diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
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+# the following block is needed for the shared Docker-based runner
+image: docker:latest # docker client
+variables:
+  DOCKER_DRIVER: "overlay" # recommended for docker-in-docker, needs overlay kernel module loaded on host
+services:
+  - docker:dind # enable docker-in-docker
+before_script:
+  - apk add --update bash coreutils # install industrial_ci dependencies
+
+indigo:
+  script: ./gitlab.sh
+  variables:
+    ROS_DISTRO: "indigo"
+jade:
+  script: ./gitlab.sh
+  variables:
+    ROS_DISTRO: "jade"
+    PRERELEASE: "true"
+    PRERELEASE_REPONAME: "std_msgs"
+kinetic:
+  script: ./gitlab.sh
+  variables:
+    ROS_DISTRO: "kinetic"
diff --git a/gitlab.sh b/gitlab.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2016, Isaac I. Y. Saito
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file remains as "travis.sh" at the top directory of industrial_ci repository only to keep backward compatibility between version 0.2.2 and the newer.
+
+# 2016/05/18 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/59895/can-a-bash-script-tell-what-directory-its-stored-in
+DIR_THIS="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+export TARGET_REPO_PATH=$CI_PROJECT_DIR
+export TARGET_REPO_NAME=$CI_PROJECT_NAME
+export _DO_NOT_FOLD=true
+
+bash $DIR_THIS/industrial_ci/src/ci_main.sh