diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-matrix.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-matrix.yaml
index d0dfedeaa..eedb52017 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-matrix.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-matrix.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ on:
         required: true
       E2E_SUBSCRIPTION_ID:
         required: true
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      git_ref:
+        type: string
 jobs:
   initialize-generative-params:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index f8c8a113e..3c81088cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 name: E2E
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      git_ref:
+        type: string
+      suite:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      hash:
+        type: string
+        description: "suffix to use on the Azure resources"
+        required: true
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
     #   region: