diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c21b12d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# swy: some useful references; the MSVC part of the CI script is based on the one from bind9, by Michał Kępień:
+# https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ci-cd/shared-runners/images/gcp/windows-containers/blob/master/cookbooks/preinstalled-software/README.md
+# https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/commit/facc6a051fcac70fbbc61cb92a37be8c3e4db5ec#587d266bb27a4dc3022bbed44dfa19849df3044c_718_731
+# https://www.kittell.net/code/powershell-unix-sed-equivalent-change-text-file/
+# https://powershell.org/forums/topic/how-to-use-ansi-vt100-formatting-in-powershell-ooh-pretty-colors/
+
+.shared_windows_runners:
+  tags:
+  - shared-windows
+  - windows
+  - windows-1809
+  
+stages:
+  - build
+  
+before_script:
+ - echo "started by ${GITLAB_USER_NAME}"
+ - $esc = "$([char]27)"
+ - $count = 0
+ - function _unix_tmsec_ { [int64](([datetime]::UtcNow)-(get-date "1/1/1970")).TotalSeconds }
+ - function _fold_start_ { param( [string]$TEXT_TAG ) $t=_unix_tmsec_; $global:count += 1; Write-Host -NoNewLine "`r`n`r`nsection_start:${t}:sect_${count}`r${esc}[0K${esc}[33m${TEXT_TAG}${esc}[39m`r`n"; }
+ - function _fold_final_ {                            $t=_unix_tmsec_;                     Write-Host -NoNewLine   "`r`n`r`nsection_end:${t}:sect_${count}`r${esc}[0K`r`n"           ; }
+
+build:
+  extends:
+  - .shared_windows_runners
+  stage: build
+  script:
+  - _fold_start_ 'configuring the msvc environment variables'
+  - Push-Location "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/BuildTools/VC/Auxiliary/Build"
+  - '& cmd.exe /C "vcvarsall.bat x64 & set" | Foreach-Object { if ($_ -match "(.*?)=(.*)") { Set-Item -force -path "Env:\$($matches[1])" -value "$($matches[2])" } }'
+  - Pop-Location
+  - _fold_final_
+  
+  - _fold_start_ 'downloading precompiled versions of qtbase, qttools (for windeployqt) and jom (for a more parallel nmake)'
+  - mkdir _qt
+  - mkdir _qt_download
+  - Push-Location _qt_download
+  - curl.exe -LJ -o qt-base.7z  'https://download.qt.io/online/qtsdkrepository/windows_x86/desktop/qt5_5150/qt.qt5.5150.win64_msvc2017_64/5.15.0-0-202002260536qtbase-Windows-Windows_10-MSVC2017-Windows-Windows_10-X86_64.7z' 
+  - curl.exe -LJ -o qt-tools.7z 'https://download.qt.io/online/qtsdkrepository/windows_x86/desktop/qt5_5150/qt.qt5.5150.win64_msvc2017_64/5.15.0-0-202002260536qttools-Windows-Windows_10-MSVC2017-Windows-Windows_10-X86_64.7z'
+  - curl.exe -LJ -o qt-jom.zip  'https://download.qt.io/official_releases/jom/jom.zip'
+  - _fold_final_
+  
+  - _fold_start_ 'extracting the downloaded qt binaries'
+  - 7z x qt-base.7z  '-o../_qt' -y
+  - 7z x qt-tools.7z '-o../_qt' -y
+  - 7z x qt-jom.zip  '-o../_qt' -y
+  - _fold_final_
+  
+  - _fold_start_ 'turn the qt install from enterprise to foss; remove the licensing checks'
+  - ${qconfig-pri-folder} = '..\_qt\5.15.0\msvc2017_64\mkspecs\qconfig.pri'
+  - (Get-Content ${qconfig-pri-folder}).replace('QT_EDITION = Enterprise', 'QT_EDITION = OpenSource') | Set-Content ${qconfig-pri-folder}
+  - (Get-Content ${qconfig-pri-folder}).replace('QT_LICHECK = licheck.exe', '')                       | Set-Content ${qconfig-pri-folder}
+  - Pop-Location
+  - _fold_final_
+  
+  - _fold_start_ 'run qmake and generate the msvc nmake makefile'
+  - mkdir _build; cd _build
+  - ..\_qt\5.15.0\msvc2017_64\bin\qmake ..\OpenRGB.pro
+  - _fold_final_
+  
+  - _fold_start_ 'start the actual build with jom instead of nmake; for speed'
+  - ..\_qt\jom
+  - _fold_final_
+  
+  - _fold_start_ 'run windeployqt to automatically copy the needed dll files'
