diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index d1786a0c3ec0..da1b68d16020 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -237,3 +237,11 @@ jobs:
       tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
       commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
       target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+  
+  run-cri-containerd-tests-ppc64le:
+    needs: build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-ppc64le.yaml
+    with:
+      tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
+      commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+      target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-ppc64le.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-ppc64le.yaml
index f6b435299cac..616a6a616f63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-ppc64le.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-ppc64le.yaml
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 30
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh run-tests
 
-      - name: Delete cluster
+      - name: Cleanup cluster
         run: bash ${HOME}/scripts/k8s_cluster_cleanup.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml
index e5ed9ef591cb..0a23eb03a450 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ jobs:
           - "ubuntu-20.04"
           - "arm-no-k8s"
           - "s390x"
+          - "ppc64le"
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.instance }}
     steps:
       - name: Adjust a permission for repo