diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eee6f2105..b7260799f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ variables:
 stages:
   - build
   - push
+  - ide-deploy
   - versioning
 
 .docker-image:
@@ -121,7 +122,6 @@ webide-docker:
     paths:
       - webide.tar.gz
 
-
 webide-push:
   extends: .docker-image
   dependencies:
@@ -138,6 +138,17 @@ webide-push:
     - docker tag ligo-editor "${WEBIDE_IMAGE_NAME}:${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"
     - docker push "${WEBIDE_IMAGE_NAME}:${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"
 
+deploy-handoff:
+  # Handoff deployment duties to private repo
+  stage: ide-deploy
+  variables:
+    IDE_DOCKER_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.com/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}/ligo_webide"
+    LIGO_COMMIT_REF_NAME: "${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"
+  trigger: ligolang/ligo-webide-deploy
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "dev"'
+      when: always
+
 static-binary:
   extends: .nix
   only: