diff --git a/api/http/proxy/factory/azure/transport.go b/api/http/proxy/factory/azure/transport.go
index 8ea0e0760..0c8505c8b 100644
--- a/api/http/proxy/factory/azure/transport.go
+++ b/api/http/proxy/factory/azure/transport.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func NewTransport(credentials *portainer.AzureCredentials) *Transport {
 	}
 }
 
-// RoundTrip is the implementation of the Transport interface.
+// RoundTrip is the implementation of the the http.RoundTripper interface
 func (transport *Transport) RoundTrip(request *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 	err := transport.retrieveAuthenticationToken()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/api/http/proxy/factory/factory.go b/api/http/proxy/factory/factory.go
index 2440928cb..207977f21 100644
--- a/api/http/proxy/factory/factory.go
+++ b/api/http/proxy/factory/factory.go
@@ -107,3 +107,8 @@ func (factory *ProxyFactory) NewEndpointProxy(endpoint *portainer.Endpoint) (htt
 
 	return factory.newDockerProxy(endpoint)
 }
+
+// NewGitlabProxy returns a new HTTP proxy to a Gitlab API server
+func (factory *ProxyFactory) NewGitlabProxy(gitlabAPIUri string) (http.Handler, error) {
+	return newGitlabProxy(gitlabAPIUri)
+}
diff --git a/api/http/proxy/factory/gitlab.go b/api/http/proxy/factory/gitlab.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbe28411c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/http/proxy/factory/gitlab.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package factory
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+
+	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/http/proxy/factory/gitlab"
+)
+
+func newGitlabProxy(uri string) (http.Handler, error) {
+	url, err := url.Parse(uri)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	proxy := newSingleHostReverseProxyWithHostHeader(url)
+	proxy.Transport = gitlab.NewTransport()
+	return proxy, nil
+}
diff --git a/api/http/proxy/factory/gitlab/transport.go b/api/http/proxy/factory/gitlab/transport.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4857ed710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/http/proxy/factory/gitlab/transport.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package gitlab
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+type Transport struct {
+	httpTransport *http.Transport
+}
+
+// NewTransport returns a pointer to a new instance of Transport that implements the HTTP Transport
+// interface for proxying requests to the Gitlab API.
+func NewTransport() *Transport {
+	return &Transport{
+		httpTransport: &http.Transport{},
+	}
+}
+
+// RoundTrip is the implementation of the the http.RoundTripper interface
+func (transport *Transport) RoundTrip(request *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	token := request.Header.Get("Private-Token")
+	if token == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("no gitlab token provided")
+	}
+
+	r, err := http.NewRequest(request.Method, request.URL.String(), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	r.Header.Set("Private-Token", token)
+	return transport.httpTransport.RoundTrip(r)
+}
diff --git a/api/http/proxy/gitlab.go b/api/http/proxy/gitlab.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b809a09a3..000000000
--- a/api/http/proxy/gitlab.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-package proxy
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
-)
-
-type gitlabTransport struct {
-	httpTransport *http.Transport
-}
-
-func newGitlabProxy(uri string) (http.Handler, error) {
-	url, err := url.Parse(uri)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	proxy := newSingleHostReverseProxyWithHostHeader(url)
-	proxy.Transport = &gitlabTransport{
-		httpTransport: &http.Transport{},
-	}
-
-	return proxy, nil
-}
-
-func (transport *gitlabTransport) RoundTrip(request *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-	token := request.Header.Get("Private-Token")
-	if token == "" {
-		return nil, errors.New("No gitlab token provided")
-	}
-	r, err := http.NewRequest(request.Method, request.URL.String(), nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	r.Header.Set("Private-Token", token)
-	return transport.httpTransport.RoundTrip(r)
-}
diff --git a/api/http/proxy/manager.go b/api/http/proxy/manager.go
index d692d4efa..fa27f6399 100644
--- a/api/http/proxy/manager.go
+++ b/api/http/proxy/manager.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (manager *Manager) DeleteExtensionProxy(extensionID portainer.ExtensionID)
 	manager.extensionProxies.Remove(strconv.Itoa(int(extensionID)))
 }
 
-// CreateLegacyExtensionProxy creates a new HTTP reverse proxy for a legacy extension and adds it to the registered proxies.
+// CreateLegacyExtensionProxy creates a new HTTP reverse proxy for a legacy extension and adds it to the registered proxies
 func (manager *Manager) CreateLegacyExtensionProxy(key, extensionAPIURL string) (http.Handler, error) {
 	proxy, err := manager.proxyFactory.NewLegacyExtensionProxy(extensionAPIURL)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (manager *Manager) GetLegacyExtensionProxy(key string) http.Handler {
 	return proxy.(http.Handler)
 }
 
-// CreateGitlabProxy creates a new HTTP reverse proxy that can be used to send requests to the Gitlab API..
+// CreateGitlabProxy creates a new HTTP reverse proxy that can be used to send requests to the Gitlab API
 func (manager *Manager) CreateGitlabProxy(url string) (http.Handler, error) {
-	return newGitlabProxy(url)
+	return manager.proxyFactory.NewGitlabProxy(url)
 }