diff --git a/+tests/runTest.m b/+tests/runTest.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0fe22203b01d4eede6ebc78cdb52b6751800a6f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/+tests/runTest.m
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+function [exitCode] = runTest(fcnHandle)
+%RUNTEST Runs the test function that is specified in the given filename
+
+exitCode = 0;
+
+try
+    fcnHandle();
+    disp("Test " + func2str(fcnHandle) + " successful!");
+catch err
+    disp("------- ERROR -------");
+    disp("Test failed for " + func2str(fcnHandle));
+    disp("Error message:");
+    disp(err);
+    exitCode = 1;
+end
+
+
+
+end
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c5d59e6b3d1ff401838e290fa9d166bbd2bab0b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+before_script:
+
+artoa3:
+    script:
+        - "ci/run_matlab_tests.sh"
+
diff --git a/ci/runAll.m b/ci/runAll.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c488183eddf9f182e178a7abf8ebb43f00b787df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/runAll.m
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+% ARTOA3 automatic test script
+% This script is used by gitlab's ci feature for automated testing.
+% Can also be used locally.
+
+[currentDirectory, ~, ~] = fileparts(mfilename('fullpath'));
+addpath(genpath(fullfile(currentDirectory, '..')));
+
+testsToRun = { ...
+    @tests.rfb.load, ...
+    @tests.ric.save, ...
+    @tests.soundsource.load ...
+};
+
+aTestFailed = 0;
+
+for i = 1:length(testsToRun)
+    exitCode = tests.runTest(testsToRun{i});
+    if exitCode == 1
+        aTestFailed = exitCode;
+    end
+end
+
+exit(aTestFailed);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci/run_matlab_tests.sh b/ci/run_matlab_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95fd9382f000301c2f04705e628b00c75e5d543f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/run_matlab_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+LOGFILE=lastTestRun.txt
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+
+matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -logfile "$DIR/$LOGFILE" -r "run('$DIR/runAll.m');";
+CODE=$?
+
+cat "$DIR/$LOGFILE"
+
+exit $CODE