diff --git a/.github/CHANGELOG.md b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f64e15764..74bdecc135 100644
--- a/.github/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 
 ### Breaking changes
 
+* Introduce `ci:build_wheels` label, which controls wheel building on `pull_request` and other triggers.
+  [(#648)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/648)
+
 ### Improvements
 
 * Initialize the private attributes `gates_indices_` and `generators_indices_` of `StateVectorKokkos` using the definitions of the `Pennylane::Gates::Constant` namespace.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64.yml
index 35e48a29f7..9101665494 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   set_wheel_build_matrix:
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ci:build_wheels')
     name: "Set wheel build matrix"
     uses: ./.github/workflows/set_wheel_build_matrix.yml
     with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64_cuda.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64_cuda.yml
index 4f6570380c..f537e53b31 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64_cuda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64_cuda.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   set_wheel_build_matrix:
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ci:build_wheels')
     name: "Set wheel build matrix"
     uses: ./.github/workflows/set_wheel_build_matrix.yml
     with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel_macos_arm64.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel_macos_arm64.yml
index a381e5305a..1d5e9f097a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel_macos_arm64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel_macos_arm64.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   mac-set-matrix-arm:
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ci:build_wheels')
     timeout-minutes: 30
     name: Set builder matrix
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel_macos_x86_64.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel_macos_x86_64.yml
index e727468fe4..7bcf05a793 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel_macos_x86_64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel_macos_x86_64.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   set_wheel_build_matrix:
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ci:build_wheels')
     name: "Set wheel build matrix"
     uses: ./.github/workflows/set_wheel_build_matrix.yml
     with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel_noarch.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel_noarch.yml
index d30145161d..ed4bfbdff4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel_noarch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel_noarch.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build-pure-python-wheel:
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ci:build_wheels')
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel_win_x86_64.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel_win_x86_64.yml
index 7ba0704c0b..086c81c1e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel_win_x86_64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel_win_x86_64.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   set_wheel_build_matrix:
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ci:build_wheels')
     name: "Set wheel build matrix"
     uses: ./.github/workflows/set_wheel_build_matrix.yml
     with:
diff --git a/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py b/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
index fb85e127e0..000566162d 100644
--- a/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.36.0-dev12"
+__version__ = "0.36.0-dev13"