diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8b6d495288..c2c5196b8b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -417,6 +417,17 @@ build-user-static:
CONFIGURE_ARGS: --disable-tools --disable-system --static
MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-tcg
+# Because the hexagon cross-compiler takes so long to build we don't rely
+# on the CI system to build it and hence this job has no dependency
+# declared. The image is manually uploaded.
+build-user-hexagon:
+ <<: *native_build_job_definition
+ variables:
+ IMAGE: debian-hexagon-cross
+ TARGETS: hexagon-linux-user
+ CONFIGURE_ARGS: --disable-tools --disable-docs --enable-debug-tcg
+ MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-tcg
+
# Only build the softmmu targets we have check-tcg tests for
build-some-softmmu:
<<: *native_build_job_definition