diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1a3b8bd98ef0ed25aa2dcfd12fa9671e256d0e5d..d42aee61f4caf9d716977a21353bf598c3092220 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .DS_Store
-/nbproject/private/
\ No newline at end of file
+/nbproject/private/
+.phplint-cache
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1c50a28b1992259fcb512a8ec23179f6956cb358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Defines stages which are to be executed
+stages:
+  - syntax
+
+#
+### Stage syntax
+#
+
+syntax:lint:
+  stage: syntax
+  image: bobey/docker-gitlab-ci-runner-php7
+  allow_failure: false
+
+  script:
+    - composer require overtrue/phplint
+    - echo "Syntax checking PHP files"
+    - echo "For more information http://www.icosaedro.it/phplint/"
+    - vendor/bin/phplint
diff --git a/.phplint.yml b/.phplint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..10fd2a25afd2045c793bba0fd59d188fbbb6edf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.phplint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+path: ./
+jobs: 10
+cache: .phplint-cache
+extensions:
+  - php
+  - lng
+exclude:
+  - vendor
+