diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bb7b61139c6ebbbccb98a53357013795de0ba6cb..fbf18455f5a60f1897215fb0d587760358a8d470 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 before_script:
-- export PATH="/builds/miniconda3/bin:$PATH"
+- apt-get install virtualenv python3 build-essential
+- virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 python3
+- . ~/python3/bin/activate
+- pip install mock
 
 test-2016-11-17:
   script: