diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38499863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+gcc-c++11:
+  script: "CI/ci-linux.sh gcc C++11"
+
+clang-c++11:
+  script: "CI/ci-linux.sh clang C++11"
+
+gcc-c++98:
+  script: "CI/ci-linux.sh gcc C++98"
+
+clang-c++98:
+  script: "CI/ci-linux.sh clang C++98"
+
diff --git a/CI/ci-linux.sh b/CI/ci-linux.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7af6bdee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CI/ci-linux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+COMPILER=$1
+LANGUAGE=$2
+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+OPTIONS=""
+
+if [ "$COMPILER" == "gcc" ]; then
+  echo "Building with GCC";
+elif [ "$COMPILER" == "clang" ]; then
+
+  OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang"
+  echo "Building with CLANG";
+fi  
+
+if [ "$LANGUAGE" == "C++98" ]; then
+  echo "Building with C++98";
+elif [ "$LANGUAGE" == "C++11" ]; then
+  echo "Building with C++11";
+  OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-std=c++11' "
+fi  
+
+#########################################
+
+# Make release build folder
+if [ ! -d build-release ]; then
+  mkdir build-release
+fi
+
+cd build-release
+
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DOPENMESH_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=TRUE -DSTL_VECTOR_CHECKS=ON -DOPENMESH_BUILD_PYTHON_UNIT_TESTS=ON $OPTIONS ../
+
+#build it
+make
+
+#build the unit tests
+make unittests
+
+
+#########################################
+# Run Release Unittests
+#########################################
+cd Unittests
+
+#execute tests
+./unittests --gtest_color=yes --gtest_output=xml
+
+cd ..
+
+# Execute Python unittests
+cd Python-Unittests
+python -m unittest discover -v
+
+cd ..
+cd ..
+
+
+#########################################
+# Build Debug version and Unittests
+#########################################
+
+if [ ! -d build-debug ]; then
+  mkdir build-debug
+fi
+
+cd build-debug
+
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DOPENMESH_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=TRUE -DSTL_VECTOR_CHECKS=ON -DOPENMESH_BUILD_PYTHON_UNIT_TESTS=ON $OPTIONS ../
+
+#build the unit tests
+make unittests
+
+
+#########################################
+# Run Debug Unittests
+#########################################
+
+cd Unittests
+
+# Run the unittests
+./unittests --gtest_color=yes --gtest_output=xml
+
+