diff --git a/cmd/drone-server/drone.go b/cmd/drone-server/drone.go
index 8d1717eff..1ce65b988 100644
--- a/cmd/drone-server/drone.go
+++ b/cmd/drone-server/drone.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/drone/drone/pkg/store"
 
 	_ "github.com/drone/drone/pkg/remote/builtin/github"
+	_ "github.com/drone/drone/pkg/remote/gitlab"
 	_ "github.com/drone/drone/pkg/store/builtin"
 
 	_ "net/http/pprof"
diff --git a/pkg/remote/gitlab/gitlab.go b/pkg/remote/gitlab/gitlab.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ee9363a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/remote/gitlab/gitlab.go
@@ -0,0 +1,292 @@
+package gitlab
+
+import (
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/Bugagazavr/go-gitlab-client"
+	"github.com/drone/drone/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru"
+	"github.com/drone/drone/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/drone/drone/pkg/oauth2"
+	"github.com/drone/drone/pkg/remote"
+	common "github.com/drone/drone/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/drone/drone/pkg/utils/httputil"
+)
+
+const (
+	DefaultScope = "repo"
+)
+
+type Gitlab struct {
+	URL         string
+	Client      string
+	Secret      string
+	AllowedOrgs []string
+	Open        bool
+	PrivateMode bool
+	SkipVerify  bool
+
+	cache *lru.Cache
+}
+
+func init() {
+	remote.Register("gitlab", NewDriver)
+}
+
+func NewDriver(conf *config.Config) (remote.Remote, error) {
+	var gitlab = Gitlab{
+		URL:         conf.Gitlab.URL,
+		Client:      conf.Gitlab.Client,
+		Secret:      conf.Gitlab.Secret,
+		AllowedOrgs: conf.Gitlab.Orgs,
+		Open:        conf.Gitlab.Open,
+		SkipVerify:  conf.Gitlab.SkipVerify,
+	}
+	var err error
+	gitlab.cache, err = lru.New(1028)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// the URL must NOT have a trailing slash
+	if strings.HasSuffix(gitlab.URL, "/") {
+		gitlab.URL = gitlab.URL[:len(gitlab.URL)-1]
+	}
+	return &gitlab, nil
+}
+
+func (r *Gitlab) Login(token, secret string) (*common.User, error) {
+	client := NewClient(r.URL, token, r.SkipVerify)
+	var login, err = client.CurrentUser()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	user := common.User{}
+	user.Login = login.Username
+	user.Email = login.Email
+	user.Token = token
+	user.Secret = secret
+	return &user, nil
+}
+
+// Orgs fetches the organizations for the given user.
+func (r *Gitlab) Orgs(u *common.User) ([]string, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// Repo fetches the named repository from the remote system.
+func (r *Gitlab) Repo(u *common.User, owner, name string) (*common.Repo, error) {
+	client := NewClient(r.URL, u.Token, r.SkipVerify)
+	id := ns(owner, name)
+	repo_, err := client.Project(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	repo := &common.Repo{}
+	repo.Owner = owner
+	repo.Name = name
+	repo.FullName = repo_.PathWithNamespace
+	repo.Link = repo_.Url
+	repo.Clone = repo_.HttpRepoUrl
+	repo.Branch = "master"
+
+	if repo_.DefaultBranch != "" {
+		repo.Branch = repo_.DefaultBranch
+	}
+
+	if r.PrivateMode {
+		repo.Private = true
+	}
+	return repo, err
+}
+
+// Perm fetches the named repository from the remote system.
+func (r *Gitlab) Perm(u *common.User, owner, name string) (*common.Perm, error) {
+	key := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", u.Login, owner, name)
+	val, ok := r.cache.Get(key)
+	if ok {
+		return val.(*common.Perm), nil
+	}
+
+	client := NewClient(r.URL, u.Token, r.SkipVerify)
+	id := ns(owner, name)
+	repo, err := client.Project(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	m := &common.Perm{}
+	m.Admin = IsAdmin(repo)
+	m.Pull = IsRead(repo)
+	m.Push = IsWrite(repo)
+	r.cache.Add(key, m)
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+// GetScript fetches the build script (.drone.yml) from the remote
+// repository and returns in string format.
+func (r *Gitlab) Script(user *common.User, repo *common.Repo, build *common.Build) ([]byte, error) {
+	var client = NewClient(r.URL, user.Token, r.SkipVerify)
+	var path = ns(repo.Owner, repo.Name)
+	return client.RepoRawFile(path, build.Commit.Sha, ".drone.yml")
+}
+
+// NOTE Currently gitlab doesn't support status for commits and events,
+//      also if we want get MR status in gitlab we need implement a special plugin for gitlab,
+//      gitlab uses API to fetch build status on client side. But for now we skip this.
+func (r *Gitlab) Status(u *common.User, repo *common.Repo, b *common.Build) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Netrc returns a .netrc file that can be used to clone
+// private repositories from a remote system.
+// NOTE gitlab does not support this, so now we skip this.
+func (r *Gitlab) Netrc(u *common.User) (*common.Netrc, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// Activate activates a repository by adding a Post-commit hook and
+// a Public Deploy key, if applicable.
+func (r *Gitlab) Activate(user *common.User, repo *common.Repo, keys *common.Keypair, link string) error {
+	var client = NewClient(r.URL, user.Token, r.SkipVerify)
+	var path = ns(repo.Owner, repo.Name)
+	var title, err = GetKeyTitle(link)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// if the repository is private we'll need
+	// to upload a github key to the repository
+	if repo.Private {
+		var err = client.AddProjectDeployKey(path, title, repo.Keys.Public)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// append the repo owner / name to the hook url since gitlab
+	// doesn't send this detail in the post-commit hook
+	link += "?owner=" + repo.Owner + "&name=" + repo.Name
+
+	// add the hook
+	return client.AddProjectHook(path, link, true, false, true)
+}
+
+// Deactivate removes a repository by removing all the post-commit hooks
+// which are equal to link and removing the SSH deploy key.
