diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5d198122b22db2150f3eb3ab6334007a14db22c5..e5190d802de98a2c2e193eadd36ecf35323ab819 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,31 +9,4 @@ variables:
 include:
   - local: '/.gitlab-ci/gcc8-seq-dbg.yml'
   - local: '/.gitlab-ci/clang8-seq-coverage.yml'
-
-build:clang8-mpi-coverage:
-  image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_clang8_mpi
-  stage: build
-  script:
-    - mkdir -p build/clang8-cov-mpi
-    - cd build/clang8-cov-mpi
-    - CXX=clang++-8 CC=clang-8 cmake ../.. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Coverage -DCLANG_FORMAT=/usr/bin/clang-format-8
-    - make pugs
-  cache:
-    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-clang8-cov-mpi"
-    paths:
-      - build/clang8-cov-mpi
-    untracked: true
-
-test:clang8-mpi-coverage:
-  image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_clang8_mpi
-  stage: test
-  dependencies:
-    - build:clang8-mpi-coverage
-  script:
-    - cd build/clang8-cov-mpi
-    - make coverage
-  cache:
-    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-clang8-cov-mpi"
-    paths:
-      - build/clang8-cov-mpi
-    untracked: true
+  - local: '/.gitlab-ci/clang8-mpi-coverage.yml'
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/clang8-mpi-coverage.yml b/.gitlab-ci/clang8-mpi-coverage.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a299e04833f750c47c0d8f9c980fb1d49a5656f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/clang8-mpi-coverage.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+build:clang8-mpi-coverage:
+  image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_clang8_mpi
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - mkdir -p build/clang8-cov-mpi
+    - cd build/clang8-cov-mpi
+    - CXX=clang++-8 CC=clang-8 cmake ../.. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Coverage -DCLANG_FORMAT=/usr/bin/clang-format-8
+    - make pugs
+  cache:
+    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-clang8-cov-mpi"
+    paths:
+      - build/clang8-cov-mpi
+    untracked: true
+
+test:clang8-mpi-coverage:
+  image: localhost:5000/ubuntu_clang8_mpi
+  stage: test
+  dependencies:
+    - build:clang8-mpi-coverage
+  script:
+    - cd build/clang8-cov-mpi
+    - make coverage
+  cache:
+    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-clang8-cov-mpi"
+    paths:
+      - build/clang8-cov-mpi
+    untracked: true