diff --git a/.github/workflows/backwards-compatibility.yml b/.github/workflows/backwards-compatibility.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1dd4c3a4e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/backwards-compatibility.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: "BC check"
+
+on:
+    pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+    roave_bc_check:
+        name: "Roave BC check"
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            -   uses: actions/checkout@v2
+                with:
+                    fetch-depth: 0
+
+            -   name: Roave BC Check
+                uses: docker://nyholm/roave-bc-check-ga
+                with:
+                    args: --from=${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index daffb5b9ac4..78fdec578ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@ jobs:
             - name: Run phpunit
               run: vendor/bin/phpunit --verbose
 
-    roave_bc_check:
-        name: Roave BC Check
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        steps:
-            - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-            - name: Roave BC Check
-              uses: docker://nyholm/roave-bc-check-ga
-
     phpstan:
         name: PHPStan
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest