diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7222ea624d3e081fa11ad96d632358d134fb937a..cf16a2caa12fed48c49b1ff23381628bb3fee3c8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 stages:
+- test-parsers
 - build-hepwlbuilder
 - test-hepwlbuilder
 - build-hepwl
@@ -220,3 +221,12 @@ job_build-lhcb-gen-sim:
     #- common/bmk-driver.sh
     #- common/Dockerfile.template
   <<: *build-hepwl-anchor
+
+###
+### Template for all the build jobs of hep-workloads containers
+###
+job_test-parsers:
+  image: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/hep-workload-builder:latest
+  stage: test-parsers
+  script:
+  - ./cms/gen-sim/cms-gen-sim/test_parser.sh