+  - ..\_qt\5.15.0\msvc2017_64\bin\windeployqt --no-angle --no-translations --no-opengl-sw --no-system-d3d-compiler --no-compiler-runtime --no-webkit2 .\release\
+  - _fold_final_
+  
+  - _fold_start_ 'compressing the release folder so that we can upload it as artifact'
+  - mv release 'OpenRGB Windows 64-bit'
+  - ${datetime} = Get-Date ([datetime]::UtcNow) -Format "yyyy-MM-ddTHH-mm-ss"
+  - ${revision} = ((git rev-parse --short HEAD) | Out-String).Trim()
+  - ${rversion} = (((Get-Content '..\OpenRGB.pro' | Select-String -Pattern "VERSION     =") | Out-String).Trim().Split("="))[1].Trim()
+  - 7z a -mx9 -r -y "OpenRGB_${rversion}_64_${revision}_nightly_${datetime}.7z" 'OpenRGB Windows 64-bit'
+  - _fold_final_
+#  cache:
+#    key: same-key
+#    paths:
+#    - C:\vcpkg\installed\
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+    - _build/*.7z
+    expire_in: 1337 years
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diff --git a/OpenRGB.pro b/OpenRGB.pro
index 9144fb08..0928a242 100644
--- a/OpenRGB.pro
+++ b/OpenRGB.pro
@@ -393,9 +393,30 @@ win32:DEFINES +=                                                        \
 win32:RC_ICONS +=                                                       \
     qt/OpenRGB.ico
 
-# Copy OpenRazer.dll to output directory
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# Windows GitLab CI Configuration                                   #
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------#
+win32:CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
+    win32:DESTDIR = debug
+}
+
+win32:CONFIG(release, debug|release) {
+    win32:DESTDIR = release
+}
+
+win32:OBJECTS_DIR = _intermediate_$$DESTDIR/.obj
+win32:MOC_DIR     = _intermediate_$$DESTDIR/.moc
+win32:RCC_DIR     = _intermediate_$$DESTDIR/.qrc
+win32:UI_DIR      = _intermediate_$$DESTDIR/.ui
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# Copy dependencies to output directory                             #
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------#
+
 win32:contains(QMAKE_TARGET.arch, x86_64) {
-    copydata.commands = $(COPY_FILE) \"$$shell_path($$PWD\\dependencies\\openrazer-win32\\OpenRazer64.dll)\" \"$$shell_path($$OUT_PWD)\"
+    copydata.commands  = $(COPY_FILE) \"$$shell_path($$PWD/dependencies/openrazer-win32/OpenRazer64.dll      )\" \"$$shell_path($$DESTDIR)\" $$escape_expand(\n\t)
+    copydata.commands += $(COPY_FILE) \"$$shell_path($$PWD/dependencies/inpout32_1501/x64/inpoutx64.dll      )\" \"$$shell_path($$DESTDIR)\" $$escape_expand(\n\t)
+    copydata.commands += $(COPY_FILE) \"$$shell_path($$PWD/dependencies/libusb-1.0.22/MS64/dll/libusb-1.0.dll)\" \"$$shell_path($$DESTDIR)\" $$escape_expand(\n\t)
     first.depends = $(first) copydata
     export(first.depends)
     export(copydata.commands)
@@ -403,7 +424,10 @@ win32:contains(QMAKE_TARGET.arch, x86_64) {
 }
 
 win32:contains(QMAKE_TARGET.arch, x86) {
-    copydata.commands = $(COPY_FILE) \"$$shell_path($$PWD\\dependencies\\openrazer-win32\\OpenRazer.dll)\" \"$$shell_path($$OUT_PWD)\"
+    copydata.commands  = $(COPY_FILE) \"$$shell_path($$PWD/dependencies/openrazer-win32/OpenRazer.dll        )\" \"$$shell_path($$DESTDIR)\" $$escape_expand(\n\t)
+    copydata.commands += $(COPY_FILE) \"$$shell_path($$PWD/dependencies/inpout32_1501/Win32/inpout32.dll     )\" \"$$shell_path($$DESTDIR)\" $$escape_expand(\n\t)
+    copydata.commands += $(COPY_FILE) \"$$shell_path($$PWD/dependencies/libusb-1.0.22/MS32/dll/libusb-1.0.dll)\" \"$$shell_path($$DESTDIR)\" $$escape_expand(\n\t)
+
     first.depends = $(first) copydata
     export(first.depends)
     export(copydata.commands)