diff --git a/.github/workflows/sipify-bot.yml b/.github/workflows/sipify-bot.yml
index 946ed2d60944..baf7e1156fd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sipify-bot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sipify-bot.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name: Run sipify
 on:
   issue_comment:
     types: [created]
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   sipify:
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' || ( contains(github.event.comment.html_url, '/pull/') && github.event.comment.body == '/sipify' )
+    if: github.event_name != 'issue_comment' || ( contains(github.event.comment.html_url, '/pull/') && github.event.comment.body == '/sipify' )
     runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
     steps: