diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7677a8b4b..f2fadac7c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -189,6 +189,23 @@ archlinux:
   allow_failure: true
 
 
+centos7:
+  image: centos:centos7
+  stage: build
+  before_script:
+    - pwd
+  script:
+    - yum install -y wget
+    - wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+    - rpm -Uvh epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+    - yum install -y make automake gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel libtool cmake git boost-devel boost-date-time boost-system boost-filesystem boost-thread boost-chrono boost-serialization log4cpp-devel gnuradio-devel blas-devel lapack-devel armadillo-devel gnutls-devel openssl-devel python-mako python-six matio-devel
+    - cd build
+    - cmake ..
+    - make -j2
+    - make check
+    - make install
+
+
 coverity-scan:
   image: ubuntu:xenial
   stage: build