diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index d6d217ca4..6d030be0c 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@
   "use_sentry": "n",
   "use_whitenoise": "n",
   "use_heroku": "n",
-  "use_travisci": "n",
+  "ci_tool": [
+    "None",
+    "Travis",
+    "Gitlab"
+  ],
   "keep_local_envs_in_vcs": "y",
 
   "debug": "n"
diff --git a/docs/project-generation-options.rst b/docs/project-generation-options.rst
index afa9b8aff..ae47b0972 100644
--- a/docs/project-generation-options.rst
+++ b/docs/project-generation-options.rst
@@ -94,8 +94,12 @@ use_heroku:
     Indicates whether the project should be configured so as to be deployable
     to Heroku_.
 
-use_travisci:
-    Indicates whether the project should be configured to use `Travis CI`_.
+ci_tool:
+    Select a CI tool for running tests. The choices are:
+
+    1. None
+    2. Travis_
+    3. Gitlab_
 
 keep_local_envs_in_vcs:
     Indicates whether the project's ``.envs/.local/`` should be kept in VCS
@@ -138,3 +142,6 @@ debug:
 .. _Heroku: https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-python
 
 .. _Travis CI: https://travis-ci.org/
+
+.. _GitLab CI: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/
+
diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 0544f14bc..79c32f9b4 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def remove_heroku_files():
     for file_name in file_names:
         if (
             file_name == "requirements.txt"
-            and "{{ cookiecutter.use_travisci }}".lower() == "y"
+            and "{{ cookiecutter.ci_tool }}".lower() == "travis"
         ):
             # don't remove the file if we are using travisci but not using heroku
             continue
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ def remove_dottravisyml_file():
     os.remove(".travis.yml")
 
 
+def remove_dotgitlabciyml_file():
+    os.remove(".gitlab-ci.yml")
+
+
 def append_to_project_gitignore(path):
     gitignore_file_path = ".gitignore"
     with open(gitignore_file_path, "a") as gitignore_file:
@@ -349,9 +353,12 @@ def main():
         if "{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}".lower() == "y":
             remove_celery_compose_dirs()
 
-    if "{{ cookiecutter.use_travisci }}".lower() == "n":
+    if "{{ cookiecutter.ci_tool }}".lower() != "travis":
         remove_dottravisyml_file()
 
+    if "{{ cookiecutter.ci_tool }}".lower() != "gitlab":
+        remove_dotgitlabciyml_file()
+
     print(SUCCESS + "Project initialized, keep up the good work!" + TERMINATOR)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
index f931bce06..8c2f71fe8 100755
--- a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
+++ b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def test_black_passes(cookies, context_combination):
 
 
 def test_travis_invokes_pytest(cookies, context):
-    context.update({"use_travisci": "y"})
+    context.update({"ci_tool": "Travis"})
     result = cookies.bake(extra_context=context)
 
     assert result.exit_code == 0
@@ -155,6 +155,24 @@ def test_travis_invokes_pytest(cookies, context):
             pytest.fail(e)
 
 
+def test_gitlab_invokes_flake8_and_pytest(cookies, context):
+    context.update({"ci_tool": "Gitlab"})
+    result = cookies.bake(extra_context=context)
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert result.exception is None
+    assert result.project.basename == context["project_slug"]
+    assert result.project.isdir()
+
+    with open(f"{result.project}/.gitlab-ci.yml", "r") as gitlab_yml:
+        try:
+            gitlab_config = yaml.load(gitlab_yml)
+            assert gitlab_config["flake8"]["script"] == ["flake8"]
+            assert gitlab_config["pytest"]["script"] == ["pytest"]
+        except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+            pytest.fail(e)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("slug", ["project slug", "Project_Slug"])
 def test_invalid_slug(cookies, context, slug):
     """Invalid slug should failed pre-generation hook."""
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15ff73b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+stages:
+  - lint
+  - test
+
+variables:
+  POSTGRES_USER: '{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}'
+  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ''
+  POSTGRES_DB: 'test_{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}'
+
+flake8:
+  stage: lint
+  image: python:3.7-alpine
+  before_script:
+    - pip install -q flake8
+  script:
+    - flake8
+
+pytest:
+  stage: test
+  image: python:3.7
+  tags:
+    - docker
+  services:
+    - postgres:11
+  variables:
+    DATABASE_URL: pgsql://$POSTGRES_USER:$POSTGRES_PASSWORD@postgres/$POSTGRES_DB
+
+  before_script:
+    - pip install -r requirements/local.txt
+
+  script:
+    - pytest
+