diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3816b714500f9494717a8e6a007bc8cee94826e7..21091454209263ba8649fb515cb010d86196575a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ variables:
   INTERNAL_TAG: "pipeline-${CI_PIPELINE_ID}"
 
 stages:
+  - status-pending
   - config
   - base            ## base OS image
   - jug             ## jug container images
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ stages:
   - benchmarks
   - test
   - finalize
+  - status-report
 
 ## only run CI for in the following cases:
 ## master, stable branch, release tag, MR event and nightly builds
@@ -128,6 +130,32 @@ version:
     reports:
       dotenv: build.env
 
+.status:
+  image: curlimages/curl:latest
+  before_script: []
+  script:
+    - |
+      if [ -n "${GITHUB_SHA}" ] ; then
+          curl \
+            -X POST \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_REPO_STATUS_TOKEN}" \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/statuses/${GITHUB_SHA}" \
+            -d '{"state":"'"${STATE}"'",
+                 "target_url":"'"${CI_PIPELINE_URL}"'",
+                 "description":"'"${DESCRIPTION} $(TZ=America/New_York date)"'",
+                 "context":"eicweb/eic_container"
+                }' ;
+      fi
+
+status:pending:
+  stage: status-pending
+  extends: .status
+  variables:
+    STATE: "pending"
+    DESCRIPTION: "Started..."
+  when: always
+
 ## base job settings for all docker interactions
 .docker:
   image: ${DOCKER_IMAGE}
@@ -448,6 +476,8 @@ benchmarks:detector:default:
     - version
     - jug_xl:default
   variables:
+    GITHUB_SHA: "${GITHUB_SHA}"
+    GITHUB_REPOSITORY: "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
     DETECTOR: "epic"
     DETECTOR_CONFIG: epic_craterlake
     DETECTOR_REPOSITORYURL: 'https://github.com/eic/epic.git'
@@ -467,6 +497,8 @@ benchmarks:detector:nightly:
     - version
     - jug_xl:nightly
   variables:
+    GITHUB_SHA: "${GITHUB_SHA}"
+    GITHUB_REPOSITORY: "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
     DETECTOR: "epic"
     DETECTOR_CONFIG: epic_craterlake
     DETECTOR_REPOSITORYURL: 'https://github.com/eic/epic.git'
@@ -553,3 +585,20 @@ clean_pipeline:
     - docker system prune --filter until=24h --force
     - docker system df
     - docker images
+
+status:success:
+  stage: status-report
+  extends: .status
+  variables:
+    STATE: "success"
+    DESCRIPTION: "Succeeded!"
+  when: on_success
+
+status:failure:
+  stage: status-report
+  extends: .status
+  variables:
+    STATE: "failure"
+    DESCRIPTION: "Failed!"
+  when: on_failure
+