diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 384e35d3..5634a8eb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ include:
   - local: .gitlab/ci/alpinelinux.yml
   - local: .gitlab/ci/debian-i686.yml
   - local: .gitlab/ci/cifuzz.yml
+  - local: .gitlab/ci/ubuntu.yml
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/ubuntu.yml b/.gitlab/ci/ubuntu.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f58613b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/ubuntu.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+.ubuntu-prep:
+  extends:
+    - .fail_if_coredump_generated
+  before_script:
+    - sudo apt-get -y update
+    - >
+      [ -z "$RUN_SYSTEMD_PLUGIN_TEST" ] ||
+      sudo apt-get -y install -y -qq swtpm meson ninja-build python3-jinja2
+      gperf libcap-dev libtss2-dev libmount-dev swtpm-tools
+    - >
+      sudo apt-get -y install -y -qq git gcc make autoconf automake autopoint
+      pkgconf libtool libtool-bin gettext libssl-dev libdevmapper-dev
+      libpopt-dev uuid-dev libsepol-dev libjson-c-dev libssh-dev libblkid-dev
+      tar libargon2-dev libpwquality-dev sharutils dmsetup jq xxd expect
+      keyutils netcat-openbsd passwd openssh-client sshpass asciidoctor
+    - sudo apt-get -y build-dep cryptsetup
+    - sudo -E git clean -xdf
+    - ./autogen.sh
+    - ./configure --enable-libargon2 --enable-asciidoc
+
+test-mergerq-job-ubuntu:
+  extends:
+    - .ubuntu-prep
+  tags:
+    - libvirt
+    - cryptsetup-ubuntu-2404
+  stage: test
+  interruptible: true
+  variables:
+    DISTRO: cryptsetup-ubuntu-2404
+    RUN_SSH_PLUGIN_TEST: "1"
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_PROJECT_PATH != "cryptsetup/cryptsetup"
+      when: never
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
+  script:
+    - make -j
+    - make -j -C tests check-programs
+    - sudo -E make check
+
+test-main-commit-job-ubuntu:
+  extends:
+    - .ubuntu-prep
+  tags:
+    - libvirt
+    - cryptsetup-ubuntu-2404
+  stage: test
+  interruptible: true
+  variables:
+    DISTRO: cryptsetup-ubuntu-2404
+    RUN_SSH_PLUGIN_TEST: "1"
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_PROJECT_PATH != "cryptsetup/cryptsetup"
+      when: never
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /v2\..\.x$/
+  script:
+    - make -j
+    - make -j -C tests check-programs
+    - sudo -E make check
+
+# meson tests
+test-mergerq-job-ubuntu-meson:
+  extends:
+    - .ubuntu-prep
+  tags:
+    - libvirt
+    - cryptsetup-ubuntu-2404
+  stage: test
+  interruptible: true
+  variables:
+    DISTRO: cryptsetup-ubuntu-2404
+    RUN_SSH_PLUGIN_TEST: "1"
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_PROJECT_PATH != "cryptsetup/cryptsetup"
+      when: never
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
+  script:
+    - sudo apt-get -y install -y -qq meson ninja-build
+    - meson setup build
+    - ninja -C build
+    - cd build && sudo -E meson test --verbose --print-errorlogs
+
+test-main-commit-job-ubuntu-meson:
+  extends:
+    - .ubuntu-prep
+  tags:
+    - libvirt
+    - cryptsetup-ubuntu-2404
+  stage: test
+  interruptible: true
+  variables:
+    DISTRO: cryptsetup-ubuntu-2404
+    RUN_SSH_PLUGIN_TEST: "1"
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_PROJECT_PATH != "cryptsetup/cryptsetup"
+      when: never
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /v2\..\.x$/
+  script:
+    - sudo apt-get -y install -y -qq meson ninja-build
+    - meson setup build
+    - ninja -C build
+    - cd build && sudo -E meson test --verbose --print-errorlogs