diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 513d7da9a82974ad0bdba5acc475a158934b0930..44709e5f9d6b5fe58510da5eb9fbdb684e46ee2d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ stages:
 variables:
   DOCKER_IMAGE_BASE: registry.icinga.com/build-docker
   CI_SKIP_USCAN: "yes"
-  #ICINGA_BUILD_TYPE: snapshot
+  ICINGA_BUILD_TYPE: snapshot
   #ICINGA_BUILD_UPSTREAM_BRANCH:
 
 .build: &build
diff --git a/get_snapshot b/get_snapshot
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..156b4d521011a9b6b691968c6a6547cbb41fff83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/get_snapshot
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+PROJECT='icinga-php-common'
+
+package_version="1.0.0"
+commit=$(date +%s)
+tarball="icinga-php-common_empty.orig.tar.gz"
+branch="bogus"
+
+printf '%s\t%s\t%s\t%s' \
+  "${package_version}" \
+  "${commit}" \
+  "${tarball}" \
+  "${branch}" \
+  > "${PROJECT}.version"