diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-pull.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-pull.rb
index 82a6a7f4ae..b7e4cf7522 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-pull.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-pull.rb
@@ -285,8 +285,9 @@ module Homebrew
     Utils::Git.cherry_pick!(path, "--ff", "--allow-empty", *commits, verbose: args.verbose?, resolve: args.resolve?)
   end
 
-  def formulae_need_bottles?(tap, original_commit, args:)
+  def formulae_need_bottles?(tap, original_commit, user, repo, pr, args:)
     return if args.dry_run?
+    return false if GitHub.pull_request_labels(user, repo, pr).include? "CI-syntax-only"
 
     changed_formulae(tap, original_commit).any? do |f|
       !f.bottle_unneeded? && !f.bottle_disabled?
@@ -394,7 +395,7 @@ module Homebrew
                             args: args)
           end
 
-          unless formulae_need_bottles?(tap, original_commit, args: args)
+          unless formulae_need_bottles?(tap, original_commit, user, repo, pr, args: args)
             ohai "Skipping artifacts for ##{pr} as the formulae don't need bottles"
             next
           end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
index dc2e263c59..a235b77d74 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
@@ -779,4 +779,9 @@ module GitHub
       end
     end
   end
+
+  def pull_request_labels(user, repo, pr)
+    pr_data = open_api(url_to("repos", user, repo, "pulls", pr))
+    pr_data["labels"].map { |label| label["name"] }
+  end
 end