diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d085171ecda6..5eaf455ed930 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ update-repos:
 # Build stage, the actual build jobs
 #
 # Available options for building are
-#  DISTRO: [poky, poky-tiny]
+#  DISTRO: [poky, poky-altcfg, poky-tiny]
 #  KERNEL: [linux-yocto, linux-yocto-dev, linux-yocto-rt]
 #  TOOLCHAINS: [gcc, clang, external-gccarm]
 #  TCLIBC: [glibc, musl]
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ sbsa-ref:
       - KERNEL: [linux-yocto, linux-yocto-rt]
         TOOLCHAINS: [gcc, clang]
         TESTING: testimage
+      - DISTRO: poky-altcfg
+        TESTING: testimage
       - KERNEL: linux-yocto-dev
         TESTING: testimage
 
diff --git a/ci/poky-altcfg.yml b/ci/poky-altcfg.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86711d4d23f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/poky-altcfg.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+header:
+  version: 14
+
+distro: poky-altcfg