diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d369e5ff..e7f2a0f2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ container_prep:
   - export BUILDDIR="$(pwd)/build-$BUILD_ID"
   - mkdir "$BUILDDIR" "$PREFIX"
 
-build-native-meson:
+.build-native-meson:
   extends: .build-native
   script:
   - export PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH
   - cd "$BUILDDIR"
-  - meson --prefix="$PREFIX" -Dsimple-dmabuf-drm=intel -Dwerror=true -Ddoc=true ..
+  - meson --prefix="$PREFIX" ${MESON_OPTIONS} ..
   - ninja -k0
   - ninja install
   - ninja test
@@ -64,10 +64,28 @@ build-native-meson:
     - build-*/meson-logs
     - prefix-*
 
+build-native-meson-default-options:
+  variables:
+    MESON_OPTIONS: >
+      -Dsimple-dmabuf-drm=intel
+      -Dwerror=true
+      -Ddoc=true
+  extends: .build-native-meson
+
+build-native-meson-no-gl-renderer:
+  variables:
+    MESON_OPTIONS: >
+      -Dsimple-dmabuf-drm=intel
+      -Dsimple-clients=damage,im,shm,touch,dmabuf-v4l
+      -Drenderer-gl=false
+      -Dremoting=false
+      -Dwerror=true
+  extends: .build-native-meson
+
 pages:
   stage: pages
   dependencies:
-    - build-native-meson
+    - build-native-meson-default-options
   script:
   - export PREFIX=$(pwd)/prefix-weston-build-native-meson
   - mkdir public