diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8a3d856d186ddbb08dfeec12d2cbb4f10d4b0a17..405156b77702c8a7c36d6aa0f5e871ba8c80a3e8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ cache:
     - make checkout MASTER_REPOSITORY="dir ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"
     - make install
     - cd work.$(hostname)/$(make show-var VARNAME=DISTNAME)
+    - make build_tests
     - make test
 
 robotpkg-pinocchio-14.04-release: