diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index df94f7cb21548ff5a8070c3ed6a56596d4c70de2..75a3da7403289860fa0cb985259b1ac6e8d4b955 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stages:
 
 before_script:
   - apt-get update -yqq
-    && apt install python3.9
+    && apt install python3.9 python3.9-distutils
     && apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends
     make
     g++