diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c7199f4d7e29bffb1dd5f3fb5babfa0875a19ab8..0333163eeb0bfddb44fac6bb9d17f29c2b748576 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-image: buster:latest
+image: debian/latest
 
 cache:
   key: ${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Settings:
   script:
   - ./buildscript selectbsp bsp/board_ar71xx.bsp
   - ./buildscript selectcommunity community/franken.cfg
+  - ./buildscript selectvariant node
 
 Prepare:
   script:
@@ -27,3 +28,15 @@ Build:
       - $CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE =~ /do_build/
   script:
   - ./buildscript build
+
+Local:
+  stage: testing
+  only:
+    variables:
+      - $CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE =~ /TestLocal/
+  script:
+  - ./buildscript selectbsp bsp/board_ar71xx.bsp
+  - ./buildscript selectcommunity community/franken.cfg
+  - ./buildscript selectvariant node
+  - ./buildscript prepare
+  - ./buildscript build