diff --git a/.github/workflows/samples-r-petstore.yaml b/.github/workflows/samples-r-petstore.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a6ae1857a381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/samples-r-petstore.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Samples R Petstore
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - 'samples/client/petstore/R/**'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'samples/client/petstore/R/**'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build R
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        sample:
+          - 'samples/client/petstore/R/'
+    services:
+      petstore-api:
+        image: swaggerapi/petstore
+        ports:
+          - 80:8080
+        env:
+          SWAGGER_HOST: http://petstore.swagger.io
+          SWAGGER_BASE_PATH: /v2
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: 3.6.1
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          cache-version: 2
+      - name: Install curl
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y r-cran-curl
+      - name: build and test
+        working-directory: ${{ matrix.sample }}
+        run: |
+          # export _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_=false
+          /bin/bash build_and_test.bash
+        shell: bash
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/R/.openapi-generator-ignore b/samples/client/petstore/R/.openapi-generator-ignore
index deed424f8a15..c62bb4c1e169 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/R/.openapi-generator-ignore
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/R/.openapi-generator-ignore
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@
 #docs/*.md
 # Then explicitly reverse the ignore rule for a single file:
 #!docs/README.md
+#
+#