diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a7e92962a2f155faffc800405802dd0cfc7d7038..d1c52cbaddd85900968e47b943dae207fa85d892 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -86,12 +86,14 @@ test:pycaosdb:py34:
     tags: [ py34 ]
     stage: test
     script:
+        - touch ~/.pycaosdb.ini
         - tox -r -e py34
 
 test:pycaosdb:py27:
     tags: [ py27 ]
     stage: test
     script:
+        - touch ~/.pycaosdb.ini
         - tox -r -e py27
 
 # pylint tests for pycaosdb (python 3.4)