'e2e_tests_step',
     'e2e_tests_artifacts',
     'build_storybook_step',
-    'build_frontend_docs_step',
-    'build_docs_website_step',
     'copy_packages_for_docker_step',
     'build_docker_images_step',
     'postgres_integration_tests_step',
@@ -100,8 +98,6 @@ def pr_pipelines(edition):
         e2e_tests_artifacts(edition=edition),
         build_storybook_step(edition=edition, ver_mode=ver_mode),
         test_a11y_frontend_step(ver_mode=ver_mode, edition=edition),
-        build_frontend_docs_step(edition=edition),
-        build_docs_website_step(),
         copy_packages_for_docker_step(),
         build_docker_images_step(edition=edition, ver_mode=ver_mode, archs=['amd64',]),
     ])
@@ -116,7 +112,14 @@ def pr_pipelines(edition):
         ])
 
     trigger = {
-        'event': ['pull_request',],
+        'event': [
+            'pull_request',
+        ],
+        'paths': {
+            'exclude': [
+                'docs/**',
+            ],
+        },
     }
 
     return [