diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 44e6a1947450b1e457645b34184f36eddd33af2d..f651097828e088f4ba2d58e4cf8d1dbc5af76003 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ v 8.9.0 (unreleased)
   - Reduce number of fog gem dependencies
   - Add number of merge requests for a given milestone to the milestones view.
   - Implement a fair usage of shared runners
+  - Add predefined CI variables to GitLab for container registry, pipelines, project name, etc.
   - Remove project notification settings associated with deleted projects
   - Fix 404 page when viewing TODOs that contain milestones or labels in different projects
   - Add a metric for the number of new Redis connections created by a transaction
diff --git a/app/models/ci/build.rb b/app/models/ci/build.rb
index d618c84e9831e995899a0fa1be71af83c7182b99..d823d67e3ba56b6f127a8cddf14cd11ef93b27fd 100644
--- a/app/models/ci/build.rb
+++ b/app/models/ci/build.rb
@@ -431,10 +431,34 @@ module Ci
 
     def predefined_variables
       variables = []
-      variables << { key: :CI_BUILD_TAG, value: ref, public: true } if tag?
-      variables << { key: :CI_BUILD_NAME, value: name, public: true }
-      variables << { key: :CI_BUILD_STAGE, value: stage, public: true }
-      variables << { key: :CI_BUILD_TRIGGERED, value: 'true', public: true } if trigger_request
+      variables << { key: 'CI', value: 'true', public: true }
+      variables << { key: 'GITLAB_CI', value: 'true', public: true }
+
+      variables << { key: 'CI_BUILD_ID', value: id, public: true }
+      variables << { key: 'CI_BUILD_TOKEN', value: token, public: false }
+      variables << { key: 'CI_BUILD_REF', value: sha, public: true }
+      variables << { key: 'CI_BUILD_BEFORE_SHA', value: before_sha, public: true }
+      variables << { key: 'CI_BUILD_REF_NAME', value: ref, public: true }
+      variables << { key: 'CI_BUILD_TAG', value: ref, public: true } if tag?
+      variables << { key: 'CI_BUILD_NAME', value: name, public: true }
+      variables << { key: 'CI_BUILD_STAGE', value: stage, public: true }
+      variables << { key: 'CI_BUILD_TRIGGERED', value: 'true', public: true } if trigger_request
+
+      variables << { key: 'CI_PIPELINE_ID', value: pipeline.id, public: true }
+
+      variables << { key: 'CI_PROJECT_ID', value: project_id, public: true }
+      variables << { key: 'CI_PROJECT_NAME', value: project.path, public: true }
+      variables << { key: 'CI_PROJECT_PATH', value: project.path_with_namespace, public: true }
+      variables << { key: 'CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE', value: project.namespace.path, public: true }
+      variables << { key: 'CI_PROJECT_URL', value: project.web_url, public: true }
+
+      variables << { key: 'CI_REGISTRY', value: Gitlab.config.registry.host_port, public: true } if Gitlab.config.registry.enabled
+      variables << { key: 'CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE', value: project.container_registry_repository_url, public: true } if project.container_registry_repository_url
+
+      variables << { key: 'CI_SERVER_NAME', value: 'GitLab', public: true }
+      variables << { key: 'CI_SERVER_VERSION', value: Gitlab::VERSION, public: true }
+      variables << { key: 'CI_SERVER_REVISION', value: Gitlab::REVISION, public: true }
+      variables << { key: 'CI_SERVER_URL', value: Gitlab::REVISION, public: true }
       variables
     end
   end
diff --git a/doc/ci/variables/README.md b/doc/ci/variables/README.md
index 137b080a8f796d68f35f39cb6bff49ecab471924..3683470b54cfb20ffacd58bcb67959ba07d7b8aa 100644
--- a/doc/ci/variables/README.md
+++ b/doc/ci/variables/README.md
@@ -18,25 +18,32 @@ The `API_TOKEN` will take the Secure Variable value: `SECURE`.
 
