diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 3d6cab29..85f65c6d 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -60,3 +60,34 @@
           share.default_share_type_name 'default'
           share.run_share_group_tests False
           share.suppress_errors_in_cleanup True
+
+- job:
+    name: manila-s2i-test-nfsganesha
+    parent: s2i-test-base-ceph
+    description: |
+      Validate speculatively-built s2i manila images with NFS ganesha backend
+      against a live HCI OpenStack deployment with Ceph.
+    irrelevant-files: *ir_files
+    vars:
+      s2i_manila_share_backends: ['share1']
+      cifmw_block_device_size: 15G
+      cifmw_ceph_daemons_layout:
+        rgw_enabled: false
+        dashboard_enabled: false
+        cephfs_enabled: false
+        ceph_nfs_enabled: true
+      cifmw_services_manila_enabled: True
+      cifmw_test_operator_tempest_concurrency: 3
+      cifmw_test_operator_tempest_include_list: |
+        ^manila_tempest_tests.tests.api..*
+        ^manila_tempest_tests.tests.rbac..*
+      cifmw_test_operator_tempest_tempestconf_config:
+        overrides: |
+          share.capability_storage_protocol NFS
+          share.catalog_type 'sharev2'
+          share.default_share_type_name 'default'
+          share.enable_cert_rules_for_protocols ""
+          share.enable_ip_rules_for_protocols 'nfs'
+          share.enable_protocols 'nfs'
+          share.nfs_versions '3,4.1,4.2'
+          share.run_share_group_tests False
diff --git a/zuul.d/projects.yaml b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
index 15791902..a5b49628 100644
--- a/zuul.d/projects.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
@@ -6,16 +6,20 @@
       jobs:
         - manila-s2i-content-provider
         - manila-s2i-test-cephfs:
-            dependencies:
+            dependencies: &manila_s2i_operator_test_dependencies
               - openstack-k8s-operators-content-provider
               - manila-s2i-content-provider
+    github-experimental-trigger:
+      jobs:
+        - manila-s2i-test-nfsganesha:
+            dependencies: *manila_s2i_operator_test_dependencies
 
 # project template to be used in the s2i repository
 - project-template:
     name: manila-operator-s2i-component-jobs
     github-check:
       jobs:
-        - manila-s2i-test-cephfs:
+        - manila-s2i-test-cephfs: &manila_s2i_component_overrides
             vars:
               content_provider_registry_ip: "{{ s2i_content_provider_registry_ip }}"
             files:
@@ -24,6 +28,7 @@
             dependencies:
               - s2i-openstack-container-content-provider
               - s2i-openstack-container-consumer-smoke
+        - manila-s2i-test-nfsganesha: *manila_s2i_component_overrides
 
 - project:
     name: openstack-k8s-operators/manila-operator