diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ae123547c96c86f1967662d087c6ed2df1cae594..8c14961d77f1e9a145d0a2868d4a6f0fc9894dd5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -106,14 +106,16 @@ trigger_inttest:
       fi
     # ... and fall-back to dev
     - CPPINT_REF=${CPPINT_REF:-dev}
+    - F_BRANCH=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
 
-    - echo "Triggering caosdb-cppinttest@${CPPINT_REF}"
+    - echo "Triggering caosdb-cppinttest@${CPPINT_REF} (F_BRANCH=$F_BRANCH)"
     - curl -w "%{stderr}HTTPCODE=%{http_code}" -X POST
       -F token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN
       -F "variables[TRIGGERED_BY_REPO]=$TRIGGERED_BY_REPO"
       -F "variables[TRIGGERED_BY_REF]=$TRIGGERED_BY_REF"
       -F "variables[TRIGGERED_BY_HASH]=$TRIGGERED_BY_HASH"
       -F "variables[CPPLIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE]=$CPPLIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE"
+      -F "variables[F_BRANCH]=${F_BRANCH}"
       -F ref=${CPPINT_REF} $CPPINTTEST_PIPELINE 2>HTTPCODE
 
     # fail if the request failed