diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3a277bc046e8080032fde76a90bec5ee9e972d6e..8b1dca87cc6f989997bec289ae2e75a9d533c333 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # However, if we can abuse the gitlab pages mechanism, we might be able to
 # Link the zip still!
 pages:
+  before_script:
+    - apt install -y build-essential
   stage: deploy
   script:
     - make zip