diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1f98e91bb28247f9989adfbc87b433afdf5f56a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+image: "registry.gitlab.e.foundation:5000/e/apps/docker-android-apps-cicd:latest"
+
+stages:
+- build
+
+before_script:
+- export GRADLE_USER_HOME=$(pwd)/.gradle
+- chmod +x ./gradlew
+
+cache:
+  key: ${CI_PROJECT_ID}
+  paths:
+  - .gradle/
+
+build:
+  stage: build
+  script:
+  - ./gradlew build -x test
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+    - app/build/outputs/apk
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 33b771a80831487b6a465fbfa12810bfb6aa68bc..0fbe5207241c7eb83b5264283d79a02f4e252a72 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ android {
 
     lintOptions {
         checkReleaseBuilds false
+        abortOnError false
     }
 
     // needed to use android.test package (ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2 etc) when targetting sdk 28 (Android 9) -