diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 90d5ec78f..08abe3eac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ bin/*
 /tmp/*
 src/Chill/CustomFieldsBundle/vendor/*
 bootstrap.php.cache
+#the file created by composer to store creds
+auth.json
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f2233cb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+services:
+   - chill/database:latest
+ 
+before_script:
+   - composer config github-oauth.github.com $GITHUB_TOKEN
+   - composer install --no-interaction
+   - cp Tests/Fixtures/App/app/config/parameters.gitlab-ci.yml Tests/Fixtures/App/app/config/parameters.yml
+   - ./console.sh --env=test cache:warmup
+   - ./console.sh doctrine:migrations:migrate --env=test --no-interaction
+   - ./console.sh doctrine:fixtures:load --env=test --no-interaction
+
+test:php-5.6:
+   stage: test
+   script: phpunit --testdox
+test:php-7:
+   stage: test
+   script: phpunit --testdox
diff --git a/Tests/Fixtures/App/app/config/parameters.gitlab-ci.yml b/Tests/Fixtures/App/app/config/parameters.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e3b75daf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Fixtures/App/app/config/parameters.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+parameters:
+    database_host: chill__database
+    database_port: 5432
+    database_name: postgres
+    database_user: postgres
+    database_password: postgres
+    locale: fr