diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/gitlab_project_variable.py b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/gitlab_project_variable.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright: (c) 2019, Markus Bergholz (markuman@gmail.com)
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community'}
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+module: gitlab_project_variable
+short_description: Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Projects Variables
+description:
+  - When a project variable does not exist, it will be created.
+  - When a project variable does exist, its value will be updated when the values are different.
+  - Variables which are untouched in the playbook, but are not untouched in the GitLab project,
+    they stay untouched (I(purge) is C(false)) or will be deleted (I(purge) is C(true)).
+version_added: "2.9"
+author:
+  - "Markus Bergholz (@markuman)"
+requirements:
+  - python >= 2.7
+  - python-gitlab python module
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+  - auth_basic
+options:
+  state:
+    description:
+      - Create or delete project variable.
+      - Possible values are present and absent.
+    default: present
+    type: str
+    choices: ["present", "absent"]
+  api_token:
+    description:
+      - GitLab access token with API permissions.
+    required: true
+    type: str
+  project:
+    description:
+      - The path and name of the project.
+    required: true
+    type: str
+  purge:
+    description:
+      - When set to true, all variables which are not untoucheded in the task will be deleted.
+    default: false
+    type: bool
+  vars:
+    description:
+      - A list of key value pairs.
+    default: {}
+    type: dict
+'''
+
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Set or update some CI/CD variables
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: https://gitlab.com
+    api_token: secret_access_token
+    project: markuman/dotfiles
+    purge: false
+    vars:
+      ACCESS_KEY_ID: abc123
+      SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: 321cba
+
+- name: Delete one variable
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: https://gitlab.com
+    api_token: secret_access_token
+    project: markuman/dotfiles
+    state: absent
+    vars:
+      ACCESS_KEY_ID: abc123
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+project_variable:
+  description: Four lists of the variablenames which were added, updated, removed or exist.
+  returned: always
+  type: dict
+  contains:
+    added:
+      description: A list of variables which were created.
+      returned: always
+      type: list
+      sample: "['ACCESS_KEY_ID', 'SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']"
+    untouched:
+      description: A list of variables which exist.
+      returned: always
+      type: list
+      sample: "['ACCESS_KEY_ID', 'SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']"
+    removed:
+      description: A list of variables which were deleted.
+      returned: always
+      type: list
+      sample: "['ACCESS_KEY_ID', 'SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']"
+    updated:
+      description: A list of variables whose values were changed.
+      returned: always
+      type: list
+      sample: "['ACCESS_KEY_ID', 'SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']"
+'''
+
+import traceback
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.api import basic_auth_argument_spec
+
+
+GITLAB_IMP_ERR = None
+try:
+    import gitlab
+    HAS_GITLAB_PACKAGE = True
+except Exception:
+    GITLAB_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
+    HAS_GITLAB_PACKAGE = False
+
+
+class GitlabProjectVariables(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, module, gitlab_instance):
+        self.repo = gitlab_instance
+        self.project = self.get_project(module.params['project'])
+        self._module = module
+
+    def get_project(self, project_name):
+        return self.repo.projects.get(project_name)
+
+    def list_all_project_variables(self):
+        return self.project.variables.list()
+
+    def create_variable(self, key, value):
+        if self._module.check_mode:
+            return
+        return self.project.variables.create({"key": key, "value": value})
+
+    def update_variable(self, var, value):
+        if var.value == value:
+            return False
+        if self._module.check_mode:
+            return True
+        var.value = value
+        var.save()
+        return True
+
+    def delete_variable(self, key):
+        if self._module.check_mode:
+            return
+        return self.project.variables.delete(key)
+
+
+def native_python_main(this_gitlab, purge, var_list, state):
+
+    change = False
+    return_value = dict(added=list(), updated=list(), removed=list(), untouched=list())
+
+    gitlab_keys = this_gitlab.list_all_project_variables()
+    existing_variables = [x.get_id() for x in gitlab_keys]
+
+    for key in var_list:
+        if key in existing_variables:
+            index = existing_variables.index(key)
+            existing_variables[index] = None
+
+            if state == 'present':
+                single_change = this_gitlab.update_variable(
+                    gitlab_keys[index], var_list[key])
+                change = single_change or change
+                if single_change:
+                    return_value['updated'].append(key)
+                else:
+                    return_value['untouched'].append(key)
+
+            elif state == 'absent':
+                this_gitlab.delete_variable(key)
+                change = True
+                return_value['removed'].append(key)
+
+        elif key not in existing_variables and state == 'present':
+            this_gitlab.create_variable(key, var_list[key])
+            change = True
+            return_value['added'].append(key)
+
+    existing_variables = list(filter(None, existing_variables))
+    if purge:
+        for item in existing_variables:
+            this_gitlab.delete_variable(item)
+            change = True
+            return_value['removed'].append(item)
+    else:
+        return_value['untouched'].extend(existing_variables)
+
+    return change, return_value
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = basic_auth_argument_spec()
+    argument_spec.update(
+        api_token=dict(type='str', required=True, no_log=True),
+        project=dict(type='str', required=True),
+        purge=dict(type='bool', required=False, default=False),
+        vars=dict(type='dict', required=False, default=dict()),
+        state=dict(type='str', default="present", choices=["absent", "present"])
+    )
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=argument_spec,
+        mutually_exclusive=[
+            ['api_username', 'api_token'],
+            ['api_password', 'api_token'],
+        ],
+        required_together=[
+            ['api_username', 'api_password'],
+        ],
+        required_one_of=[
+            ['api_username', 'api_token']
+        ],
+        supports_check_mode=True
+    )
+
+    api_url = module.params['api_url']
+    gitlab_token = module.params['api_token']
+    purge = module.params['purge']
+    var_list = module.params['vars']
+    state = module.params['state']
+
+    if not HAS_GITLAB_PACKAGE:
+        module.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib("python-gitlab"), exception=GITLAB_IMP_ERR)
+
+    try:
+        gitlab_instance = gitlab.Gitlab(url=api_url, private_token=gitlab_token)
+        gitlab_instance.auth()
+    except (gitlab.exceptions.GitlabAuthenticationError, gitlab.exceptions.GitlabGetError) as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg="Failed to connect to GitLab server: %s" % to_native(e))
+    except (gitlab.exceptions.GitlabHttpError) as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg="Failed to connect to Gitlab server: %s. \
+            Gitlab remove Session API now that private tokens are removed from user API endpoints since version 10.2" % to_native(e))
+