 ### Predefined variables (Environment Variables)
 
-| Variable                | Runner | Description |
-|-------------------------|-----|--------|
-| **CI**                  | 0.4 | Mark that build is executed in CI environment |
-| **GITLAB_CI**           | all | Mark that build is executed in GitLab CI environment |
-| **CI_SERVER**           | all | Mark that build is executed in CI environment |
-| **CI_SERVER_NAME**      | all | CI server that is used to coordinate builds |
-| **CI_SERVER_VERSION**   | all | Not yet defined |
-| **CI_SERVER_REVISION**  | all | Not yet defined |
-| **CI_BUILD_REF**        | all | The commit revision for which project is built |
-| **CI_BUILD_TAG**        | 0.5 | The commit tag name. Present only when building tags. |
-| **CI_BUILD_NAME**       | 0.5 | The name of the build as defined in `.gitlab-ci.yml` |
-| **CI_BUILD_STAGE**      | 0.5 | The name of the stage as defined in `.gitlab-ci.yml` |
-| **CI_BUILD_REF_NAME**   | all | The branch or tag name for which project is built |
-| **CI_BUILD_ID**         | all | The unique id of the current build that GitLab CI uses internally |
-| **CI_BUILD_REPO**       | all | The URL to clone the Git repository |
-| **CI_BUILD_TRIGGERED**  | 0.5 | The flag to indicate that build was [triggered] |
-| **CI_BUILD_TOKEN**      | 1.2 | Token used for authenticating with the GitLab Container Registry |
-| **CI_PROJECT_ID**       | all | The unique id of the current project that GitLab CI uses internally |
-| **CI_PROJECT_DIR**      | all | The full path where the repository is cloned and where the build is ran |
+| Variable                | GitLab | Runner | Description |
+|-------------------------|--------|--------|-------------|
+| **CI**                  | all    | 0.4    | Mark that build is executed in CI environment |
+| **GITLAB_CI**           | all    | all    | Mark that build is executed in GitLab CI environment |
+| **CI_SERVER**           | all    | all    | Mark that build is executed in CI environment |
+| **CI_SERVER_NAME**      | all    | all    | The name of CI server that is used to coordinate builds |
+| **CI_SERVER_VERSION**   | all    | all    | GitLab version that is used to schedule builds |
+| **CI_SERVER_REVISION**  | all    | all    | GitLab revision that is used to schedule builds |
+| **CI_BUILD_ID**         | all    | all    | The unique id of the current build that GitLab CI uses internally |
+| **CI_BUILD_REF**        | all    | all    | The commit revision for which project is built |
+| **CI_BUILD_TAG**        | all    | 0.5    | The commit tag name. Present only when building tags. |
+| **CI_BUILD_NAME**       | all    | 0.5    | The name of the build as defined in `.gitlab-ci.yml` |
+| **CI_BUILD_STAGE**      | all    | 0.5    | The name of the stage as defined in `.gitlab-ci.yml` |
+| **CI_BUILD_REF_NAME**   | all    | all    | The branch or tag name for which project is built |
+| **CI_BUILD_REPO**       | all    | all    | The URL to clone the Git repository |
+| **CI_BUILD_TRIGGERED**  | all    | 0.5    | The flag to indicate that build was [triggered] |
+| **CI_BUILD_TOKEN**      | all    | 1.2    | Token used for authenticating with the GitLab Container Registry |
+| **CI_PIPELINE_ID**      | 8.9    | 0.5    | The unique id of the current pipeline that GitLab CI uses internally |
+| **CI_PROJECT_ID**       | all    | all    | The unique id of the current project that GitLab CI uses internally |
+| **CI_PROJECT_NAME**     | 8.9    | 0.5    | The project name that is currently build |
+| **CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE**| 8.9    | 0.5    | The project namespace that is currently build |
+| **CI_PROJECT_PATH**     | 8.9    | 0.5    | The namespace with project name |
+| **CI_PROJECT_URL**      | 8.9    | 0.5    | The HTTP address to access project |
+| **CI_PROJECT_DIR**      | all    | all    | The full path where the repository is cloned and where the build is ran |
+| **CI_REGISTRY**         | 8.9    | 0.5    | If the Container Registry is enabled it returns address of GitLab's Container Registry |
+| **CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE**   | 8.9    | 0.5    | If the Container Registry is for project it returns the address of registry tied to specific project |
 
 **Some of the variables are only available when using runner with at least defined version.**
 
@@ -46,18 +53,25 @@ Example values:
 export CI_BUILD_ID="50"
 export CI_BUILD_REF="1ecfd275763eff1d6b4844ea3168962458c9f27a"
 export CI_BUILD_REF_NAME="master"
-export CI_BUILD_REPO="https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.git"
+export CI_BUILD_REPO="https://gitab-ci-token:abcde-1234ABCD5678ef@gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.git"
 export CI_BUILD_TAG="1.0.0"
 export CI_BUILD_NAME="spec:other"
 export CI_BUILD_STAGE="test"
 export CI_BUILD_TRIGGERED="true"
 export CI_BUILD_TOKEN="abcde-1234ABCD5678ef"
-export CI_PROJECT_DIR="/builds/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce"
+export CI_PIPELINE_ID="1000"
 export CI_PROJECT_ID="34"
+export CI_PROJECT_DIR="/builds/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce"
+export CI_PROJECT_NAME="gitlab-ce"
+export CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE="gitlab-org"
+export CI_PROJECT_PATH="gitlab-org/gitlab-ce"
+export CI_PROJECT_URL="https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.git"
+export CI_REGISTRY="registry.gitlab.com"
+export CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE="registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce"
 export CI_SERVER="yes"
-export CI_SERVER_NAME="GitLab CI"
-export CI_SERVER_REVISION=""
-export CI_SERVER_VERSION=""
+export CI_SERVER_NAME="GitLab"
+export CI_SERVER_REVISION="8.9.0"
+export CI_SERVER_VERSION="70606bf"
 ```
 
 ### YAML-defined variables