diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index bb01c1f07..bce65182e 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
             cd BTCPayServer.Tests
             docker-compose down --v
             docker-compose build
-            docker-compose run tests
+            docker-compose run -e TESTS_RUN_EXTERNAL_INTEGRATION=true tests
 
   # publish jobs require $DOCKERHUB_REPO, $DOCKERHUB_USER, $DOCKERHUB_PASS defined
   publish_docker_linuxamd64:
diff --git a/BTCPayServer.Tests/StorageTests.cs b/BTCPayServer.Tests/StorageTests.cs
index f069e5757..6360a7834 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer.Tests/StorageTests.cs
+++ b/BTCPayServer.Tests/StorageTests.cs
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Tests
 
         private static string GetFromSecrets(string key)
         {
+            var connStr = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable($"TESTS_{key}");
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(connStr) && connStr != "none")
+                return connStr;
             var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder();
             builder.AddUserSecrets("AB0AC1DD-9D26-485B-9416-56A33F268117");
             var config = builder.Build();
diff --git a/BTCPayServer.Tests/docker-compose.yml b/BTCPayServer.Tests/docker-compose.yml
index c23762f4d..6e5a778f6 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer.Tests/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/BTCPayServer.Tests/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ services:
       TESTS_MYSQL: User ID=root;Host=mysql;Port=3306;Database=btcpayserver
       TESTS_PORT: 80
       TESTS_HOSTNAME: tests
+      TESTS_RUN_EXTERNAL_INTEGRATION: ${TESTS_RUN_EXTERNAL_INTEGRATION:-false}
+      TESTS_AzureBlobStorageConnectionString: ${TESTS_AzureBlobStorageConnectionString:-none}
       TEST_MERCHANTLIGHTNINGD: "type=clightning;server=unix://etc/merchant_lightningd_datadir/lightning-rpc"
       TEST_CUSTOMERLIGHTNINGD: "type=clightning;server=unix://etc/customer_lightningd_datadir/lightning-rpc"
       TEST_MERCHANTCHARGE: "type=charge;server=http://lightning-charged:9112/;api-token=foiewnccewuify"
diff --git a/BTCPayServer.Tests/docker-entrypoint.sh b/BTCPayServer.Tests/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 7a7c29dcc..a659d6902 100755
--- a/BTCPayServer.Tests/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/BTCPayServer.Tests/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 
 dotnet test --filter Fast=Fast --no-build
+if [[ "$TESTS_RUN_EXTERNAL_INTEGRATION" == "true" ]]; then
+    dotnet test --filter ExternalIntegration=ExternalIntegration --no-build -v n
+fi
 dotnet test --filter Integration=Integration --no-build -v n