diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3f9bae9bbc471b428d3ee16a593a5ec30c4ac18f..11ee6baddcd918ab2a92ee2263d34d0b171b6b35 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ stages:
   - test
 
 before_script:
-  - apt-get -q update && apt-get install -y python3-virtualenv virtualenv
-  - /usr/bin/virtualenv venv
+  - apt-get -qq update && apt-get install -y python3-virtualenv virtualenv redis-server redis-tools libev4 libev-dev mariadb-server libmariadbclient-dev
+  - /usr/bin/virtualenv venv --python=python3
   - . venv/bin/activate
   - python3 -V
   - pip3 install -r requirements.txt