diff --git a/docs/command-line.rst b/docs/command-line.rst
index 5f3aa18..aea93e2 100644
--- a/docs/command-line.rst
+++ b/docs/command-line.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ Environment variables
 | |git_cred|               | Allows to set the git credential helper in the   |
 |                          | `.gitconfig` of the kas user.                    |
 +--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| ``CI_SERVER_HOST``       | Environment variables from gitlab CI, if set     |
+| ``CI_JOB_TOKEN``         | .netrc is configured to allow fetching from      |
+|                          | the gitlab instance.                             |
++--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
 
 .. |aws_cred| replace:: ``AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE``
 .. |git_cred| replace:: ``GIT_CREDENTIAL_HELPER``
diff --git a/kas/libcmds.py b/kas/libcmds.py
index 4a646f3..98507f7 100644
--- a/kas/libcmds.py
+++ b/kas/libcmds.py
@@ -170,7 +170,14 @@ class SetupHome(Command):
         with open(self.tmpdirname + '/.wgetrc', 'w') as fds:
             fds.write('\n')
         with open(self.tmpdirname + '/.netrc', 'w') as fds:
-            fds.write('\n')
+            # Configure the gitlab CI authentification token
+            if os.environ.get('CI_SERVER_HOST', False) \
+                    and os.environ.get('CI_JOB_TOKEN', False):
+                fds.write('machine ' + os.environ['CI_SERVER_HOST'] + '\n'
+                          'login gitlab-ci-token\n'
+                          'password ' + os.environ['CI_JOB_TOKEN'] + '\n')
+            else:
+                fds.write('\n')
         with open(self.tmpdirname + '/.gitconfig', 'w') as fds:
             fds.write('[User]\n'
                       '\temail = kas@example.com\n'