diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c8a32bf..b9c9095 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ stages:
     stage: build
     before_script:
         - apt-get update
-        - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical apt-get install -y build-essential exim4-dev libsodium-dev meson exim4-daemon-heavy pkg-config openssl
+        - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical apt-get install -y build-essential exim4-dev libsodium-dev pkg-config python3-pip exim4-daemon-heavy openssl
+        - pip3 install meson ninja
     script:
         - meson build
         - cd build