diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0bd591364beb292986032de3bc5d8416ce6a1701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# vim: set expandtab shiftwidth=2 tabstop=8 textwidth=0 filetype=yaml:
+#
+# This CI uses the freedesktop.org ci-templates.
+# Please see the ci-templates documentation for details:
+# https://freedesktop.pages.freedesktop.org/ci-templates/
+
+.templates_sha: &template_sha 34f4ade99434043f88e164933f570301fd18b125 # see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/#includefile
+
+
+include:
+  # Arch container builder template
+  - project: 'freedesktop/ci-templates'
+    ref: *template_sha
+    file: '/templates/arch.yml'
+  - project: 'freedesktop/ci-templates'
+    ref: *template_sha
+    file: '/templates/ci-fairy.yml'
+  - template: Security/SAST.gitlab-ci.yml
+
+
+stages:
+  - prep             # prep work like rebuilding the container images if there is a change
+  - build            # for actually building and testing things in a container
+  - test
+  - deploy
+
+
+variables:
+  FDO_UPSTREAM_REPO: 'xorg/lib/libfontenc'
+  # The tag should be updated each time the list of packages is updated.
+  # Changing a tag forces the associated image to be rebuilt.
+  # Note: the tag has no meaning, we use a date format purely for readability
+  FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG:  '2022-05-08.0'
+  FDO_DISTRIBUTION_PACKAGES:  'git gcc pkgconf autoconf automake libtool make xorg-util-macros xorg-font-util zlib xorgproto'
+
+
+#
+# Verify that commit messages are as expected
+#
+check-commits:
+  extends:
+    - .fdo.ci-fairy
+  stage: prep
+  script:
+    - ci-fairy check-commits --junit-xml=results.xml
+  except:
+    - master@xorg/lib/libfontenc
+  variables:
+    GIT_DEPTH: 100
+  artifacts:
+    reports:
+      junit: results.xml
+
+#
+# Verify that the merge request has the allow-collaboration checkbox ticked
+#
+check-merge-request:
+  extends:
+    - .fdo.ci-fairy
+  stage: deploy
+  script:
+    - ci-fairy check-merge-request --require-allow-collaboration --junit-xml=results.xml
+  artifacts:
+    when: on_failure
+    reports:
+      junit: results.xml
+  allow_failure: true
+
+
+#
+# Build a container with the given tag and the packages pre-installed.
+# This only happens if/when the tag changes, otherwise the existing image is
+# re-used.
+#
+container-prep:
+  extends:
+    - .fdo.container-build@arch
+  stage: prep
+  variables:
+    GIT_STRATEGY: none
+
+
+#
+# The default build, runs on the image built above.
+#
+build:
+  stage: build
+  extends:
+    - .fdo.distribution-image@arch
+  script:
+    - autoreconf -ivf
+    - mkdir _builddir
+    - pushd _builddir > /dev/null
+    - ../configure --disable-silent-rules --enable-unit-tests
+    - make
+    - make check
+    - make distcheck
+    - popd > /dev/null
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4e83d35b2dc06606a004b4f04a25789def2abe9..220766304935255b04b4e101337d1f493e662ad7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Xorg mailing list:
 
   https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
 
-The master development code repository can be found at:
+The primary development code repository can be found at:
 
   https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libfontenc
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cadc653a09cd6740747fd82c6e85ed024f30796b..a8f8c40a559ea0632ecfcaac5748387e0777cfaf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Makefile.am])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 # Initialize Automake
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-xz])
 
 # Initialize libtool
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER([zlib.h], [],
 AC_CHECK_LIB(z, gzclose, [],
              AC_MSG_FAILURE([zlib is required to compile libfontenc]))
 
-# Obtain compiler/linker options for depedencies
+# Obtain compiler/linker options for dependencies
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FONTENC, xproto)
 
 # Allow checking code with lint, sparse, etc.