diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 32cfcd681..acebe558a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ before_script:
   - sed -i "1{s/-2) /$suffix) /}" debian/changelog
   - sed -i 's/3.0 (quilt)/3.0 (native)/' debian/source/format
 
+autopkgtest:
+  stage: build
+  image: buildpkg/debian:buster
+  script:
+    - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR
+    - env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -q -y install --no-install-recommends aspcud apt-cudf pkg-perl-autopkgtest
+    - env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -q -y --solver aspcud -o APT::Solver::Strict-Pinning=0 -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes build-dep .
+    - make
+    - make -j8 autopkgtest
+
 build_stretch:
   image: buildpkg/debian:stretch
   <<: *job_build