diff --git a/docker/build_docker.sh b/docker/build_docker.sh
index 9e713d57c324132775b5a94dbbade67a00fca2e9..08259363be130330cdfa5397d4fe820cada160ce 100755
--- a/docker/build_docker.sh
+++ b/docker/build_docker.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ input_data_folder="/tmp/hasa"
 if [ $(sudo docker images | grep ${runner_iname} | wc -l) == 0 ]
 then
     # build docker image
-    sudo docker build -f ${context_dir}/${dockerfile} -m 20G -t ${runner_tag} ${context_dir}
+    sudo docker build --network=host -f ${context_dir}/${dockerfile} -m 20G -t ${runner_tag} ${context_dir}
 else
     echo "It already exists a Docker image with the name ${runner_tag}!!!"
 fi
diff --git a/docker/build_register_hasa_testsuite_image.sh b/docker/build_register_hasa_testsuite_image.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2081e6d030af512112b01c8148bed7bc5e357f71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/build_register_hasa_testsuite_image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+context_dir="./context"
+dockerfile="hasa.docker"
+runner_version="latest"
+runner_tag="hasa_ci:$runner_version"
+gitlab_runner="hasa_gitlab_CI_runner"
+
+echo "#### Build runner docker image"
+docker rmi ${runner_tag}
+docker build --network=host -f ${context_dir}/${dockerfile} -m 20G -t ${runner_tag} ${context_dir}
+
+echo "#### Create gitlab-runner (daemon) container"
+docker stop ${gitlab_runner}
+docker rm ${gitlab_runner}
+docker run -d --name ${gitlab_runner} --network host --restart always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock gitlab/gitlab-runner:latest
+
+echo "#### Register container at gitlab"
+read -p "Please enter gitlab token: " token
+echo ""
+read -p "Please enter gitlab runner name: " runner_name
+echo "${runner_tag}"
+docker exec -it ${gitlab_runner} /bin/bash -c "export RUNNER_EXECUTOR=docker && gitlab-ci-multi-runner register -n \
+  --url 'https://git.gfz-potsdam.de' \
+  --registration-token '${token}' \
+  --run-untagged=true \
+  --docker-network-mode='host' \
+  --locked=true \
+  --tag-list  hasa \
+  --docker-pull-policy='never' \
+  --description '${runner_name}' \
+  --docker-image '${runner_tag}' "
+