diff --git a/.github/workflows/notebook_controller_unit_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/notebook_controller_unit_test.yaml
index bac798c5751..39b8e770b8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/notebook_controller_unit_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/notebook_controller_unit_test.yaml
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run unit tests
       run: |
         cd components/notebook-controller
-        make test
\ No newline at end of file
+        make test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/odh_notebook_controller_unit_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/odh_notebook_controller_unit_test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8bbf5a5fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/odh_notebook_controller_unit_test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Run ODH Notebook Controller unit tests
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - components/odh-notebook-controller/**
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Install Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      with:
+        check-latest: true
+        go-version-file: components/odh-notebook-controller/go.mod
+        cache-dependency-path: components/odh-notebook-controller/go.sum
+
+    - name: Run unit tests
+      run: |
+        cd components/odh-notebook-controller
+        make test