diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/editor/schema/ci.json b/app/assets/javascripts/editor/schema/ci.json
index 701b40b102161a8362ae0b44fd6ca2f7be878ff6..bff782ac72af81bb2b9b810b01b8366e43196c00 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/editor/schema/ci.json
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/editor/schema/ci.json
@@ -1890,6 +1890,10 @@
             }
           },
           "additionalProperties": false
+        },
+        "publish": {
+          "description": "A path to a directory that contains the files to be published with Pages",
+          "type": "string"
         }
       },
       "oneOf": [
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job.rb
index 2390ba059163191090f3ce5f795ebff43ced501a..d31d1b366c3fe2a31635dfb9408729051a3e309d 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Job < ::Gitlab::Config::Entry::Node
           ALLOWED_KEYS = %i[tags script image services start_in artifacts
                             cache dependencies before_script after_script hooks
                             environment coverage retry parallel interruptible timeout
-                            release id_tokens].freeze
+                            release id_tokens publish].freeze
 
           validations do
             validates :config, allowed_keys: Gitlab::Ci::Config::Entry::Job.allowed_keys + PROCESSABLE_ALLOWED_KEYS
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class Job < ::Gitlab::Config::Entry::Node
                 errors.add(:dependencies, "the #{missing_needs.join(", ")} should be part of needs") if missing_needs.any?
               end
             end
+
+            validates :publish, absence: { message: "can only be used within a `pages` job" }, unless: -> { pages_job? }
           end
 
           entry :before_script, Entry::Commands,
@@ -125,10 +127,14 @@ class Job < ::Gitlab::Config::Entry::Node
             inherit: false,
             metadata: { composable_class: ::Gitlab::Ci::Config::Entry::IdToken }
 
+          entry :publish, Entry::Publish,
+            description: 'Path to be published with Pages',
+            inherit: false
+
           attributes :script, :tags, :when, :dependencies,
                      :needs, :retry, :parallel, :start_in,
                      :interruptible, :timeout,
-                     :release, :allow_failure
+                     :release, :allow_failure, :publish
 
           def self.matching?(name, config)
             !name.to_s.start_with?('.') &&
@@ -169,7 +175,8 @@ def value
               allow_failure_criteria: allow_failure_criteria,
               needs: needs_defined? ? needs_value : nil,
               scheduling_type: needs_defined? ? :dag : :stage,
-              id_tokens: id_tokens_value
+              id_tokens: id_tokens_value,
+              publish: publish
             ).compact
           end
 
@@ -177,6 +184,10 @@ def ignored?
             allow_failure_defined? ? static_allow_failure : manual_action?
           end
 
+          def pages_job?
+            name == :pages
+          end
+
           def self.allowed_keys
             ALLOWED_KEYS
           end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/publish.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/publish.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..52a2487009e9209247e9821b38fc66ef0ae4cb6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/publish.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Gitlab
+  module Ci
+    class Config
+      module Entry
+        ##
+        # Entry that represents the path to be published with Pages.
+        #
+        class Publish < ::Gitlab::Config::Entry::Node
+          include ::Gitlab::Config::Entry::Validatable
+
+          validations do
+            validates :config, type: String
+          end
+
+          def self.default
+            'public'
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/yaml_processor/result.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/yaml_processor/result.rb
index d867439b10b9d5f6c46d89a3b8325c6fa31b1dc9..6207b595fc6b050b768953329e6818d36a5018b8 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/yaml_processor/result.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/yaml_processor/result.rb
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ def build_attributes(name)
               start_in: job[:start_in],
               trigger: job[:trigger],
               bridge_needs: job.dig(:needs, :bridge)&.first,
-              release: job[:release]
+              release: job[:release],
+              publish: job[:publish]
             }.compact }.compact
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job_spec.rb
index c8b4a8b8a0e02e07257988df5c45730e7c6d4dd2..39a88fc7721083b2d060eab355698abdcdb19304 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job_spec.rb
@@ -595,6 +595,39 @@
         end
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when job is not a pages job' do
+      let(:name) { :rspec }
+
+      context 'if the config contains a publish entry' do
+        let(:entry) { described_class.new({ script: 'echo', publish: 'foo' }, name: name) }
+
+        it 'is invalid' do
+          expect(entry).not_to be_valid
+          expect(entry.errors).to include /job publish can only be used within a `pages` job/
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when job is a pages job' do
+      let(:name) { :pages }
+
+      context 'when it does not have a publish entry' do
+        let(:entry) { described_class.new({ script: 'echo' }, name: name) }
+
+        it 'is valid' do
+          expect(entry).to be_valid
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when it has a publish entry' do
+        let(:entry) { described_class.new({ script: 'echo', publish: 'foo' }, name: name) }
+
+        it 'is valid' do
+          expect(entry).to be_valid
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#relevant?' do
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/publish_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/publish_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..53ad868a05e9f7ebf10f8c4a1c4aea85d609d662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/publish_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Gitlab::Ci::Config::Entry::Publish, feature_category: :pages do
+  let(:publish) { described_class.new(config) }
+
+  describe 'validations' do
+    context 'when publish config value is correct' do
+      let(:config) { 'dist/static' }
+
+      describe '#config' do
+        it 'returns the publish directory' do
+          expect(publish.config).to eq config
+        end
+      end
+
+      describe '#valid?' do
+        it 'is valid' do
+          expect(publish).to be_valid
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when the value has a wrong type' do
+      let(:config) { { test: true } }
+
+      it 'reports an error' do
+        expect(publish.errors)
+          .to include 'publish config should be a string'
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '.default' do
+    it 'returns the default value' do
+      expect(described_class.default).to eq 'public'
+    end
+  end
+end