diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2d4c8f2cd3691775e6c6a0da12bfcd909dffc977..409b6a47ec7718c0238bfa07434c75eb7e1fcf44 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 openmpi-bin openmpi-common libopenmpi-dev python3
+  - apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq build-essential libhdf5-serial-dev gfortran csh git libtool-bin autoconf openmpi-bin openmpi-common libopenmpi-dev python3 python3-setuptools
   - export LHOME=`pwd`
 # Compile grackle
   - mkdir grackle