diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/monitoring-plugin/openshift-monitoring-plugin-main.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/monitoring-plugin/openshift-monitoring-plugin-main.yaml
index b9558201bfdab..47ce0104862ef 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/monitoring-plugin/openshift-monitoring-plugin-main.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/monitoring-plugin/openshift-monitoring-plugin-main.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ resources:
       cpu: 1000m
       memory: 8Gi
 tests:
+- as: go-tests
+  commands: |
+    make test-backend lint-backend && git diff --exit-code
+  container:
+    from: src
 - as: lint
   commands: |
     make lint-frontend
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/monitoring-plugin/openshift-monitoring-plugin-main-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/monitoring-plugin/openshift-monitoring-plugin-main-presubmits.yaml
index ab32a21baee9c..02836c0b1e16e 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/monitoring-plugin/openshift-monitoring-plugin-main-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/monitoring-plugin/openshift-monitoring-plugin-main-presubmits.yaml
@@ -1062,6 +1062,67 @@ presubmits:
         secret:
           secretName: result-aggregator
     trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )e2e-virtualization,?($|\s.*)
+  - agent: kubernetes
+    always_run: true
+    branches:
+    - ^main$
+    - ^main-
+    cluster: build08
+    context: ci/prow/go-tests
+    decorate: true
+    labels:
+      ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+      pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
+    name: pull-ci-openshift-monitoring-plugin-main-go-tests
+    rerun_command: /test go-tests
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+        - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+        - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+        - --target=go-tests
+        command:
+        - ci-operator
+        env:
+        - name: HTTP_SERVER_IP
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: status.podIP
+        image: quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org/openshift/ci:ci_ci-operator_latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: ""
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 8080
+          name: http
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+          name: gcs-credentials
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /secrets/manifest-tool
+          name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+          name: pull-secret
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/report
+          name: result-aggregator
+          readOnly: true
+      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+      volumes:
+      - name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+        secret:
+          secretName: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+      - name: pull-secret
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+      - name: result-aggregator
+        secret:
+          secretName: result-aggregator
+    trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )go-tests,?($|\s.*)
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: true
     branches: