diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-eic-shell.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-eic-shell.yml
index 9605b833f9..f86dd5438f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-eic-shell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-eic-shell.yml
@@ -652,6 +652,33 @@ jobs:
           python3 ${{ github.workspace }}/epic-capybara/bara.py ref/rec_dis_${{matrix.beam}}_minQ2=${{matrix.minq2}}_${{ matrix.detector_config }}.edm4eic.root rec_dis_${{matrix.beam}}_minQ2=${{matrix.minq2}}_${{ matrix.detector_config }}.edm4eic.root
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
+  trigger-container:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+    - eicrecon-gun
+    steps:
+    - uses: eic/trigger-gitlab-ci@v2
+      id: trigger
+      with:
+        url: https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov
+        project_id: 290
+        token: ${{ secrets.EICWEB_CONTAINER_TRIGGER }}
+        ref_name: master
+        variables: |
+          GITHUB_REPOSITORY=${{ github.repository }}
+          GITHUB_SHA=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+    - run: |
+        gh api \
+           --method POST \
+          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+          /repos/${{ github.repository }}/statuses/${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }} \
+          -f state="pending" \
+          -f target_url="${{ steps.trigger.outputs.web_url }}" \
+          -f description="Triggered... $(TZ=America/New_York date)" \
+          -f context="eicweb/eic_container"
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
   build-docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: