diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 247a646f2b1d21a0d290aa779fd0df36a0cf36ea..1e168409c4566de0926bb5cd2ec277f6cebb568c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ variables:
 include:
   - local: '/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-dbg.yml'
   - local: '/.gitlab-ci/clang8-seq-coverage.yml'
+  - local: '/.gitlab-ci/clang8-seq-release.yml'
   - local: '/.gitlab-ci/clang8-mpi-coverage.yml'
   - local: '/.gitlab-ci/clang8-mpi-release.yml'
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/clang8-seq-release.yml b/.gitlab-ci/clang8-seq-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c12c0566457487edbc574efaa67e4ab506ea458b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/clang8-seq-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+build:clang8-seq-release:
+  image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_clang8
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - mkdir -p build/clang8-release-seq
+    - cd build/clang8-release-seq
+    - CXX=clang++-8 CC=clang-8 cmake ../.. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCLANG_FORMAT=/usr/bin/clang-format-8
+    - make pugs
+  cache:
+    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-clang8-release-seq"
+    paths:
+      - build/clang8-release-seq
+    untracked: true
+
+test:clang8-seq-release:
+  image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_clang8
+  stage: test
+  dependencies:
+    - build:clang8-seq-release
+  script:
+    - cd build/clang8-release-seq
+    - make run_unit_tests
+  cache:
+    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-clang8-release-seq"
+    paths:
+      - build/clang8-release-seq
+    untracked: true