diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79d02cf740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+before_script:
+ - apt-get update -qq
+ - apt-get install -y -qq flex bison libglib2.0-dev libpixman-1-dev genisoimage
+
+build-system1:
+ script:
+ - apt-get install -y -qq libgtk-3-dev libvte-dev nettle-dev libcacard-dev
+      libusb-dev libvde-dev libspice-protocol-dev libgl1-mesa-dev
+ - ./configure --enable-werror --target-list="aarch64-softmmu alpha-softmmu
+      cris-softmmu hppa-softmmu lm32-softmmu moxie-softmmu microblazeel-softmmu
+      mips64el-softmmu m68k-softmmu ppc-softmmu riscv64-softmmu sparc-softmmu"
+ - make -j2
+ - make -j2 check
+
+build-system2:
+ script:
+ - apt-get install -y -qq libsdl2-dev libgcrypt-dev libbrlapi-dev libaio-dev
+      libfdt-dev liblzo2-dev librdmacm-dev libibverbs-dev libibumad-dev
+ - ./configure --enable-werror --target-list="tricore-softmmu unicore32-softmmu
+      microblaze-softmmu mips-softmmu riscv32-softmmu s390x-softmmu sh4-softmmu
+      sparc64-softmmu x86_64-softmmu xtensa-softmmu nios2-softmmu or1k-softmmu"
+ - make -j2
+ - make -j2 check
+
+build-disabled:
+ script:
+ - ./configure --enable-werror --disable-rdma --disable-slirp --disable-curl
+      --disable-capstone --disable-live-block-migration --disable-glusterfs
+      --disable-replication --disable-coroutine-pool --disable-smartcard
+      --disable-guest-agent --disable-curses --disable-libxml2 --disable-tpm
+      --disable-qom-cast-debug --disable-spice --disable-vhost-vsock
+      --disable-vhost-net --disable-vhost-crypto --disable-vhost-user
+      --target-list="i386-softmmu ppc64-softmmu mips64-softmmu i386-linux-user"
+ - make -j2
+ - make -j2 check-qtest SPEED=slow
+
+build-tcg-disabled:
+ script:
+ - apt-get install -y -qq clang libgtk-3-dev libbluetooth-dev libusb-dev
+ - ./configure --cc=clang --enable-werror --disable-tcg --audio-drv-list=""
+ - make -j2
+ - make check-unit
+ - make check-qapi-schema
+ - cd tests/qemu-iotests/
+ - ./check -raw 001 002 003 004 005 008 009 010 011 012 021 025 032 033 048
+            052 063 077 086 101 104 106 113 147 148 150 151 152 157 159 160
+            163 170 171 183 184 192 194 197 205 208 215 221 222 226 227 236
+ - ./check -qcow2 001 002 003 004 005 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 017 018 019
+            020 021 022 024 025 027 028 029 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038
+            039 040 042 043 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 056 057 058
+            060 061 062 063 065 066 067 068 069 071 072 073 074 079 080 082
+            085 086 089 090 091 095 096 097 098 099 102 103 104 105 107 108
+            110 111 114 117 120 122 124 126 127 129 130 132 133 134 137 138
+            139 140 141 142 143 144 145 147 150 151 152 154 155 156 157 158
+            161 165 170 172 174 176 177 179 184 186 187 190 192 194 195 196
+            197 200 202 203 205 208 209 214 215 216 217 218 222 226 227 229 234
+
+build-user:
+ script:
+ - ./configure --enable-werror --disable-system --disable-guest-agent
+               --disable-capstone --disable-slirp --disable-fdt
+ - make -j2
+ - make run-tcg-tests-i386-linux-user run-tcg-tests-x86_64-linux-user
+
+build-clang:
+ script:
+ - apt-get install -y -qq clang libsdl2-dev
+      xfslibs-dev libiscsi-dev libnfs-dev libseccomp-dev gnutls-dev librbd-dev
+ - ./configure --cc=clang --cxx=clang++ --enable-werror
+      --target-list="alpha-softmmu arm-softmmu m68k-softmmu mips64-softmmu
+                     ppc-softmmu s390x-softmmu x86_64-softmmu arm-linux-user"
+ - make -j2
+ - make -j2 check
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index b1d786cfd8..c6f2976c18 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2479,6 +2479,11 @@ S: Maintained
 F: .cirrus.yml
 W: https://cirrus-ci.com/github/qemu/qemu
 
+GitLab Continuous Integration
+M: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
+S: Maintained
+F: .gitlab-ci.yml
+
 Guest Test Compilation Support
 M: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
 R: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
