diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d49bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+stages:
+        - check
+        - release
+
+build:
+        stage: check
+        image: registry.gitlab.com/wolutator/base-build-env:latest
+        tags:
+                - hottis
+                - linux
+                - docker
+        script:
+                - for I in *.py; do python -m py_compile $I; done
+                - for I in *.py; do python -m pycodestyle $I; done
+
+release:
+        stage: release
+        image: registry.gitlab.com/wolutator/base-build-env
+        tags:
+                - hottis
+                - linux
+                - docker
+        only:
+                - master
+        script:
+                - python gitlabreleaseuploader.py -p $PRIVATE_TOKEN -i $CI_PROJECT_ID -u $CI_PROJECT_URL
+                  -f gitlabreleaseuploader.py -F info.json -T $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+
diff --git a/gitlabreleaseuploader.py b/gitlabreleaseuploader.py
index 1cc56ca..bf39062 100755
--- a/gitlabreleaseuploader.py
+++ b/gitlabreleaseuploader.py
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ if (releaseInfoFilename):
     if 'releaseTagTarget' in releaseInfo:
         releaseTagTarget = releaseInfo['releaseTagTarget']
     if 'createReleaseTag' in releaseInfo:
-        createReleaseTag = (releaseInfo['createReleaseTag'] in ('true', 'True'))
+        createReleaseTag = (releaseInfo['createReleaseTag'] in
+                            ('true', 'True'))
     if 'description' in releaseInfo:
         releaseDescription = releaseInfo['description']
 
@@ -109,14 +110,10 @@ uploadResultJson = json.loads(uploadResult.text)
 
 # --- create release tag
 if createReleaseTag:
-    createReleaseTagUrl = "%s/api/v4//projects/%s/repository/tags" % (instanceUrl, projectId)
-    headers = {"PRIVATE-TOKEN": privateToken, "Content-Type": "application/json"}
-
-    # id (required) - The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
-    # tag_name (required) - The name of a tag
-    # ref (required) - Create tag using commit SHA, another tag name, or branch name.
-    # message (optional) - Creates annotated tag.
-    # release_description (optional) - Add release notes to the git tag and store it in the GitLab database.
+    createReleaseTagUrl =
+    "%s/api/v4//projects/%s/repository/tags" % (instanceUrl, projectId)
+    headers = {"PRIVATE-TOKEN": privateToken,
+               "Content-Type": "application/json"}
 
     payloadCreateReleaseTag = {
         "tag_name": releaseTag,
@@ -125,8 +122,9 @@ if createReleaseTag:
         "message": "Tag for release %s" % releaseName
     }
 
-    createReleaseTagResult = requests.post(createReleaseTagUrl, headers=headers,
-                                        data=json.dumps(payloadCreateReleaseTag))
+    createReleaseTagResult =
+    requests.post(createReleaseTagUrl, headers=headers,
+                  data=json.dumps(payloadCreateReleaseTag))
 
     if createReleaseTagResult.status_code != 201:
         print(createReleaseTagResult)
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b0eda7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Release Uploader for Gitlab
+===========================
+
+Creating releases on Gitlab seems to work only via the REST API.
+
+This Python script handles the upload of a release file, the creation of
+the required release tag in the repository and the creation of the actual
+release referring to both the tag and the file.
+
+It supports commandline options and an input file, adjusted to be used in
+Gitlab CI scripts.
+