diff --git a/checkov/azure_pipelines/runner.py b/checkov/azure_pipelines/runner.py
index 2ff89a2c38..3925965f08 100644
--- a/checkov/azure_pipelines/runner.py
+++ b/checkov/azure_pipelines/runner.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import os
+import re
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional
 
 from checkov.azure_pipelines.checks.registry import registry
@@ -13,6 +15,24 @@
     from collections.abc import Iterable
 
 
+# File-name suffixes that the runner recognizes as Azure Pipelines configs out
+# of the box. Supplemental suffixes can be supplied via the
+# CHECKOV_AZURE_PIPELINES_FILE_NAMES environment variable as a comma- or
+# whitespace-separated list (e.g. "ci.yml,pr-pipeline.yaml" or
+# ".azuredevops/pr-pipeline.yaml").
+DEFAULT_AZURE_PIPELINES_FILE_NAMES: tuple[str, ...] = (
+    'azure-pipelines.yml',
+    'azure-pipelines.yaml',
+)
+
+
+def _extra_pipelines_file_names() -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    raw = os.environ.get('CHECKOV_AZURE_PIPELINES_FILE_NAMES')
+    if not raw:
+        return ()
+    return tuple(part.strip() for part in re.split(r'[,\s]+', raw) if part.strip())
+
+
 class Runner(YamlRunner):
     check_type = CheckType.AZURE_PIPELINES  # noqa: CCE003  # a static attribute
 
@@ -32,7 +52,8 @@ def _parse_file(
 
     @staticmethod
     def is_workflow_file(file_path: str) -> bool:
-        return file_path.endswith(('azure-pipelines.yml', 'azure-pipelines.yaml'))
+        suffixes = DEFAULT_AZURE_PIPELINES_FILE_NAMES + _extra_pipelines_file_names()
+        return file_path.endswith(suffixes)
 
     def get_resource(self, file_path: str, key: str, supported_entities: Iterable[str],
                      start_line: int = -1, end_line: int = -1, graph_resource: bool = False) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/azure_pipelines/test_is_workflow_file.py b/tests/azure_pipelines/test_is_workflow_file.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b14cdac4a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/azure_pipelines/test_is_workflow_file.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import unittest
+from unittest import mock
+
+from checkov.azure_pipelines.runner import (
+    DEFAULT_AZURE_PIPELINES_FILE_NAMES,
+    Runner,
+    _extra_pipelines_file_names,
+)
+
+
+class TestIsWorkflowFile(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Coverage for the file-name detection logic exercised by
+    ``Runner.is_workflow_file`` after introducing
+    ``CHECKOV_AZURE_PIPELINES_FILE_NAMES``."""
+
+    def test_default_file_names_are_recognized(self):
+        for name in DEFAULT_AZURE_PIPELINES_FILE_NAMES:
+            self.assertTrue(Runner.is_workflow_file(name))
+            self.assertTrue(Runner.is_workflow_file(f"path/to/{name}"))
+
+    def test_unrelated_yaml_is_not_recognized(self):
+        self.assertFalse(Runner.is_workflow_file("some-other-pipeline.yml"))
+        self.assertFalse(Runner.is_workflow_file(".github/workflows/ci.yml"))
+
+    def test_extra_file_names_via_env_var_comma(self):
+        env = {"CHECKOV_AZURE_PIPELINES_FILE_NAMES": "ci.yml,pr-pipeline.yaml"}
+        with mock.patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=False):
+            self.assertTrue(Runner.is_workflow_file("ci.yml"))
+            self.assertTrue(Runner.is_workflow_file(".azuredevops/pr-pipeline.yaml"))
+            # Defaults still work
+            self.assertTrue(Runner.is_workflow_file("azure-pipelines.yml"))
+            # Unrelated names still rejected
+            self.assertFalse(Runner.is_workflow_file("foo.yml"))
+
+    def test_extra_file_names_via_env_var_whitespace(self):
+        env = {"CHECKOV_AZURE_PIPELINES_FILE_NAMES": "ci.yml  pr-pipeline.yaml\tnightly.yml"}
+        with mock.patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=False):
+            for name in ("ci.yml", "pr-pipeline.yaml", "nightly.yml"):
+                self.assertTrue(Runner.is_workflow_file(name), msg=name)
+
+    def test_empty_env_var_falls_back_to_defaults(self):
+        env = {"CHECKOV_AZURE_PIPELINES_FILE_NAMES": ""}
+        with mock.patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=False):
+            self.assertEqual(_extra_pipelines_file_names(), ())
+            self.assertTrue(Runner.is_workflow_file("azure-pipelines.yml"))
+            self.assertFalse(Runner.is_workflow_file("ci.yml"))
+
+    def test_env_var_with_only_separators_yields_no_extras(self):
+        env = {"CHECKOV_AZURE_PIPELINES_FILE_NAMES": " , ,\t  "}
+        with mock.patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=False):
+            self.assertEqual(_extra_pipelines_file_names(), ())
+
+    def test_env_var_does_not_persist_across_unset(self):
+        env = {"CHECKOV_AZURE_PIPELINES_FILE_NAMES": "ci.yml"}
+        with mock.patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=False):
+            self.assertTrue(Runner.is_workflow_file("ci.yml"))
+        # After the env var is gone, the extra suffix should no longer match.
+        self.assertFalse(Runner.is_workflow_file("ci.yml"))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()