diff --git a/.changeset/two-crews-accept.md b/.changeset/two-crews-accept.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9540f97cb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/two-crews-accept.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-gitlab': patch
+---
+
+Add the possibility in the `GitlabDiscoveryEntityProvider` to scan the whole project instead of concrete groups. For that, use a configuration like this one, where the group parameter is omitted (not mandatory anymore):
+
+```yaml
+catalog:
+  providers:
+    gitlab:
+      yourProviderId:
+        host: gitlab-host # Identifies one of the hosts set up in the integrations
+        branch: main # Optional. Uses `master` as default
+        entityFilename: catalog-info.yaml # Optional. Defaults to `catalog-info.yaml`
+```
diff --git a/docs/integrations/gitlab/discovery.md b/docs/integrations/gitlab/discovery.md
index ea151e9415..aad73c8209 100644
--- a/docs/integrations/gitlab/discovery.md
+++ b/docs/integrations/gitlab/discovery.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ catalog:
       yourProviderId:
         host: gitlab-host # Identifies one of the hosts set up in the integrations
         branch: main # Optional. Uses `master` as default
-        group: example-group # Group and subgroup (if needed) to look for repositories
+        group: example-group # Optional. Group and subgroup (if needed) to look for repositories. If not present the whole project will be scanned
         entityFilename: catalog-info.yaml # Optional. Defaults to `catalog-info.yaml`
 ```
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/config.d.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/config.d.ts
index 5b0d42c81d..82f1a5db7c 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/config.d.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/config.d.ts
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ export interface Config {
            */
           host: string;
           /**
-           * (Required) Gitlab's group[/subgroup] where the discovery is done.
+           * (Optional) Gitlab's group[/subgroup] where the discovery is done.
+           * If not defined the whole project will be scanned.
            * @visibility backend
            */
-          group: string;
+          group?: string;
           /**
            * (Optional) Default branch to read the catalog-info.yaml file.
            * If not set, 'master' will be used.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/config.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/config.test.ts
index d28930b151..892ce5f25c 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/config.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/config.test.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,26 @@ describe('config', () => {
     });
 
     expect(() => readGitlabConfigs(config)).toThrow(
-      "Missing required config value at 'catalog.providers.gitlab.test.group'",
+      "Missing required config value at 'catalog.providers.gitlab.test.host'",
     );
   });
+
+  it('read full gitlab project', () => {
+    const config = new ConfigReader({
+      catalog: {
+        providers: {
+          gitlab: {
+            test: {
+              host: 'host',
+              branch: 'main',
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const result = readGitlabConfigs(config);
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result[0].group).toEqual('');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/config.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/config.ts
index f7eb316997..d6ad28b2ca 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/config.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/config.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { GitlabProviderConfig } from '../lib/types';
  * @param config - The config object to extract from
  */
 function readGitlabConfig(id: string, config: Config): GitlabProviderConfig {
-  const group = config.getString('group');
+  const group = config.getOptionalString('group') ?? '';
   const host = config.getString('host');
   const branch = config.getOptionalString('branch') ?? 'master';
   const catalogFile =