diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1dac0850b0ca79632e3a139de23ce54249cdde9e..6f0d1abaa0f6f78093c0ac90b3519785b368f8d5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -83,11 +83,12 @@ code_style:
 
 
 # build with vcpkg
-test:
+build_vcpkg:
   tags: [ docker ]
   stage: test
   script:    
     - make vcpkg-build-release
+  allow_failure: true
 
 # unit tests with gtest
 test: