diff --git a/.github/workflows/main_release.yml b/.github/workflows/main_release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f419aba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/main_release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: engine-release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: main
+
+jobs:
+  engine-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Run a multi-line script
+        timeout-minutes: 60
+        env:
+          GITLAB_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.GITLAB_PROJECT_ID }}
+          GITLAB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITLAB_TOKEN }}
+          GITLAB_PERSONAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITLAB_PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          export GITHUB_BRANCH=main
+          export GITHUB_COMMIT_ID=$GITHUB_SHA
+          ./helper.sh release
diff --git a/helper.sh b/helper.sh
index ffe0a0b6..42d5802d 100755
--- a/helper.sh
+++ b/helper.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ function variable_not_found() {
   exit 1
 }
 
+function release() {
+  test -z $GITLAB_PROJECT_ID && variable_not_found "GITLAB_PROJECT_ID"
+  test -z $GITLAB_TOKEN && variable_not_found "GITLAB_TOKEN"
+  test -z $GITLAB_PERSONAL_TOKEN && variable_not_found "GITLAB_PERSONAL_TOKEN"
+  test -z $GITHUB_BRANCH && variable_not_found "GITHUB_BRANCH"
+  GITLAB_REF="main"
+
+  echo "Requesting Gitlab pipeline"
+  pipeline_id=$(curl -s -X POST -F "token=$GITLAB_TOKEN" -F "ref=$GITLAB_REF" -F "variables[GITHUB_COMMIT_ID]=$GITHUB_COMMIT_ID" -F "variables[GITHUB_ENGINE_BRANCH_NAME]=$GITHUB_BRANCH" -F "variables[TESTS_TYPE]=$TESTS_TYPE" https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/$GITLAB_PROJECT_ID/trigger/pipeline | jq --raw-output '.id')
+  if [ $(echo $pipeline_id | egrep -c '^[0-9]+$') -eq 0 ] ; then
+    echo "Pipeline ID is not correct, we expected a number and got: $pipeline_id"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "Pipeline ID: $pipeline_id"
+}
+
 function run_tests() {
   TESTS_TYPE=$1
   test -z $GITLAB_PROJECT_ID && variable_not_found "GITLAB_PROJECT_ID"
@@ -99,9 +115,12 @@ fast_tests)
 full_tests)
   run_tests full
   ;;
+release)
+  release
+  ;;
 *)
   echo "Usage:"
   echo "$0 fast_tests: run fast tests"
-  echo "$0 full_tests: run fast tests (with cloud providers check)"
+  echo "$0 full_tests: run full tests (with cloud providers check)"
   ;;
 esac