diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 79474fe60521918581444023a28e9692a9541878..f9d499b3b115425df62b67a978d9e58caf91899c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -58,21 +58,19 @@ build-testenv:
 
 ######## Test ########
 
-# Run the unit tests
-unittests:
+# Run the unit tests with MySQL
+unittests-mysql:
   tags: [ docker ]
   stage: test
-  # script:
-  #   - cp config.defaults .config
-  #   - echo 'DATABASE_USER_HOST_LIST="%,"' >> .config
-  #   - echo "MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" >> .config
-  #   - echo "MYSQL_HOST=mysql" >> .config
-  #   - sleep 10
-  #   - make install
-  #   - ./utils/make_db restore_db tests/example.dump.sql
-  #   - ./tests/test_utils.sh
-  include: "/include-test.yml"
+  script:
+    - make pipeline-test SQL_HOST=mysql
 
+# Run the unit tests with MariaDB
+unittests-mariadb:
+  tags: [ docker ]
+  stage: test
+  script:
+    - make pipeline-test SQL_HOST=mariadb
 
 ######## Deploy ########
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 00d56e684d0c672a27636f69984ff8125c688854..b8c168dffd65b0a4dc5236026980419539312bae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ SHELL=/bin/bash
 
 INSTALL_SQL_FILE=db_2_0.sql
 
+# The hostname, used by testing in the CI pipeline
+SQL_HOST ?= mysql
+
 .PHONY: test-connection
 test-connection:
 	./utils/make_db test-connection
@@ -74,3 +77,15 @@ test-docker-stop:
 .PHONY: doc
 doc:
 	$(MAKE) -C doc html
+
+# Run tests in a Gitlab pipeline
+.PHONY: pipeline-test
+pipeline-test:
+	cp config.defaults .config
+	echo 'DATABASE_USER_HOST_LIST="%,"' >> .config
+	echo "MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" >> .config
+	echo "MYSQL_HOST=$(SQL_HOST)" >> .config
+	sleep 10
+	make install
+	./utils/make_db restore_db tests/example.dump.sql
+	./tests/test_utils.sh
diff --git a/include-test.yml b/include-test.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 893953888fb7bf23dd3379e78465591bf80a31a5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/include-test.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-script:
-  - cp config.defaults .config
-  - echo 'DATABASE_USER_HOST_LIST="%,"' >> .config
-  - echo "MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" >> .config
-  - echo "MYSQL_HOST=mysql" >> .config
-  - sleep 10
-  - make install
-  - ./utils/make_db restore_db tests/example.dump.sql
-  - ./tests/test_utils.sh