diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4b192568..0b6fbd36 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ build_ubuntu:
     - docker commit `cat netgen_${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}_${UBUNTU_VERSION}.id` netgen_${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}_installed:${UBUNTU_VERSION}
     - rm netgen_${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}_${UBUNTU_VERSION}.id
 
+build_ubuntu_mpi:
+  <<: *ubuntu
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - docker build -t netgen_mpi_${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}:${UBUNTU_VERSION} -f tests/dockerfile_mpi .
+    - rm -f netgen_mpi_${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}_$UBUNTU_VERSION.id_mpi
+    - docker run --cidfile netgen_mpi_${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}_${UBUNTU_VERSION}.id -e CCACHE_DIR=/ccache -v /mnt/ccache:/ccache netgen_mpi_${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}:${UBUNTU_VERSION} bash /root/src/netgen/tests/build_mpi.sh
+    - docker commit `cat netgen_mpi_${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}_${UBUNTU_VERSION}.id` netgen_mpi_${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}_installed:${UBUNTU_VERSION}
+    - rm netgen_mpi_${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}_${UBUNTU_VERSION}.id
+
 test_ubuntu:
   <<: *ubuntu
   stage: test
@@ -98,6 +108,17 @@ test_ubuntu:
       netgen_${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}_installed:${UBUNTU_VERSION}
       bash -c 'cd /root/build/netgen && make test_netgen ARGS="-V"'
 
+test_ubuntu_mpi:
+  <<: *ubuntu
+  stage: test
+  script:
+    - >-
+      docker run
+      -e NETGENDIR=/opt/netgen/bin
+      -e PYTHONPATH=/opt/netgen/lib/python3/dist-packages
+      netgen_mpi_${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}_installed:${UBUNTU_VERSION}
+      bash -c 'cd /root/build/netgen && make test_netgen ARGS="-V"'
+
 # cpp guideline checks
 test_guidelines:
   <<: *ubuntu
@@ -125,6 +146,7 @@ cleanup_ubuntu:
   when: always
   allow_failure: true
 
+
 ############################################
 # MacOSX
 ############################################
diff --git a/cmake/external_projects/metis.cmake b/cmake/external_projects/metis.cmake
index 0e5f4711..0ca86058 100644
--- a/cmake/external_projects/metis.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external_projects/metis.cmake
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ ExternalProject_Add(project_metis
   CMAKE_ARGS
          -DGKLIB_PATH=${METIS_SRC_DIR}/GKlib
          -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${METIS_DIR}
+	 -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
+	 -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
   UPDATE_COMMAND "" # Disable update
   BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
   )
diff --git a/tests/build_mpi.sh b/tests/build_mpi.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..464bb395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/build_mpi.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+cd
+mkdir -p build/netgen
+cd build/netgen
+cmake ../../src/netgen -DUSE_CCACHE=ON -DUSE_MPI=ON
+make -j12
+make install
diff --git a/tests/dockerfile_mpi b/tests/dockerfile_mpi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddb7e51b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dockerfile_mpi
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM ubuntu:18.04
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+MAINTAINER Matthias Hochsteger <matthias.hochsteger@tuwien.ac.at>
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install python3 libpython3-dev libxmu-dev tk-dev tcl-dev cmake git g++ libglu1-mesa-dev ccache python3-pytest python3-numpy python3-tk clang-tidy python3-distutils clang libopenmpi-dev openmpi-bin gfortran
+ADD . /root/src/netgen