diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fbaeba529ff1208399d417e7e00419057632cc9b..5879f42f5b412b13d6f3f445f1e2ea10f1dede70 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ image: ubuntu:latest
 
 
 before_script:
-  - apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq build-essential libhdf5-serial-dev gfortran csh git libtool-bin autoconf
+  - apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq build-essential libhdf5-serial-dev gfortran csh git libtool-bin autoconf openmpi-bin openmpi-common
   - export LHOME=`pwd`
 # Compile grackle
   - mkdir grackle