diff --git a/.github/workflows/vtop_example.yml b/.github/workflows/vtop_example.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7cfbfd9400c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/vtop_example.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+name: vtop_example
+on: [push, pull_request]
+concurrency:
+  group: format('{0}-{1}', ${{ github.ref }}, 'vtop_example')
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: VTop Example
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Skip CI
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Skip CI')}}" == "true" ]]; then
+            echo "skipping CI due to the 'Skip CI' label"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Check if workflow needs to be skipped
+        id: skip-workflow
+        run: |
+          skip='false'
+          if [[ "${{github.event.pull_request}}" ==  "" ]] && [[ "${{github.ref}}" != "refs/heads/main" ]] && [[ ! "${{github.ref}}" =~ ^refs/heads/release-[0-9]+\.[0-9]$ ]] && [[ ! "${{github.ref}}" =~ "refs/tags/.*" ]]; then
+            skip='true'
+          fi
+          echo Skip ${skip}
+          echo "skip-workflow=${skip}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          
+          PR_DATA=$(curl -s\
+            -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}")
+          draft=$(echo "$PR_DATA" | jq .draft -r)
+          echo "is_draft=${draft}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Check out code
+        if: steps.skip-workflow.outputs.skip-workflow == 'false'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Check for changes in relevant files
+        if: steps.skip-workflow.outputs.skip-workflow == 'false'
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3.0.1
+        id: changes
+        with:
+          token: ''
+          filters: |
+            examples:
+              - 'go/**/*.go'
+              - 'test.go'
+              - 'Makefile'
+              - 'build.env'
+              - 'go.[sumod]'
+              - 'proto/*.proto'
+              - 'tools/**'
+              - 'config/**'
+              - 'bootstrap.sh'
+              - 'examples/**'
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        if: steps.skip-workflow.outputs.skip-workflow == 'false' && steps.changes.outputs.end_to_end == 'true'
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.22.3
+
+      - name: Tune the OS
+        if: steps.skip-workflow.outputs.skip-workflow == 'false' && steps.changes.outputs.end_to_end == 'true'
+        run: |
+          echo '1024 65535' | sudo tee -a /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
+
+      - name: Get dependencies
+        if: steps.skip-workflow.outputs.skip-workflow == 'false' && steps.changes.outputs.end_to_end == 'true'
+        run: |
+          # Install everything we need, and configure
+          sudo apt-get install -y make unzip g++ etcd curl git wget eatmydata
+          go mod download
+
+      - name: Run make minimaltools
+        if: steps.skip-workflow.outputs.skip-workflow == 'false' && steps.changes.outputs.end_to_end == 'true'
+        run: |
+          make minimaltools
+
+      - name: Build
+        if: steps.skip-workflow.outputs.skip-workflow == 'false' && steps.changes.outputs.end_to_end == 'true'
+        run: |
+          make build
+
+      - name: Install kubectl & kind
+        if: steps.skip-workflow.outputs.skip-workflow == 'false' && steps.changes.outputs.end_to_end == 'true'
+        run: |
+          make install_kubectl_kind
+
+      - name: vtop_example
+        if: steps.skip-workflow.outputs.skip-workflow == 'false' && steps.changes.outputs.end_to_end == 'true'
+        timeout-minutes: 60
+        run: |
+          source build.env
+          eatmydata -- go run test.go -docker=false -skip-build -print-log -follow -retry=1 -timeout=60m vtop_example
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diff --git a/test/config.json b/test/config.json
index 2e612e57ca5..294d623ba5e 100644
--- a/test/config.json
+++ b/test/config.json
@@ -1175,6 +1175,17 @@
 			"RetryMax": 1,
 			"Tags": []
 		},
+		"vtop_example": {
+			"File": "",
+			"Args": [],
+			"Command": [
+				"test/vtop_example.sh"
+			],
+			"Manual": false,
+			"Shard": "",
+			"RetryMax": 1,
+			"Tags": []
+		},
 		"vtorc_primary_failure": {
 			"File": "unused.go",
 			"Args": ["vitess.io/vitess/go/test/endtoend/vtorc/primaryfailure"],