diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3bea0c5f3a4bf2371811b6fc8c50f0e3f4ca83fd..1dac0850b0ca79632e3a139de23ce54249cdde9e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ code_style:
     - clang-format-11 --dry-run --verbose --Werror $(find test/ src/ include/ -type f -iname "*.cpp" -o -iname "*.h" -o -iname "*.h.in")
   allow_failure: true
 
+
+# build with vcpkg
+test:
+  tags: [ docker ]
+  stage: test
+  script:    
+    - make vcpkg-build-release
+
 # unit tests with gtest
 test:
   tags: [ docker ]