diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/machine-api-operator/openshift-machine-api-operator-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/machine-api-operator/openshift-machine-api-operator-presubmits.yaml
index 8b81d54ea1d74..2be511cb51a5a 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/machine-api-operator/openshift-machine-api-operator-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/machine-api-operator/openshift-machine-api-operator-presubmits.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,31 @@ presubmits:
         args:
         - --artifact-dir=$(ARTIFACTS)
         - --target=unit
+  - name: pull-ci-openshift-machine-api-operator-images
+    agent: kubernetes
+    context: ci/prow/images
+    branches:
+    - master
+    rerun_command: "/test images"
+    always_run: true
+    trigger: "((?m)^/test( all| images),?(\\s+|$))"
+    decorate: true
+    skip_cloning: true
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+      containers:
+      - name: test
+        image: ci-operator:latest
+        env:
+        - name: CONFIG_SPEC
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: ci-operator-openshift-machine-api-operator
+              key: master.json
+        command:
+        - ci-operator
+        args:
+        - --artifact-dir=$(ARTIFACTS)
         - --target=[images]
   - name: ci-kubernetes-machine-api-operator
     agent: jenkins