diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 05b2e323793ee19e202f6e89425e26f5f9fb2582..4c2feece508490ec82f484b6fbefc1d5969cd2a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ jobs:
                 curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/build-and-test-py-project-within-miniconda.sh
                 . ./build-and-test-py-project-within-miniconda.sh
 
+    pytest:
+        name: Conda Pytest without arg check
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+        -   uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        -   name: "Main Script"
+            run: |
+                CONDA_ENVIRONMENT=.test-conda-env-py3.yml
+                curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/build-and-test-py-project-within-miniconda.sh
+                export _LOOPY_SKIP_ARG_CHECKS=1
+                . ./build-and-test-py-project-within-miniconda.sh
+
     pytest_twice:
         name: Conda Pytest Twice (for cache behavior)
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f0e9aa0e593784742a9c2587c6e037f0b111d127..4886d47d90bbdf4659b1f5b3fab1b9ca90470f24 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@ Python 3 POCL:
     reports:
       junit: test/pytest.xml
 
+Python 3 POCL without arg check:
+  script:
+  - export PY_EXE=python3
+  - export PYOPENCL_TEST=portable:pthread
+  - export EXTRA_INSTALL="pybind11 numpy mako"
+  - export LOOPY_NO_CACHE=1
+  - export _LOOPY_SKIP_ARG_CHECKS=1
+  - curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/build-and-test-py-project.sh
+  - ". ./build-and-test-py-project.sh"
+  tags:
+  - python3
+  - pocl
+  except:
+  - tags
+  artifacts:
+    reports:
+      junit: test/pytest.xml
+
 Python 3 Intel:
   script:
   - export PY_EXE=python3