diff --git a/.github/workflows/devel_images.yml b/.github/workflows/devel_images.yml
index f99f578983..2d10f01c05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/devel_images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/devel_images.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name: Build/Push Development Images
 env:
   LC_ALL: "C.UTF-8" # prevent ERROR: Ansible could not initialize the preferred locale: unsupported locale setting
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
       - devel