diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1e168409c4566de0926bb5cd2ec277f6cebb568c..fc669c4c91bf1439dc42ac91e1b4a9e8ad30c17b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ variables:
 
 include:
   - local: '/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-dbg.yml'
+  - local: '/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-release.yml'
   - local: '/.gitlab-ci/clang8-seq-coverage.yml'
   - local: '/.gitlab-ci/clang8-seq-release.yml'
   - local: '/.gitlab-ci/clang8-mpi-coverage.yml'
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-dbg.yml b/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-dbg.yml
index 5ed3909e1db73476a035429bf31f0744ff701b69..fb3f5d03f3e39955c7d07a20467276d1562878e0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-dbg.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-dbg.yml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ build:gcc8-seq-dbg:
   image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_gcc8
   stage: build
   script:
-    - mkdir -p build/gcc8-dbg
-    - cd build/gcc8-dbg
+    - mkdir -p build/gcc8-seq-dbg
+    - cd build/gcc8-seq-dbg
     - CXX=g++-8 CC=gcc-8 cmake ../.. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
     - make pugs
   cache:
-    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-gcc8-dbg"
+    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-gcc8-seq-dbg"
     paths:
-      - build/gcc8-dbg
+      - build/gcc8-seq-dbg
     untracked: true
 
 test:gcc8-seq-dbg:
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ test:gcc8-seq-dbg:
   dependencies:
     - build:gcc8-seq-dbg
   script:
-    - cd build/gcc8-dbg
+    - cd build/gcc8-seq-dbg
     - make run_unit_tests
   cache:
-    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-gcc8-dbg"
+    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-gcc8-seq-dbg"
     paths:
-      - build/gcc8-dbg
+      - build/gcc8-seq-dbg
     untracked: true
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-release.yml b/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eecb64a126e257bd658001d99b790947d892b14a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+build:gcc8-seq-release:
+  image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_gcc8
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - mkdir -p build/gcc8-seq-release
+    - cd build/gcc8-seq-release
+    - CXX=g++-8 CC=gcc-8 cmake ../.. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+    - make pugs
+  cache:
+    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-gcc8-seq-release"
+    paths:
+      - build/gcc8-seq-release
+    untracked: true
+
+test:gcc8-seq-release:
+  image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_gcc8
+  stage: test
+  dependencies:
+    - build:gcc8-seq-release
+  script:
+    - cd build/gcc8-seq-release
+    - make run_unit_tests
+  cache:
+    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-gcc8-seq-release"
+    paths:
+      - build/gcc8-seq-release
+    untracked: true