diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a2fd5457fea40fc019051d80128e74cae56a044c..4843bd3bf05df7c7f29c629673017eddf0174547 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ build-codec-linux-make:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'web'
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push' && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event' && $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == "main" # only have MR pipelines for MRs to main
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event' # trigger build job for all MRs
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'schedule'
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push'
       when: never