diff --git a/pkg/scalers/gitlab_runner_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/gitlab_runner_scaler.go
index e0f20aadf20..1026609c8e3 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/gitlab_runner_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/gitlab_runner_scaler.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package scalers
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
@@ -16,8 +17,18 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
+	// externalMetricType is the type of the external metric.
 	defaultTargetPipelineQueueLength = 1
-	defaultGitlabAPIURL              = "https://gitlab.com"
+	// defaultGitlabAPIURL is the default GitLab API base URL.
+	defaultGitlabAPIURL = "https://gitlab.com"
+
+	// pipelineWaitingForResourceStatus is the status of the pipelines that are waiting for resources.
+	pipelineWaitingForResourceStatus = "waiting_for_resource"
+
+	// maxGitlabAPIPageCount is the maximum number of pages to query for pipelines.
+	maxGitlabAPIPageCount = 50
+	// gitlabAPIPerPage is the number of pipelines to query per page.
+	gitlabAPIPerPage = "200"
 )
 
 type gitlabRunnerScaler struct {
@@ -32,7 +43,7 @@ type gitlabRunnerMetadata struct {
 	personalAccessToken string
 	projectID           string
 
-	targetWorkflowQueueLength int64
+	targetPipelineQueueLength int64
 	triggerIndex              int
 }
 
@@ -60,33 +71,22 @@ func NewGitLabRunnerScaler(config *scalersconfig.ScalerConfig) (Scaler, error) {
 
 func parseGitLabRunnerMetadata(config *scalersconfig.ScalerConfig) (*gitlabRunnerMetadata, error) {
 	meta := &gitlabRunnerMetadata{}
-	meta.targetWorkflowQueueLength = defaultTargetWorkflowQueueLength
-
-	// Get the GitLab API URL
-	gitlabAPIURLValue, err := getValueFromMetaOrEnv("gitlabAPIURL", config.TriggerMetadata, config.ResolvedEnv)
-	if err != nil || gitlabAPIURLValue == "" {
-		gitlabAPIURLValue = defaultGitlabAPIURL
-	}
-
-	gitlabAPIURL, err := url.Parse(gitlabAPIURLValue)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parsing gitlabAPIURL: %w", err)
-	}
-	meta.gitlabAPIURL = gitlabAPIURL
+	meta.targetPipelineQueueLength = defaultTargetWorkflowQueueLength
 
 	// Get the projectID
 	projectIDValue, err := getValueFromMetaOrEnv("projectID", config.TriggerMetadata, config.ResolvedEnv)
-	if err != nil || projectIDValue == "" {
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	meta.projectID = projectIDValue
 
 	// Get the targetWorkflowQueueLength
 	targetWorkflowQueueLength, err := getInt64ValueFromMetaOrEnv("targetWorkflowQueueLength", config)
 	if err != nil || targetWorkflowQueueLength == 0 {
-		meta.targetWorkflowQueueLength = defaultTargetPipelineQueueLength
+		meta.targetPipelineQueueLength = defaultTargetPipelineQueueLength
 	}
-	meta.targetWorkflowQueueLength = targetWorkflowQueueLength
+	meta.targetPipelineQueueLength = targetWorkflowQueueLength
 
 	// Get the personalAccessToken
 	personalAccessToken, ok := config.AuthParams["personalAccessToken"]
@@ -95,17 +95,30 @@ func parseGitLabRunnerMetadata(config *scalersconfig.ScalerConfig) (*gitlabRunne
 	}
 
 	meta.personalAccessToken = personalAccessToken
+
+	// Get the GitLab API URL
+	gitlabAPIURLValue, err := getValueFromMetaOrEnv("gitlabAPIURL", config.TriggerMetadata, config.ResolvedEnv)
+	if err != nil || gitlabAPIURLValue == "" {
+		gitlabAPIURLValue = defaultGitlabAPIURL
+	}
+
+	gitlabAPIURL, err := url.Parse(gitlabAPIURLValue)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parsing gitlabAPIURL: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Construct the GitLab API URL
+	uri := constructGitlabAPIPipelinesURL(*gitlabAPIURL, projectIDValue, pipelineWaitingForResourceStatus)
+
+	meta.gitlabAPIURL = &uri
+
 	meta.triggerIndex = config.TriggerIndex
 