+func (r *Gitlab) Deactivate(user *common.User, repo *common.Repo, link string) error {
+	var client = NewClient(r.URL, user.Token, r.SkipVerify)
+	var path = ns(repo.Owner, repo.Name)
+
+	keys, err := client.ProjectDeployKeys(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var pubkey = strings.TrimSpace(repo.Keys.Public)
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		if pubkey == strings.TrimSpace(k.Key) {
+			if err := client.RemoveProjectDeployKey(path, strconv.Itoa(k.Id)); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	hooks, err := client.ProjectHooks(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	link += "?owner=" + repo.Owner + "&name=" + repo.Name
+	for _, h := range hooks {
+		if link == h.Url {
+			if err := client.RemoveProjectHook(path, strconv.Itoa(h.Id)); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ParseHook parses the post-commit hook from the Request body
+// and returns the required data in a standard format.
+func (r *Gitlab) Hook(req *http.Request) (*common.Hook, error) {
+	defer req.Body.Close()
+	var payload, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+	var parsed, err = gogitlab.ParseHook(payload)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(parsed.After) == 0 || parsed.TotalCommitsCount == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	if parsed.ObjectKind == "merge_request" {
+		// NOTE: in gitlab 8.0, gitlab will get same MR models as github
+		//       https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/981/diffs
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	if len(parsed.After) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	var hook = new(common.Hook)
+	hook.Repo.Owner = req.FormValue("owner")
+	hook.Repo.Name = req.FormValue("name")
+	hook.Commit.Sha = parsed.After
+	hook.Commit.Branch = parsed.Branch()
+
+	var head = parsed.Head()
+	hook.Commit.Message = head.Message
+	hook.Commit.Timestamp = head.Timestamp
+
+	// extracts the commit author (ideally email)
+	// from the post-commit hook
+	switch {
+	case head.Author != nil:
+		hook.Commit.Author.Email = head.Author.Email
+	case head.Author == nil:
+		hook.Commit.Author.Login = parsed.UserName
+	}
+
+	return hook, nil
+}
+
+// ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
+func (g *Gitlab) Oauth2Transport(r *http.Request) *oauth2.Transport {
+	return &oauth2.Transport{
+		Config: &oauth2.Config{
+			ClientId:     g.Client,
+			ClientSecret: g.Secret,
+			Scope:        DefaultScope,
+			AuthURL:      fmt.Sprintf("%s/oauth/authorize", g.URL),
+			TokenURL:     fmt.Sprintf("%s/oauth/access_token", g.URL),
+			RedirectURL:  fmt.Sprintf("%s/authorize", httputil.GetURL(r)),
+			//settings.Server.Scheme, settings.Server.Hostname),
+		},
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			Proxy:           http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
+			TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: g.SkipVerify},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// Accessor method, to allowed remote organizations field.
+func (r *Gitlab) GetOrgs() []string {
+	return r.AllowedOrgs
+}
+
+// Accessor method, to open field.
+func (r *Gitlab) GetOpen() bool {
+	return r.Open
+}
+
+// return default scope for GitHub
+func (r *Gitlab) Scope() string {
+	return DefaultScope
+}
diff --git a/pkg/remote/gitlab/helper.go b/pkg/remote/gitlab/helper.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39339196e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/remote/gitlab/helper.go
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package gitlab
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
+
+	"github.com/Bugagazavr/go-gitlab-client"
+)
+
+// NewClient is a helper function that returns a new GitHub
+// client using the provided OAuth token.
+func NewClient(url, accessToken string, skipVerify bool) *gogitlab.Gitlab {
+	client := gogitlab.NewGitlabCert(url, "/api/v3", accessToken, skipVerify)
+	client.Bearer = true
+	return client
+}
+
+// IsRead is a helper function that returns true if the
+// user has Read-only access to the repository.
+func IsRead(proj *gogitlab.Project) bool {
+	var user = proj.Permissions.ProjectAccess
+	var group = proj.Permissions.GroupAccess
+
+	switch {
+	case proj.Public:
+		return true
+	case user != nil && user.AccessLevel >= 20:
+		return true
+	case group != nil && group.AccessLevel >= 20:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// IsWrite is a helper function that returns true if the
+// user has Read-Write access to the repository.
+func IsWrite(proj *gogitlab.Project) bool {
+	var user = proj.Permissions.ProjectAccess
+	var group = proj.Permissions.GroupAccess
+
+	switch {
+	case user != nil && user.AccessLevel >= 30:
+		return true
+	case group != nil && group.AccessLevel >= 30:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// IsAdmin is a helper function that returns true if the
+// user has Admin access to the repository.
+func IsAdmin(proj *gogitlab.Project) bool {
+	var user = proj.Permissions.ProjectAccess
+	var group = proj.Permissions.GroupAccess
+
+	switch {
+	case user != nil && user.AccessLevel >= 40:
+		return true
+	case group != nil && group.AccessLevel >= 40:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// GetKeyTitle is a helper function that generates a title for the
+// RSA public key based on the username and domain name.
+func GetKeyTitle(rawurl string) (string, error) {
+	var uri, err = url.Parse(rawurl)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("drone@%s", uri.Host), nil
+}
+
+func ns(owner, name string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%%2F%s", owner, name)
+}
+
+func GetUserEmail(client *gogitlab.Gitlab, defaultURL string) (*gogitlab.Gitlab, error) {
+	return client, nil
+}