diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/createBuiltinActions.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/createBuiltinActions.ts
index d38dfe3cdc..2d916af77e 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/createBuiltinActions.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/createBuiltinActions.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
   createPublishGithubAction,
   createPublishGithubPullRequestAction,
   createPublishGitlabAction,
+  createPublishGitlabMergeRequestAction,
 } from './publish';
 import {
   createGithubActionsDispatchAction,
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ export const createBuiltinActions = (options: {
       integrations,
       config,
     }),
+    createPublishGitlabMergeRequestAction({
+      integrations,
+    }),
     createPublishBitbucketAction({
       integrations,
       config,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlabMergeRequest.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlabMergeRequest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ff10deb96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlabMergeRequest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { createTemplateAction } from '../../createTemplateAction';
+import { readFile } from 'fs-extra';
+import { Gitlab } from '@gitbeaker/node';
+import path from 'path';
+import globby from 'globby';
+import { CommitAction } from '@gitbeaker/core/dist/types/services/Commits';
+import {  CreateMergeRequestOptions } from '@gitbeaker/core/dist/types/services/MergeRequests';
+import { ScmIntegrationRegistry } from '@backstage/integration';
+import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
+import { parseRepoUrl } from './util';
+
+export type GitlabMergeRequestActionInput = {
+	projectid: string;
+	repoUrl: string;
+	title: string;
+	description: string;
+	destinationBranch: string;
+	targetPath: string;
+  };
+
+export const createPublishGitlabMergeRequestAction = (options: {
+	integrations: ScmIntegrationRegistry;
+  }) => {
+	const { integrations } = options;
+
+	return createTemplateAction<GitlabMergeRequestActionInput>({
+	  id: 'publish:gitlab-merge-request',
+	  schema: {
+		input: {
+		  required: ['projectid', 'repoUrl', 'targetPath'],
+		  type: 'object',
+		  properties: {
+			repoUrl: {
+				type: 'string',
+				title: 'Repository Location',
+				description: `Accepts the format 'gitlab.com/group_name/project_name' where 'project_name' is the repository name and 'group_name' is a group or username`,
+			},
+			projectid: {
+			  type: 'string',
+			  title: 'projectid',
+			  description: 'Project ID of the Gitlab Project',
+			},
+			title: {
+				type: 'string',
+				title: 'Merge Request Name',
+				description: 'The name for the merge request',
+			  },
+			description: {
+				type: 'string',
+				title: 'Merge Request Description',
+				description: 'The description of the merge request',
+			  },
+			destinationBranch: {
+				type: 'string',
+				title: 'Destination Branch name',
+				description: 'The description of the merge request',
+			},
+			targetPath: {
+				type: 'string',
+				title: 'Repository Subdirectory',
+				description: 'Subdirectory of repository to apply changes to',
+			}
+		  },
+		},
+		output: {
+			type: 'object',
+			properties: {
+			  projectid : {
+				title: 'Gitlab Project id',
+				type: 'string',
+			  },
+			  mergeRequestURL: {
+				title: 'MergeRequest(MR) URL',
+				type: 'string',
+				description: 'Link to the merge request in GitLab',
+			  },
+			},
+		  },
+	},
+	  async handler(ctx) {
+		const repoUrl  = ctx.input.repoUrl;
+		const { host } = parseRepoUrl(repoUrl, integrations);
+		const integrationConfig = integrations.gitlab.byHost(host);
+
+		let actions: CommitAction[] = [];
+		const formatedTimestamp = ()=> {
+			const d = new Date()
+			const date = d.toISOString().split('T')[0];
+			const time = d.toTimeString().split(' ')[0].replace(/:/g, "_");
+			return `${date}_${time}`
+		}
+        const destinationBranch = ctx.input.destinationBranch? ctx.input.destinationBranch + formatedTimestamp(): `backstage_${formatedTimestamp()}`;
+
+		if (!integrationConfig) {
+		  throw new InputError(
+			`No matching integration configuration for host ${host}, please check your integrations config`,
+		  );
+		}
+
+		if (!integrationConfig.config.token) {
+		  throw new InputError(`No token available for host ${host}`);
+		}
+
+		const api = new Gitlab({
+		  host: integrationConfig.config.baseUrl,
+		  token: integrationConfig.config.token,
+		});
+
+		const fileRoot = ctx.workspacePath;
+		const localFilePaths = await globby([`${ctx.input.targetPath}'/**'`], {
+			cwd: fileRoot,
+			gitignore: true,
+			dot: true,
+		});
+
+        const fileContents = await Promise.all(
+			localFilePaths.map(p => readFile(path.resolve(fileRoot, p))),
+		);
+
+		const repoFilePaths = localFilePaths.map(repoFilePath => {
+			return repoFilePath;
+		  });
+
+		for(let i=0; i<repoFilePaths.length;i++) {
+			actions.push({ action:'create', filePath:repoFilePaths[i], content: fileContents[i].toString()});
+		}
+
+
+		const defaultBranch: any = await api.Projects.show(ctx.input.projectid).then((projectJSON) => {
+			return projectJSON?.default_branch;
+		});
+
+		try {
+			await api.Branches.create(ctx.input.projectid, destinationBranch, defaultBranch).then((branchResponse) => {
+					return branchResponse;
+			});
+		} catch(e) {
+			throw new InputError(`The branch creation failed ` + e);
+		}
+
+		try {
+			await api.Commits.create(ctx.input.projectid, destinationBranch, ctx.input.title, actions);
+		} catch(e) {
+			throw new InputError(`Committing the changes to ` + destinationBranch + ` failed ` + e);
+		}
+
+		try {
+			let mergeRequestUrl: any = await api.MergeRequests.create(ctx.input.projectid, destinationBranch, defaultBranch, ctx.input.title, { description: ctx.input.description }).then((mergeRequest) => {
+		  		return mergeRequest.web_url
+			});
+			ctx.output('projectid', ctx.input.projectid);
+			ctx.output('mergeRequestUrl', mergeRequestUrl);
+		}
+		catch(e) {
+			throw new InputError(`Merge request creation failed` + e);
+		}
+	},
+	});
+};
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diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/index.ts
index a292438d3a..75af6e190f 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/index.ts
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ export { createPublishFileAction } from './file';
 export { createPublishGithubAction } from './github';
 export { createPublishGithubPullRequestAction } from './githubPullRequest';
 export { createPublishGitlabAction } from './gitlab';
+export { createPublishGitlabMergeRequestAction } from './gitlabMergeRequest';
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