 	return meta, nil
 }
 
-func (s *gitlabRunnerScaler) GetWorkflowQueueLength(context.Context) (int64, error) {
-	return 0, nil
-}
-
 func (s *gitlabRunnerScaler) GetMetricsAndActivity(ctx context.Context, metricName string) ([]external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue, bool, error) {
-	queueLen, err := s.GetWorkflowQueueLength(ctx)
+	queueLen, err := s.getPipelineQueueLength(ctx)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		s.logger.Error(err, "error getting workflow queue length")
@@ -114,7 +127,7 @@ func (s *gitlabRunnerScaler) GetMetricsAndActivity(ctx context.Context, metricNa
 
 	metric := GenerateMetricInMili(metricName, float64(queueLen))
 
-	return []external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue{metric}, queueLen >= s.metadata.targetWorkflowQueueLength, nil
+	return []external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue{metric}, queueLen >= s.metadata.targetPipelineQueueLength, nil
 }
 
 func (s *gitlabRunnerScaler) GetMetricSpecForScaling(_ context.Context) []v2.MetricSpec {
@@ -122,7 +135,7 @@ func (s *gitlabRunnerScaler) GetMetricSpecForScaling(_ context.Context) []v2.Met
 		Metric: v2.MetricIdentifier{
 			Name: GenerateMetricNameWithIndex(s.metadata.triggerIndex, kedautil.NormalizeString(fmt.Sprintf("gitlab-runner-%s", s.metadata.projectID))),
 		},
-		Target: GetMetricTarget(s.metricType, s.metadata.targetWorkflowQueueLength),
+		Target: GetMetricTarget(s.metricType, s.metadata.targetPipelineQueueLength),
 	}
 	metricSpec := v2.MetricSpec{External: externalMetric, Type: externalMetricType}
 	return []v2.MetricSpec{metricSpec}
@@ -134,3 +147,76 @@ func (s *gitlabRunnerScaler) Close(_ context.Context) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+func constructGitlabAPIPipelinesURL(baseURL url.URL, projectID string, status string) url.URL {
+	baseURL.Path = "/api/v4/projects/" + projectID + "/pipelines"
+
+	qParams := baseURL.Query()
+	qParams.Set("status", status)
+	qParams.Set("per_page", gitlabAPIPerPage)
+
+	baseURL.RawQuery = qParams.Encode()
+
+	return baseURL
+}
+
+// getPipelineCount returns the number of pipelines in the GitLab project (per the page set in url)
+func (s *gitlabRunnerScaler) getPipelineCount(ctx context.Context, uri string) (int64, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, uri, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("creating request: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Set("PRIVATE-TOKEN", s.metadata.personalAccessToken)
+
+	res, err := s.httpClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("doing request: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+
+	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code: %d", res.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	gitlabPipelines := make([]struct{}, 0)
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&gitlabPipelines); err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("decoding response: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return int64(len(gitlabPipelines)), nil
+}
+
+// getPipelineQueueLength returns the number of pipelines in the
+// GitLab project that are waiting for resources.
+func (s *gitlabRunnerScaler) getPipelineQueueLength(ctx context.Context) (int64, error) {
+	var count int64
+
+	page := 1
+	for ; page < maxGitlabAPIPageCount; page++ {
+		pagedURL := pagedURL(*s.metadata.gitlabAPIURL, fmt.Sprint(page))
+
+		gitlabPipelinesLen, err := s.getPipelineCount(ctx, pagedURL.String())
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		if gitlabPipelinesLen == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		count += gitlabPipelinesLen
+	}
+
+	return count, nil
+}
+
+func pagedURL(uri url.URL, page string) url.URL {
+	qParams := uri.Query()
+	qParams.Set("page", fmt.Sprint(page))
+
+	uri.RawQuery = qParams.Encode()
+
+	return uri
+}