diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 3912071b..451e4d06 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ^.*\.Rproj$
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 ^\.github$
+^\.gitlab-ci\.yml$
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0395b005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+
+include:
+  - project: 'nest/automation/gitlab-shared-library'
+    ref: main
+    file: R/R_NEST_min.gitlab-ci.yml
\ No newline at end of file