diff --git a/src/main/java/com/dabsquared/gitlabjenkins/GitLabPushTrigger.java b/src/main/java/com/dabsquared/gitlabjenkins/GitLabPushTrigger.java
index 04f76c3..02626fd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/dabsquared/gitlabjenkins/GitLabPushTrigger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/dabsquared/gitlabjenkins/GitLabPushTrigger.java
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public class GitLabPushTrigger extends Trigger<Job<?, ?>> {
     private boolean ciSkip = true;
     private boolean setBuildDescription = true;
     private boolean addNoteOnMergeRequest = true;
+    private boolean addCiMessage = false;
     private boolean addVoteOnMergeRequest = true;
     private transient boolean allowAllBranches = false;
     private final String branchFilterName;
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ public class GitLabPushTrigger extends Trigger<Job<?, ?>> {
 
     @DataBoundConstructor
     public GitLabPushTrigger(boolean triggerOnPush, boolean triggerOnMergeRequest, String triggerOpenMergeRequestOnPush,
-                             boolean ciSkip, boolean setBuildDescription, boolean addNoteOnMergeRequest,
+                             boolean ciSkip, boolean setBuildDescription, boolean addNoteOnMergeRequest, boolean addCiMessage,
                              boolean addVoteOnMergeRequest, boolean acceptMergeRequestOnSuccess, String branchFilterName,
                              String includeBranchesSpec, String excludeBranchesSpec, String targetBranchRegex) {
         this.triggerOnPush = triggerOnPush;
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ public class GitLabPushTrigger extends Trigger<Job<?, ?>> {
         this.ciSkip = ciSkip;
         this.setBuildDescription = setBuildDescription;
         this.addNoteOnMergeRequest = addNoteOnMergeRequest;
+        this.addCiMessage = addCiMessage;
         this.addVoteOnMergeRequest = addVoteOnMergeRequest;
         this.branchFilterName = branchFilterName;
         this.includeBranchesSpec = includeBranchesSpec;
@@ -141,6 +143,22 @@ public class GitLabPushTrigger extends Trigger<Job<?, ?>> {
         return acceptMergeRequestOnSuccess;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated see {@link com.dabsquared.gitlabjenkins.publisher.GitLabCommitStatusPublisher}
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    public boolean getAddCiMessage() {
+        return addCiMessage;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated see {@link com.dabsquared.gitlabjenkins.publisher.GitLabCommitStatusPublisher}
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    public void setAddCiMessage(boolean addCiMessage) {
+        this.addCiMessage = addCiMessage;
+    }
+
     public boolean getCiSkip() {
         return ciSkip;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/dabsquared/gitlabjenkins/publisher/GitLabCommitStatusPublisher.java b/src/main/java/com/dabsquared/gitlabjenkins/publisher/GitLabCommitStatusPublisher.java
index 648472b..b0c6baa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/dabsquared/gitlabjenkins/publisher/GitLabCommitStatusPublisher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/dabsquared/gitlabjenkins/publisher/GitLabCommitStatusPublisher.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package com.dabsquared.gitlabjenkins.publisher;
 import com.dabsquared.gitlabjenkins.GitLabPushTrigger;
 import hudson.Extension;
 import hudson.Launcher;
+import hudson.init.InitMilestone;
+import hudson.init.Initializer;
 import hudson.model.AbstractBuild;
 import hudson.model.AbstractProject;
 import hudson.model.BuildListener;
@@ -112,9 +114,28 @@ public class GitLabCommitStatusPublisher extends Notifier {
         return projectId;
     }
 
+    @Initializer(after = InitMilestone.JOB_LOADED)
+    public static void migrateJobs() throws IOException {
+        DescriptorImpl descriptor = (DescriptorImpl) Jenkins.getInstance().getDescriptor(GitLabCommitStatusPublisher.class);
+        if (!descriptor.migrationFinished) {
+            for (AbstractProject<?, ?> project : Jenkins.getInstance().getAllItems(AbstractProject.class)) {
+                GitLabPushTrigger trigger = project.getTrigger(GitLabPushTrigger.class);
+                if (trigger != null && trigger.getAddCiMessage()) {
+                    project.getPublishersList().add(new GitLabCommitStatusPublisher());
+                    trigger.setAddCiMessage(false);
+                    project.save();
+                }
+            }
+            descriptor.migrationFinished = true;
+            descriptor.save();
+        }
+    }
+
     @Extension
     public static class DescriptorImpl extends BuildStepDescriptor<Publisher> {
 
+        private boolean migrationFinished = false;
+
         @Override
         public boolean isApplicable(Class<? extends AbstractProject> aClass) {
             return true;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/dabsquared/gitlabjenkins/AbstractGitLabPushTriggerGitlabServerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/dabsquared/gitlabjenkins/AbstractGitLabPushTriggerGitlabServerTest.java
index e942def..bc31152 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/dabsquared/gitlabjenkins/AbstractGitLabPushTriggerGitlabServerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/dabsquared/gitlabjenkins/AbstractGitLabPushTriggerGitlabServerTest.java
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractGitLabPushTriggerGitlabServerTest {
 		boolean ciSkip = false;
 		boolean setBuildDescription = true;
 		boolean addNoteOnMergeRequest = true;
+		boolean addCiMessage = true;
 		boolean addVoteOnMergeRequest = true;
 		boolean acceptMergeRequestOnSuccess = false;
 		String branchFilter = null;
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractGitLabPushTriggerGitlabServerTest {
 		String excludeBranchesSpec = null;
 		String targetBranchRegex = null;
 		GitLabPushTrigger gitLabPushTrigger = new GitLabPushTrigger(triggerOnPush, triggerOnMergeRequest,
-				triggerOpenMergeRequestOnPush, ciSkip, setBuildDescription, addNoteOnMergeRequest,
+				triggerOpenMergeRequestOnPush, ciSkip, setBuildDescription, addNoteOnMergeRequest, addCiMessage,
 				addVoteOnMergeRequest, acceptMergeRequestOnSuccess, branchFilter, includeBranchesSpec,
 				excludeBranchesSpec, targetBranchRegex);