diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 01f7f5668a998213e08828261ebe583d0f36381b..8098ff3743c52eb01cb9537a59ab734e07929c58 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 
+  - apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq build-essential libhdf5-serial-dev gfortran csh git libtool-bin autoconf
   - export LHOME=`pwd`
 # Compile grackle
   - mkdir grackle