diff --git a/Testcontainers.sln b/Testcontainers.sln
index 9595905ed..e0c1aaee9 100644
--- a/Testcontainers.sln
+++ b/Testcontainers.sln
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
 # Visual Studio Version 17
 VisualStudioVersion = 17.0.31903.59
 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Testcontainers.Tests", "tes
 EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Testcontainers.WebDriver.Tests", "tests\Testcontainers.WebDriver.Tests\Testcontainers.WebDriver.Tests.csproj", "{EBA72C3B-57D5-43FF-A5B4-3D55B3B6D4C2}"
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Testcontainers.Gitlab", "src\Testcontainers.Gitlab\Testcontainers.Gitlab.csproj", "{B3857615-7DD1-41D2-BA74-938DA4469E5E}"
+EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests", "tests\Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests\Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests.csproj", "{185C65BB-0F79-40D0-A940-7CBE7C8E6A30}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -568,6 +572,14 @@ Global
 		{EBA72C3B-57D5-43FF-A5B4-3D55B3B6D4C2}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{EBA72C3B-57D5-43FF-A5B4-3D55B3B6D4C2}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{EBA72C3B-57D5-43FF-A5B4-3D55B3B6D4C2}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{B3857615-7DD1-41D2-BA74-938DA4469E5E}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{B3857615-7DD1-41D2-BA74-938DA4469E5E}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{B3857615-7DD1-41D2-BA74-938DA4469E5E}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{B3857615-7DD1-41D2-BA74-938DA4469E5E}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{185C65BB-0F79-40D0-A940-7CBE7C8E6A30}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{185C65BB-0F79-40D0-A940-7CBE7C8E6A30}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{185C65BB-0F79-40D0-A940-7CBE7C8E6A30}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{185C65BB-0F79-40D0-A940-7CBE7C8E6A30}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(NestedProjects) = preSolution
 		{5365F780-0E6C-41F0-B1B9-7DC34368F80C} = {673F23AE-7694-4BB9-ABD4-136D6C13634E}
@@ -661,5 +673,7 @@ Global
 		{1A1983E6-5297-435F-B467-E8E1F11277D6} = {7164F1FB-7F24-444A-ACD2-2C329C2B3CCF}
 		{27CDB869-A150-4593-958F-6F26E5391E7C} = {7164F1FB-7F24-444A-ACD2-2C329C2B3CCF}
 		{EBA72C3B-57D5-43FF-A5B4-3D55B3B6D4C2} = {7164F1FB-7F24-444A-ACD2-2C329C2B3CCF}
+		{B3857615-7DD1-41D2-BA74-938DA4469E5E} = {673F23AE-7694-4BB9-ABD4-136D6C13634E}
+		{185C65BB-0F79-40D0-A940-7CBE7C8E6A30} = {7164F1FB-7F24-444A-ACD2-2C329C2B3CCF}
 	EndGlobalSection
 EndGlobal
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/.editorconfig b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f066619d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+root = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/GitlabBuilder.cs b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/GitlabBuilder.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..571d75df6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/GitlabBuilder.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+namespace Testcontainers.Gitlab;
+
+/// <inheritdoc cref="ContainerBuilder{TBuilderEntity, TContainerEntity, TConfigurationEntity}" />
+[PublicAPI]
+public sealed class GitlabBuilder : ContainerBuilder<GitlabBuilder, GitlabContainer, GitlabConfiguration>
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This is the default image for gitlab community edition in version 16.11.1 .
+    /// </summary>
+    public const string GitlabImage = "gitlab/gitlab-ce:16.11.1-ce.0";
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This port is used for http communication to gitlab instance.
