diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d19f7b852..ea1437b80 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@ jobs:
   when: manual
   stage: test
   script:
-    - phpmd include text utils/gitlab-ci/phpmd-ruleset.xml
-    - phpmd classes text utils/gitlab-ci/phpmd-ruleset.xml
-    - FILES=$(ls -dm *.php | sed "s/ //g") && phpmd $FILES text utils/gitlab-ci/phpmd-ruleset.xml
+    - sh utils/gitlab-ci/phpmd.sh
+
diff --git a/utils/gitlab-ci/phpmd.sh b/utils/gitlab-ci/phpmd.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f3b376bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/gitlab-ci/phpmd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+phpmd include text utils/gitlab-ci/phpmd-ruleset.xml
+phpmd classes text utils/gitlab-ci/phpmd-ruleset.xml
+
+FILES=$(ls -dm *.php | sed "s/ //g")
+phpmd $FILES text utils/gitlab-ci/phpmd-ruleset.xml