diff --git a/app/models/ci/runner.rb b/app/models/ci/runner.rb
index b7af33c0480d8910c4253480c5b69e269a14394a..586740a4a2a7a84cea6770971469a4784eb7df9f 100644
--- a/app/models/ci/runner.rb
+++ b/app/models/ci/runner.rb
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ module Ci
       runner_groups.any?
     end
 
+    def project?
+      runner_projects.any?
+    end
+
     def can_pick?(build)
       return false if self.ref_protected? && !build.protected?
 
diff --git a/spec/models/ci/runner_spec.rb b/spec/models/ci/runner_spec.rb
index a073af7c4b28874acfb810edcd1da342810b26be..308db9e8e688869c9cd24006da1ac97688e62a45 100644
--- a/spec/models/ci/runner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/ci/runner_spec.rb
@@ -660,9 +660,7 @@ describe Ci::Runner do
   describe 'group?' do
     it 'returns false when the runner is a project runner' do
       project = create :project
-      runner = create(:ci_runner, description: 'Project runner').tap do |r|
-        create :ci_runner_project, runner: r, project: project
-      end
+      runner = create :ci_runner, description: 'Project runner', projects: [project]
 
       expect(runner.group?).to be false
     end
@@ -680,4 +678,26 @@ describe Ci::Runner do
       expect(runner.group?).to be true
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'project?' do
+    it 'returns false when the runner is a group prunner' do
+      group = create :group
+      runner = create :ci_runner, description: 'Group runner', groups: [group]
+
+      expect(runner.project?).to be false
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false when the runner is a shared runner' do
+      runner = create :ci_runner, :shared, description: 'Shared runner'
+
+      expect(runner.project?).to be false
+    end
+
+    it 'returns true when the runner is assigned to a project' do
+      project = create :project
+      runner = create :ci_runner, description: 'Group runner', projects: [project]
+
+      expect(runner.project?).to be true
+    end
+  end
 end