diff --git a/.gitlab/custom-jobs-and-variables.yml b/.gitlab/custom-jobs-and-variables.yml
index 787ae92a5..bb40057dc 100644
--- a/.gitlab/custom-jobs-and-variables.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/custom-jobs-and-variables.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ variables:
 .custom_job:
   artifacts:
     paths:
-      - ./*.cmake
+      - ./*.cmake.txt
     reports:
       junit: junit.xml
 
diff --git a/scripts/gitlab/build_and_test.sh b/scripts/gitlab/build_and_test.sh
index a7ca07228..ffc0fa294 100755
--- a/scripts/gitlab/build_and_test.sh
+++ b/scripts/gitlab/build_and_test.sh
@@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ fi
 hostconfig=$(basename ${hostconfig_path})
 echo "[Information]: Found hostconfig ${hostconfig_path}"
 
+# Create a copy of the hostconfig file with extension readable in GitLab UI (only in CI).
+if [[ -n ${job_unique_id} ]]
+then
+    cp ${hostconfig_path} ${project_dir}/${hostconfig}.txt
+fi
+
 # Build Directory
 # When using /dev/shm, we use prefix for both spack builds and source build, unless BUILD_ROOT was defined
 build_root=${BUILD_ROOT:-"${prefix}"}