+    /// </summary>
+
+    public const ushort GitlabHttpPort = 80;
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This port is used for ssh communication to gitlab instance.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const ushort GitlabSshPort = 22;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GitlabBuilder" /> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    public GitlabBuilder()
+        : this(new GitlabConfiguration())
+    {
+        DockerResourceConfiguration = Init().DockerResourceConfiguration;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GitlabBuilder" /> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="resourceConfiguration">The Docker resource configuration.</param>
+    private GitlabBuilder(GitlabConfiguration resourceConfiguration)
+        : base(resourceConfiguration)
+    {
+        DockerResourceConfiguration = resourceConfiguration;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    protected override GitlabConfiguration DockerResourceConfiguration { get; }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override GitlabContainer Build()
+    {
+        Validate();
+        return new GitlabContainer(DockerResourceConfiguration);
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    protected override GitlabBuilder Init()
+    {
+        return base.Init()
+            .WithImage(GitlabImage)
+            .WithPortBinding(GitlabHttpPort, true)
+            .WithPortBinding(GitlabSshPort, true)
+            .WithEnvironment("GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD", DockerResourceConfiguration.Password)
+            .WithWaitStrategy(Wait.ForUnixContainer()
+               .UntilPortIsAvailable(80)
+               .UntilPortIsAvailable(22)
+               .UntilContainerIsHealthy()
+               .UntilHttpRequestIsSucceeded(request => request.ForPath("/users/sign_in").ForStatusCode(HttpStatusCode.OK)));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sets the Gitlab password.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="password">The Gitlab password.</param>
+    /// <returns>A configured instance of <see cref="GitlabBuilder" />.</returns>
+    public GitlabBuilder WithPassword(string password)
+    {
+        return Merge(DockerResourceConfiguration, new GitlabConfiguration(password: password));
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    protected override void Validate() => base.Validate();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    protected override GitlabBuilder Clone(IResourceConfiguration<CreateContainerParameters> resourceConfiguration)
+        => Merge(DockerResourceConfiguration, new GitlabConfiguration(resourceConfiguration));
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    protected override GitlabBuilder Clone(IContainerConfiguration resourceConfiguration)
+        => Merge(DockerResourceConfiguration, new GitlabConfiguration(resourceConfiguration));
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    protected override GitlabBuilder Merge(GitlabConfiguration oldValue, GitlabConfiguration newValue)
+        => new(new GitlabConfiguration(oldValue, newValue));
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/GitlabConfiguration.cs b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/GitlabConfiguration.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12accd51b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/GitlabConfiguration.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+namespace Testcontainers.Gitlab;
+
+/// <inheritdoc cref="ContainerConfiguration" />
+[PublicAPI]
+public sealed class GitlabConfiguration : ContainerConfiguration
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GitlabConfiguration" /> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="password">The Gitlab admin password.</param>
+    public GitlabConfiguration(string password)
+    {
+        _password = password;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GitlabConfiguration" /> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    public GitlabConfiguration()
+    {
+        _password = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GitlabConfiguration" /> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="resourceConfiguration">The Docker resource configuration.</param>
+    public GitlabConfiguration(IResourceConfiguration<CreateContainerParameters> resourceConfiguration)
+        : base(resourceConfiguration)
+    {
+        // Passes the configuration upwards to the base implementations to create an updated immutable copy.
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GitlabConfiguration" /> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="resourceConfiguration">The Docker resource configuration.</param>
+    public GitlabConfiguration(IContainerConfiguration resourceConfiguration)
+        : base(resourceConfiguration)
+    {
+        // Passes the configuration upwards to the base implementations to create an updated immutable copy.
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GitlabConfiguration" /> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="resourceConfiguration">The Docker resource configuration.</param>
+    public GitlabConfiguration(GitlabConfiguration resourceConfiguration)
+        : this(new GitlabConfiguration(), resourceConfiguration)
+    {
+        // Passes the configuration upwards to the base implementations to create an updated immutable copy.
