diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cf4b8f8c3b4f83e015dd404c538f5d79e0980270..dfbaf119f3aaef061aa76b7547c5f4f54d46e004 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ unittests:
     - echo 'DATABASE_USER_HOST_LIST="%,"' >> .config
     - echo "MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" >> .config
     - echo "MYSQL_HOST=mariadb" >> .config
+    - make install
     - ./utils/make_db restore_db tests/example.dump.sql
     - ./tests/test_utils.sh