diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 71dc8bceb6d796ef0e2d24153d35361eedb20699..c4bded655dcda7ebb73513a964e072331643f9f4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -561,6 +561,11 @@ rails-specs:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_PROJECT_PATH == 'gitlab-org/gitaly' && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" && $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_EVENT_TYPE != "merge_train"
 
+rails-specs-transactions:
+  extends:
+    - rails-specs
+  variables:
+    GITALY_TRANSACTIONS_ENABLED: "true"
 
 rails-specs-security:
   << : *rails-specs-common
@@ -592,6 +597,11 @@ rails-specs-cleanup:
       when: manual
       allow_failure: true
 
+rails-specs-transactions-cleanup:
+  extends:
+    - rails-specs-cleanup
+  needs: ["rails-specs-transactions"]
+
 rails-specs-security-cleanup:
   <<: *rails-specs-cleanup-common
   needs: ["rails-specs-security"]