diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
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+image: ebassi/gitlab-glib:latest
+
+stages:
+  - build
+
+build-job:
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - meson --prefix /usr --libdir /usr/lib64 --buildtype debug --werror -Dsystemtap=true -Ddtrace=true _build .
+    - cd _build
+    - ninja
+    - meson test
+  except:
+    - tags
+  artifacts:
+    when: on_failure
+    name: "glib-_${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
+    paths:
+      - "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/_build/meson-logs"
+
+dist-job:
+  stage: build
+  only:
+    - tags
+  script:
+    - meson --prefix /usr --libdir /usr/lib64 --buildtype release -Dgtk_doc=true -Dman=true _build .
+    - cd _build
+    - ninja dist
+    - ninja glib-doc
+    - tar -c -f "glib-docs-$CI_COMMIT_TAG.tar.xz" -C docs/reference/glib html
+    - tar -c -f "gobject-docs-$CI_COMMIT_TAG.tar.xz" -C docs/reference/gobject html
+    - tar -c -f "gio-docs-$CI_COMMIT_TAG.tar.xz" -C docs/reference/gio html
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/_build/glib-docs.tar.xz"
+      - "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/_build/gobject-docs.tar.xz"
+      - "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/_build/gio-docs.tar.xz"
+      - "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/_build/meson-dist/glib-*.tar.xz"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/Dockerfile b/.gitlab-ci/Dockerfile
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+FROM fedora:27
+
+RUN dnf -y install \
+    desktop-file-utils \
+    elfutils-libelf-devel \
+    gcc \
+    gcc-c++ \
+    gettext \
+    git \
+    glibc-devel \
+    glibc-headers \
+    gtk-doc \
+    itstool \
+    libattr-devel \
+    libffi-devel \
+    libmount-devel \
+    libselinux-devel \
+    libxslt \
+    meson \
+    pcre-devel \
+    systemtap-sdt-devel \
+    zlib-devel
+
+ARG HOST_USER_ID=5555
+ENV HOST_USER_ID ${HOST_USER_ID}
+RUN useradd -u $HOST_USER_ID -ms /bin/bash user
+
+USER user
+WORKDIR /home/user
+
+ENV LANG C.utf8
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/run-docker.sh b/.gitlab-ci/run-docker.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+sudo docker build --build-arg HOST_USER_ID="$UID" --tag "gitlab-glib" \
+    --file "Dockerfile" .
+sudo docker run --rm \
+    --volume "$(pwd)/..:/home/user/app" --workdir "/home/user/app" \
+    --tty --interactive "gitlab-glib" bash