diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cc5950446..1cfe0bc0e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: cephcsi
       script:
+        - scripts/skip-doc-change.sh || travis_terminate 0;
         - make cephcsi ||  travis_terminate 1;
         - sudo scripts/minikube.sh up || travis_terminate 1;
         # pull docker images to speed up e2e
diff --git a/scripts/skip-doc-change.sh b/scripts/skip-doc-change.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..cc133dedc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/skip-doc-change.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only "$TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE")
+
+[[ -z $CHANGED_FILES ]] && exit 1
+
+skip=0
+#files to be skipped
+declare -a FILES=(^docs/ .md$ ^scripts/ LICENSE .travis.yml .mergify.yml .github .gitignore)
+
+function check_file_present() {
+    local file=$1
+    for FILE in "${FILES[@]}"; do
+        if [[ $file =~ $FILE ]]; then
+            if [[ $file =~ minikube.sh ]]; then
+                continue
+            fi
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+for CHANGED_FILE in $CHANGED_FILES; do
+    if ! check_file_present "$CHANGED_FILE"; then
+        skip=1
+    fi
+done
+if [ $skip -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Skipping functional tests"
+    exit 1
+fi