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GitlabConfiguration" /> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="oldValue">The old Docker resource configuration.</param>
+    /// <param name="newValue">The new Docker resource configuration.</param>
+    public GitlabConfiguration(GitlabConfiguration oldValue, GitlabConfiguration newValue)
+        : base(oldValue, newValue)
+    {
+        _password = BuildConfiguration.Combine(oldValue.Password, newValue.Password);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the Gitlab admin password.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string Password => _password;
+
+    private readonly string _password;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/GitlabContainer.cs b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/GitlabContainer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..712e0f664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/GitlabContainer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+using Testcontainers.Gitlab.Models;
+using Testcontainers.Gitlab.RegexPatterns;
+
+namespace Testcontainers.Gitlab;
+
+/// <inheritdoc cref="DockerContainer" />
+/// <summary>
+/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GitlabContainer" /> class.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="configuration">The container configuration.</param>
+[PublicAPI]
+public sealed class GitlabContainer(GitlabConfiguration configuration) : DockerContainer(configuration)
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the root password.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string Password => configuration.Password;
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Generate a personal access token.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="pat">The personal access token to create.</param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    /// <exception cref="DataMisalignedException"></exception>
+    public async Task<PersonalAccessToken> GenerateAccessToken(PersonalAccessToken pat)
+    {
+        var scope = "[" + '\'' + pat.Scope.ToString().Replace(", ", "\', \'") + '\'' + "]";
+
+        var command = $"token = User.find_by_username('{pat.User}')" +
+            $".personal_access_tokens" +
+            $".create(name: '{pat.Name}', scopes: {scope}, expires_at: {pat.ExpirationInDays}.days.from_now); " +
+            $"puts token.cleartext_tokens";
+
+        var tokenCommand = new List<string>{
+            { "gitlab-rails" },
+            { "runner" },
+            { command }
+        };
+
+        ExecResult tokenResult = await ExecAsync(tokenCommand);
+
+        string token;
+        if (tokenResult.ExitCode == 0)
+        {
+            var match = GitlabRegex.GitlabPersonalAccessToken.Match(tokenResult.Stdout);
+            token = match.Value;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new DataMisalignedException("Stderr: " + tokenResult.Stderr + "|" + "Stdout: " + tokenResult.Stdout);
+        }
+        pat.TokenInternal = token;
+        return pat;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Generate a personal access token.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="name">Name of the personal access token. If left empty a GUID will be used.</param>
+    /// <param name="user">The name of the user that owns this personal access token.</param>
+    /// <param name="scope">The scope that will be given to the token.</param>
+    /// <param name="expirationInDays">Days until the tokens expires.</param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    public async Task<PersonalAccessToken> GenerateAccessToken(string user, PersonalAccessTokenScopes scope, string name = "", int expirationInDays = 365)
+        => await GenerateAccessToken(new PersonalAccessToken
+        {
+            Name = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name) ? Guid.NewGuid().ToString() : name,
+            User = user,
+            Scope = scope,
+            ExpirationInDays = expirationInDays
+        });
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/Models/PersonalAccessToken.cs b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/Models/PersonalAccessToken.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c7d53576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/Models/PersonalAccessToken.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+namespace Testcontainers.Gitlab.Models;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The personal access token that is used to authenticate against the API from gitlab.
+/// </summary>
+public record PersonalAccessToken
+{
+    /// <param name="name">Name of the personal access token. If left empty a GUID will be used.</param>
+    /// <param name="user">The name of the user that owns this personal access token.</param>
+    /// <param name="scope">The scope that will be given to the token.</param>
+    /// <param name="expirationInDays">Days until the tokens expires.</param>
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Name of the personal access token. If left empty a GUID will be used.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The name of the user that owns this personal access token.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string User { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The scope that will be given to the token.
+    /// </summary>
+    public PersonalAccessTokenScopes Scope { get; set; } = PersonalAccessTokenScopes.None;
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Days until the tokens expires.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int ExpirationInDays { get; set; } = 365;
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Internal token that is used to set the token publically. 
