diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3a07816f21e4eaaf0420cff7d211dc08b079af3d..d25e4aafbc1766db8258b06645e6f6163055c4a4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,33 +6,8 @@ stages:
 variables:
   CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE: 1
 
-build:gcc8-seq-dbg:
-  image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_gcc8
-  stage: build
-  script:
-    - mkdir -p build/gcc8-dbg
-    - cd build/gcc8-dbg
-    - CXX=g++-8 CC=gcc-8 cmake ../.. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
-    - make pugs
-  cache:
-    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-gcc8-dbg"
-    paths:
-      - build/gcc8-dbg
-    untracked: true
-
-test:gcc8-seq-dbg:
-  image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_gcc8
-  stage: test
-  dependencies:
-    - build:gcc8-seq-dbg
-  script:
-    - cd build/gcc8-dbg
-    - make run_unit_tests
-  cache:
-    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-gcc8-dbg"
-    paths:
-      - build/gcc8-dbg
-    untracked: true
+include:
+  - local: '/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-dbg.yml'
 
 build:clang8-seq-coverage:
   image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_clang8
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-dbg.yml b/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-dbg.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5ed3909e1db73476a035429bf31f0744ff701b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-dbg.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+build:gcc8-seq-dbg:
+  image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_gcc8
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - mkdir -p build/gcc8-dbg
+    - cd build/gcc8-dbg
+    - CXX=g++-8 CC=gcc-8 cmake ../.. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
+    - make pugs
+  cache:
+    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-gcc8-dbg"
+    paths:
+      - build/gcc8-dbg
+    untracked: true
+
+test:gcc8-seq-dbg:
+  image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_gcc8
+  stage: test
+  dependencies:
+    - build:gcc8-seq-dbg
+  script:
+    - cd build/gcc8-dbg
+    - make run_unit_tests
+  cache:
+    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-gcc8-dbg"
+    paths:
+      - build/gcc8-dbg
+    untracked: true