diff --git a/support/misc/gitlab-ci.yml.in b/support/misc/gitlab-ci.yml.in
index 0d058bdd91..f00c764aaf 100644
--- a/support/misc/gitlab-ci.yml.in
+++ b/support/misc/gitlab-ci.yml.in
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-# Configuration for Gitlab-CI.
-# Builds appear on https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/pipelines
-
-image: buildroot/base:20200814.2228
-
 .check_base:
     rules:
         - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^.*-.*_defconfig$/ || $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^.*-tests\..*$/'
diff --git a/support/scripts/generate-gitlab-ci-yml b/support/scripts/generate-gitlab-ci-yml
index 51f7de21dd..b076b01d05 100755
--- a/support/scripts/generate-gitlab-ci-yml
+++ b/support/scripts/generate-gitlab-ci-yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 main() {
     local template="${1}"
 
-    cat "${template}"
+    preamble "${template}"
 
     (
         cd configs
@@ -18,4 +18,16 @@ main() {
     | LC_ALL=C sort
 }
 
+preamble() {
+    local template="${1}"
+
+    cat - "${template}" <<-_EOF_
+	# This file is generated; do not edit!
+	# Builds appear on https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/pipelines
+
+	image: ${CI_JOB_IMAGE}
+
+_EOF_
+}
+
 main "${@}"