+    this_gitlab = GitlabProjectVariables(module=module, gitlab_instance=gitlab_instance)
+
+    change, return_value = native_python_main(this_gitlab, purge, var_list, state)
+
+    module.exit_json(changed=change, project_variable=return_value)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/gitlab_project_variable/aliases b/test/integration/targets/gitlab_project_variable/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad7ccf7ada2
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+unsupported
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/gitlab_project_variable/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/gitlab_project_variable/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6b1b2dfd41
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+- name: Install required libs
+  pip:
+    name: python-gitlab
+    state: present
+
+- name: purge all variables for check_mode test
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    purge: True
+
+- name: add a variable value in check_mode
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    vars:
+      ACCESS_KEY_ID: checkmode
+  check_mode: yes
+  register: gitlab_project_variable_state
+
+- name: check_mode state must be changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state is changed
+
+- name: apply add value from check_mode test
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    vars:
+      ACCESS_KEY_ID: checkmode
+  register: gitlab_project_variable_state
+
+- name: state must be changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state is changed
+
+- name: change a variable value in check_mode again
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    vars:
+      ACCESS_KEY_ID: checkmode
+  check_mode: yes
+  register: gitlab_project_variable_state
+
+- name: check_mode state must not be changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state is not changed
+
+- name: apply again the value change from check_mode test
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    vars:
+      ACCESS_KEY_ID: checkmode
+  register: gitlab_project_variable_state
+
+- name: state must not be changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state is not changed
+
+- name: purge all variables at the beginning
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    purge: True
+
+- name: set two test variables
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    vars:
+      ACCESS_KEY_ID: abc123
+      SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: 321cba
+  register: gitlab_project_variable_state
+
+- name: set two test variables state must be changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state is changed
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.added|length == 2
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.untouched|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.removed|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.updated|length == 0
+
+- name: re-set two test variables
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    vars:
+      ACCESS_KEY_ID: abc123
+      SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: 321cba
+  register: gitlab_project_variable_state
+
+- name: re-set two test variables state must not be changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state is not changed
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.added|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.untouched|length == 2
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.removed|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.updated|length == 0
+
+- name: edit one variable
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    vars:
+      ACCESS_KEY_ID: changed
+    purge: False
+  register: gitlab_project_variable_state
+
+- name: edit one variable state must be changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.changed
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.added|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.untouched|length == 1
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.removed|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.updated|length == 1
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.updated[0] == "ACCESS_KEY_ID"
+
+- name: append one variable
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    vars:
+      some: value
+    purge: False
+  register: gitlab_project_variable_state
+
+- name: append one variable state must be changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.changed
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.added|length == 1
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.untouched|length == 2
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.removed|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.updated|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.added[0] == "some"
+
+- name: re-set all variables
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    vars:
+      ACCESS_KEY_ID: changed
+      SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: 321cba
+      some: value
+  register: gitlab_project_variable_state
+
+- name: re-set all variables state must not be changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - not gitlab_project_variable_state.changed
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.added|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.untouched|length == 3
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.removed|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.updated|length == 0
+
+- name: set one variables and purge all others
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    vars:
+      some: value
+    purge: True
+  register: gitlab_project_variable_state
+
+- name: set one variables and purge all others state must be changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.changed
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.added|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.untouched|length == 1
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.removed|length == 2
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.updated|length == 0
+
+- name: only one variable is left
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    vars:
+      some: value
+    purge: False
+  register: gitlab_project_variable_state
+
+- name: only one variable is left state must not be changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - not gitlab_project_variable_state.changed
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.added|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.untouched|length == 1
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.removed|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.updated|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.untouched[0] == "some"
+
+- name: delete the last left variable
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    state: absent
+    vars:
+      some: value
+  register: gitlab_project_variable_state
+
+- name: no variable is left state must be changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.changed
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.added|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.untouched|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.removed|length == 1
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.updated|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.removed[0] == "some"
+
+- name: check that no variables are left
+  gitlab_project_variable:
+    api_url: "{{ gitlab_host }}"
+    api_token: "{{ gitlab_login_token }}"
+    project: "{{ gitlab_project_name }}"
+    purge: True
+  register: gitlab_project_variable_state
+
+- name: check that no variables are untoucheded state must be changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - not gitlab_project_variable_state.changed
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.added|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.untouched|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.removed|length == 0
+      - gitlab_project_variable_state.project_variable.updated|length == 0