diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1e086c93..9cb4c642 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ build-gui-bundle:
     - cd gui
     - make ci
 
+# packages, various
 .package-api-oci:
   extends:
     - .build-oci
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ package-gui-oci-node-buster:
     IMAGE_ARCH: node-buster
     IMAGE_FILE: Containerfile.node.buster
 
+# language-specific packages
 package-api-twine:
   extends:
     - .build-node
@@ -171,3 +173,27 @@ package-gui-npm:
   script:
     - cd gui
     - npm publish
+
+# commit status
+github-pending:
+  stage: status-pre
+  extends:
+    - .build-curl
+  script:
+    - ./common/scripts/github-status.sh pending
+
+github-failure:
+  stage: status-post
+  extends:
+    - .build-curl
+  when: on_failure
+  script:
+    - ./common/scripts/github-status.sh failure
+
+github-success:
+  stage: status-post
+  extends:
+    - .build-curl
+  when: on_success
+  script:
+    - ./common/scripts/github-status.sh success
diff --git a/common/scripts/github-status.sh b/common/scripts/github-status.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a0db255d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/scripts/github-status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+STATUS="${1}"
+CI_COMMIT_SHA="${CI_COMMIT_SHA:-$(git rev-parse HEAD)}"
+
+STATUS_BODY="$(cat <<EOF
+{
+  "state": "${STATUS}",
+  "target_url": "${CI_PIPELINE_URL}",
+  "description": "CI pipeline ${STATUS}!",
+  "context": "gitlab/build"
+}
+EOF
+)"
+
+printf "Reporting status for %s...\n%s" "${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" "${STATUS_BODY}"
+printf "%s" "${STATUS_BODY}" | curl -d @- \
+  -H "Authorization: token $(printf "%s" "${GITHUB_SECRET}" | base64 -d)" \
+  -i "https://api.github.com/repos/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}/statuses/${CI_COMMIT_SHA}"