diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1fe53699d6638a3301131b6c3dbc3377f4029f2f..a10625850b60f6f1b3914fb62a50680e4d487a69 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ test-backend:
     # find how many files are cached in .m2 directory
     - find .m2 | wc -l || true
 
+build-kaniko:
+  image:
+    name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:v1.9.0-debug
+    entrypoint: [""]
+  stage: test
+  script:
+    - echo "{\"auths\":{\"$CI_REGISTRY\":{\"auth\":\"$(printf "%s:%s" "${CI_REGISTRY_USER}" "${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}" | base64 | tr -d '\n')\"},\"$CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_SERVER\":{\"auth\":\"$(printf "%s:%s" ${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_USER} "${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_PASSWORD}" | base64 | tr -d '\n')\"}}}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
+    - /kaniko/executor --context "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}" --dockerfile "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/kaniko/Dockerfile" --destination "registry.reset.inso-w.at/2011ws-ase-pr-group/11ws-ase-pr-inso-01/kaniko-test:latest"
+
 build-image:
   stage: build
   script:
diff --git a/kaniko/Dockerfile b/kaniko/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ccff7c25f0b7862533c4d84eb132309c368075a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kaniko/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM registry.reset.inso-w.at/pub/docker/node-non-root-18:latest
+COPY kaniko/demo_file.txt /demo_file.txt
+RUN ls -la /
diff --git a/kaniko/demo_file.txt b/kaniko/demo_file.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d81cc0710eb6cf9efd5b920a8453e1e07157b6cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kaniko/demo_file.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+42