diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c07beef6f67c3b7960c10536952ac296eb0fec27..592d0e167b600b3f7c5583af2ce20284388ac1e5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ build_ssh_proxy_image:
     - packer build -machine-readable openstack-compute | tee login_build.log
     - export BUILT_LOGIN_IMAGE_ID=$(grep 'Image:' login_build.log | awk '{print $4}')
     - echo BUILT_LOGIN_IMAGE_ID=${BUILT_LOGIN_IMAGE_ID} | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/image.env
+    # set image properties with repo state
+    - openstack image set --property EXT_PR_SRC_REPO=${EXT_PR_SRC_REPO} --property EXT_PR_SRC_BRANCH_SHA=${EXT_PR_SRC_BRANCH_SHA} --property EXT_PR_TARGET_REPO=${EXT_PR_TARGET_REPO} --property EXT_PR_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA=${EXT_PR_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA} --property PACKER_IMAGE_HEAD=${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA} ${BUILT_LOGIN_IMAGE_ID}
   artifacts:
     reports:
       dotenv: image.env