diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3f0e319..616626a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 image: ghcr.io/siemens/kas/kas:latest-release
 
+variables:
+  CPU_REQUEST: ""
+  # These are needed as the k8s executor doesn't respect the container
+  # entrypoint by default
+  FF_USE_LEGACY_KUBERNETES_EXECUTION_STRATEGY: 0
+  FF_KUBERNETES_HONOR_ENTRYPOINT: 1
+
 stages:
   - prep
   - build
@@ -24,6 +31,8 @@ stages:
 # Generalised fragment to do a Kas build
 .build:
   extends: .setup
+  variables:
+    KUBERNETES_CPU_REQUEST: $CPU_REQUEST
   script:
     - KASFILES=$(./ci/jobs-to-kas "$CI_JOB_NAME")
     - kas shell --update --force-checkout $KASFILES -c 'cat conf/*.conf'