diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4c2bce4..9a8c7d6 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -163,6 +163,25 @@ branch
 
 Anonymously only. Authorization is not supported yet.
 
+Check GitLab
+-------------
+Check `GitLab <https://gitlab.com/>`_ for updates. The version returned is in date format ``%Y%m%d``, e.g. ``20130701``.
+
+gitlab
+  The gitlab repository, with author, e.g. ``Deepin/deepin-music``.
+
+branch
+  Which branch to track? Default: ``master``.
+
+use_max_tag
+  Set this to ``true`` to check for the max tag on BitBucket. Will return the biggest one
+  sorted by ``pkg_resources.parse_version``.
+
+host
+  Hostname for self-hosted GitLab instance.
+
+Authenticated only.
+
 Check PyPI
 ----------
 Check `PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/>`_ for updates.
diff --git a/nvchecker/get_version.py b/nvchecker/get_version.py
index ed58ef2..c403d8e 100644
--- a/nvchecker/get_version.py
+++ b/nvchecker/get_version.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 handler_precedence = (
   'github', 'gitcafe', 'aur', 'pypi', 'archpkg', 'gems', 'pacman',
   'cmd', 'bitbucket', 'gcode_hg', 'gcode_svn', 'regex', 'manual', 'vcs',
-  'npm', 'hackage', 'cpan',
+  'npm', 'hackage', 'cpan', 'gitlab',
 )
 
 def get_version(name, conf, callback):
diff --git a/nvchecker/source/gitlab.py b/nvchecker/source/gitlab.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34fade7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nvchecker/source/gitlab.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import os
+import json
+from functools import partial
+import logging
+import urllib.parse
+
+from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from tornado.httpclient import AsyncHTTPClient, HTTPRequest
+
+GITLAB_URL = 'https://%s/api/v3/projects/%s/repository/commits?ref_name=%s'
+GITLAB_MAX_TAG = 'https://%s/api/v3/projects/%s/repository/tags'
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+def get_version(name, conf, callback):
+  repo = urllib.parse.quote_plus(conf.get('gitlab'))
+  br = conf.get('branch', 'master')
+  host = conf.get('host', "gitlab.com")
+  use_max_tag = conf.getboolean('use_max_tag', False)
+
+  env_name = "NVCHECKER_GITLAB_TOKEN_" + host.upper().replace(".", "_").replace("/", "_")
+  token = conf.get('token', os.environ.get(env_name, None))
+  if token is None:
+    logger.error('%s: No gitlab token specified.', name)
+    callback(name, None)
+    return
+
+  if use_max_tag:
+    url = GITLAB_MAX_TAG % (host, repo)
+  else:
+    url = GITLAB_URL % (host, repo, br)
+
+  headers = {"PRIVATE-TOKEN": token}
+  request = HTTPRequest(url, headers=headers, user_agent='lilydjwg/nvchecker')
+  AsyncHTTPClient().fetch(request,
+                          callback=partial(_gitlab_done, name, use_max_tag, callback))
+
+def _gitlab_done(name, use_max_tag, callback, res):
+  data = json.loads(res.body.decode('utf-8'))
+  if use_max_tag:
+    data.sort(key=lambda tag: parse_version(tag["name"]))
+    version = data[-1]["name"]
+  else:
+    version = data[0]['created_at'].split('T', 1)[0].replace('-', '')
+  callback(name, version)
diff --git a/tests/test_gitlab.py b/tests/test_gitlab.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1aca3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_gitlab.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import os
+import pytest
+from tests.helper import ExternalVersionTestCase
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif("NVCHECKER_GITLAB_TOKEN_GITLAB_COM" not in os.environ,
+                    reason="requires NVCHECKER_GITLAB_TOKEN_GITLAB_COM")
+class GitLabTest(ExternalVersionTestCase):
+    def test_gitlab(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.sync_get_version("example", {"gitlab": "gitlab-org/gitlab-test"}), "20150825")
+
+    def test_gitlab_max_tag(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.sync_get_version("example", {"gitlab": "gitlab-org/gitlab-test", "use_max_tag": 1}), "v1.1.0")