diff --git a/ci/test-stable-perf.sh b/ci/test-stable-perf.sh
index b14191eef5..8e71e334ab 100755
--- a/ci/test-stable-perf.sh
+++ b/ci/test-stable-perf.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,24 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
-
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
 
+annotate() {
+  ${BUILDKITE:-false} && {
+    buildkite-agent annotate "$@"
+  }
+}
+
+ci/affects-files.sh \
+  .rs$ \
+  ci/test-stable-perf.sh \
+  ci/test-stable.sh \
+|| {
+  annotate --style info --context test-stable-perf \
+    "Stable Perf skipped as no .rs files were modified"
+  exit 0
+}
+
+
 ./fetch-perf-libs.sh
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 source ./target/perf-libs/env.sh