diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4d2e2eb855e598f4f2f86eeae8804da02d364c8e..f89b12345957e84b51f63d56c40a9e09cfc74330 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ image: debian:stable
 
 deps:
     stage: build
-    script: make dependencies && apt-get install -y php-cli
+    script: apt-get install -y php-cli build-essential make &&  make dependencies
 
 perl:
     stage: test