+    /// </summary>
+    internal string TokenInternal { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The token that will be generated.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string Token => TokenInternal;
+}
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/Models/PersonalAccessTokenScopes.cs b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/Models/PersonalAccessTokenScopes.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bf72803e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/Models/PersonalAccessTokenScopes.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+namespace Testcontainers.Gitlab.Models
+{
+    [Flags]
+    public enum PersonalAccessTokenScopes
+    {
+        None = 0,
+        api = 2,
+        read_api = 4,
+        read_user = 8,
+        read_repository = 16,
+        write_repository = 32,
+        read_registry = 64,
+        write_registry = 128,
+        create_runner = 256,
+        ai_features = 512,
+        k8s_proxy = 1024,
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/RegexPatterns/GitlabRegex.cs b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/RegexPatterns/GitlabRegex.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..378965f8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/RegexPatterns/GitlabRegex.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace Testcontainers.Gitlab.RegexPatterns;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// This class contains regex patterns that are used in gitlab.
+/// </summary>
+public static partial class GitlabRegex
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// GitLab Personal Access Token
+    /// </summary>
+    public static Regex GitlabPersonalAccessToken => new(@"glpat-[0-9a-zA-Z_\-]{20}", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Regex Pattern to find the gitlab root password
+    /// </summary>
+    public static Regex GitlabRootPassword => new(@"Password: .*", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/Testcontainers.Gitlab.csproj b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/Testcontainers.Gitlab.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b2ed72c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/Testcontainers.Gitlab.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net8.0;netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1</TargetFrameworks>
+        <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" VersionOverride="2023.3.0" PrivateAssets="All"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <ProjectReference Include="../Testcontainers/Testcontainers.csproj"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/Usings.cs b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/Usings.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e135aab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/Usings.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+global using System;
+global using System.Collections.Generic;
+global using System.IO;
+global using System.Net;
+global using System.Linq;
+global using System.Text;
+global using System.Threading;
+global using System.Threading.Tasks;
+global using Docker.DotNet.Models;
+global using DotNet.Testcontainers;
+global using DotNet.Testcontainers.Builders;
+global using DotNet.Testcontainers.Configurations;
+global using DotNet.Testcontainers.Containers;
+global using JetBrains.Annotations;
+global using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests/.editorconfig b/tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f066619d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+root = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests/GitlabContainerTests.cs b/tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests/GitlabContainerTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da19a02b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests/GitlabContainerTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using Testcontainers.Gitlab.Models;
+using System.Net.Http;
+
+namespace Testcontainers.Gitlab;
+
+public sealed class GitlabContainerTest : IAsyncLifetime
+{
+    private readonly GitlabContainer _gitlabContainer = new GitlabBuilder().Build();
+
+    public Task InitializeAsync()
+    {
+        return _gitlabContainer.StartAsync();
+    }
+
+    public Task DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        return _gitlabContainer.DisposeAsync().AsTask();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    [Trait(nameof(DockerCli.DockerPlatform), nameof(DockerCli.DockerPlatform.Linux))]
+    public async Task GetUser()
+    {
+        var pat = await _gitlabContainer.GenerateAccessToken("root", PersonalAccessTokenScopes.api);
+
+        using var client = new HttpClient();
+        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("PRIVATE-TOKEN", pat.Token);
+        var port = _gitlabContainer.GetMappedPublicPort(80);
+        var result = await client.GetAsync($"http://localhost:{port}/api/v4/user");
+
+        Assert.True(result.IsSuccessStatusCode);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests.csproj b/tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2907edff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <TargetFrameworks>net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+        <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+        <IsPublishable>false</IsPublishable>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="xunit"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <ProjectReference Include="../../src/Testcontainers.Gitlab/Testcontainers.Gitlab.csproj"/>
+        <ProjectReference Include="../Testcontainers.Commons/Testcontainers.Commons.csproj"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests/Usings.cs b/tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests/Usings.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02acb4398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Testcontainers.Gitlab.Tests/Usings.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+global using System.Data;
+global using System.Data.Common;
+global using System.Threading.Tasks;
+global using DotNet.Testcontainers.Commons;
+global using Microsoft.Data.SqlClient;
+global using Xunit;
\ No newline at end of file