diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5fe70864..9a6a96c0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,67 +1,103 @@
+.templates_sha: &templates_sha 8becba49be7e5886311972356345532ed9dd84c1
+
+include:
+  - project: 'freedesktop/ci-templates'
+    ref: *templates_sha
+    file: '/templates/debian.yml'
+
+  - remote: "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs/-/raw/master/ci/images_template.yml"
+
+variables:
+  FDO_UPSTREAM_REPO: gstreamer/gst-plugins-rs
+
 stages:
+  - "prep"
   - "lint"
   - "test"
   - "extras"
 
-.tarball_setup:
+.debian:10:
   variables:
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: 10
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '$RUST_VERSION-${GST_RS_IMG_TAG}_2020-04-27.0'
     # Only stuff inside the repo directory can be cached
     # Override the CARGO_HOME variable to force its location
     CARGO_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cargo_home"
-    SODIUM_USE_PKG_CONFIG: "true"
-    DEPENDENCIES: |
-      clang
-      curl
-      file
-      git
-      libsodium-dev
-      libssl-dev
-      liborc-0.4-dev
-      libglib2.0-dev
-      libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev
-      libgtk-3-dev
-      libxml2-dev
-      libegl1-mesa
-      libgles2-mesa
-      libgl1-mesa-dri
-      libgl1-mesa-glx
-      libwayland-egl1-mesa
-      llvm
-      nasm
-      libcsound64-dev
-      python3-pip
-      python3-setuptools
-      python3-wheel
-      xz-utils
+    FDO_BASE_IMAGE: "registry.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs/debian/10:$RUST_VERSION-$GST_RS_IMG_TAG"
   before_script:
-    - apt-get update -yqq
-    - apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends $DEPENDENCIES
-    - pip3 install --user meson ninja
-    - export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin"
-
-    - mkdir -p precompiled-gst && cd precompiled-gst
-
-    - curl -L https://people.freedesktop.org/~slomo/gstreamer-1.16.1.tar.xz | tar xJ
-    - sed -i "s;prefix=/root/gstreamer;prefix=$PWD/gstreamer;g" $PWD/gstreamer/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/*.pc
-    - export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PWD/gstreamer/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
-    - export GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH=$PWD/gstreamer/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0
-    - export GST_PLUGIN_SCANNER=$PWD/gstreamer/libexec/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugin-scanner
-    - export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/gstreamer/bin
-    - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/gstreamer/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-    # The build feature is required for the dav1d plugin for building and
-    # statically linking the C dav1d library into the dav1d-rs bindings.
-    # FIXME: The feature name should explicitly mention the dav1d plugin but
-    # Cargo currently doesn't support passthrough for that scenario.
-    - export RUSTFLAGS='--cfg feature="build"'
-    - cd "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"
+    - source ./ci/env.sh
     - mkdir .cargo && echo -e "[net]\ngit-fetch-with-cli = true" > .cargo/config
+
+.debian:10-stable:
+  extends: .debian:10
+  variables:
+    RUST_VERSION: "stable"
+
+.debian:10-1-40:
+  extends: .debian:10
+  variables:
+    RUST_VERSION: "1.40.0"
+
+.debian:10-nightly:
+  extends: .debian:10
+  variables:
+    RUST_VERSION: "nightly"
+
+.build-debian-container:
+  extends:
+  - .fdo.container-build@debian
+  stage: prep
+  variables:
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_PACKAGES: "libcsound64-dev llvm clang nasm libsodium-dev"
+
+build-stable:
+  extends:
+    - .build-debian-container
+    - .debian:10-stable
+
+build-1-40:
+  extends:
+    - .build-debian-container
+    - .debian:10-1-40
+
+build-nightly:
+  extends:
+    - .build-debian-container
+    - .debian:10-nightly
+
+.dist-debian-container:
+  extends:
+  - .fdo.distribution-image@debian
   cache:
     key: "gst"
     paths:
       - "${CARGO_HOME}"
+  variables:
+    SODIUM_USE_PKG_CONFIG: "true"
+    # The build feature is required for the dav1d plugin for building and
+    # statically linking the C dav1d library into the dav1d-rs bindings.
+    # FIXME: The feature name should explicitly mention the dav1d plugin but
+    # Cargo currently doesn't support passthrough for that scenario.
+    RUSTFLAGS: "--cfg feature=\"build\""
+  after_script:
+    - rm -rf target
+
+.img-stable:
+  extends:
+    - .dist-debian-container
+    - .debian:10-stable
+
+.img-1-40:
+  extends:
+    - .dist-debian-container
+    - .debian:10-1-40
+
+.img-nightly:
+  extends:
+    - .dist-debian-container
+    - .debian:10-nightly
 
 .cargo test:
-  extends: '.tarball_setup'
   stage: "test"
   script:
     - rustc --version
@@ -71,57 +107,47 @@ stages:
     - G_DEBUG=fatal_warnings cargo test --color=always --all --examples --all-features
 
 test 1.40:
-  # 1.40 img
-  # https://hub.docker.com/_/rust/
-  image: "rust:1.40-slim-buster"
-  extends: '.cargo test'
+  extends:
+    - '.cargo test'
+    - .img-1-40
 
 test stable:
-  # Stable img
-  # https://hub.docker.com/_/rust/
-  image: "rust:slim-buster"
-  extends: '.cargo test'
+  extends:
+    - '.cargo test'
+    - .img-stable
 
 test nightly:
-  # Nightly
-  # https://hub.docker.com/r/rustlang/rust/
-  image: "rustlang/rust:nightly-buster-slim"
   allow_failure: true
-  extends: '.cargo test'
+  extends:
+    - '.cargo test'
+    - .img-nightly
 
 rustfmt:
-  image: "rust:slim-buster"
+  extends: .img-stable
   stage: "lint"
   script:
-    - rustup component add rustfmt
     - cargo fmt --version
     - cargo fmt -- --color=always --check
 
 clippy:
-  extends: '.tarball_setup'
-  image: "rust:slim-buster"
+  extends: .img-stable
   stage: 'extras'
   script:
-    - rustup component add clippy-preview
     - cargo clippy --color=always --all --all-features --all-targets -- -A clippy::redundant_pattern_matching -A clippy::single_match -A clippy::cast_lossless -D warnings
 
 audit:
-  extends: '.tarball_setup'
-  image: "rust:slim-buster"
+  extends: .img-stable
   stage: 'extras'
   only:
     - schedules
   script:
-    - cargo install --force cargo-audit
     - cargo audit --deny-warnings
 
 outdated:
-  extends: '.tarball_setup'
-  image: "rust:slim-buster"
+  extends: .img-stable
   allow_failure: true
   stage: 'extras'
   only:
     - schedules
   script:
-    - cargo install --force --git https://github.com/kbknapp/cargo-outdated
     - cargo outdated --root-deps-only --exit-code 1 -v
diff --git a/ci/env.sh b/ci/env.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0692b9d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export RUSTUP_HOME='/usr/local/rustup'
+export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/cargo/bin
+
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
+export GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH=/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0
+export GST_PLUGIN_SCANNER=/usr/local/libexec/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugin-scanner
+export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH