diff --git a/build-aux/gitlab-ci.yml b/build-aux/gitlab-ci.yml
index bbfb695..bb4b106 100644
--- a/build-aux/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/build-aux/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ before_script:
   - apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq
       autoconf
       automake
+      git
       guile-${TEST_GUILE_VERSION}-dev
       make
       pkg-config