diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 88daf3499f43e448eea715c1231d05cdda0bf185..59b498464e973523f9ea95f9d55ca5ba9cd50847 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ func-test-ubuntu:
     - py.test test/test_functional/test_tree* -vx
     - py.test test/test_functional/test_annote-parser.py -vx
     - py.test test/test_functional/test_annote.py -xv
+    - py.test test/test_functional/test_prepare* -vx
     - mv .coverage .coverage-functional
   artifacts:
     paths: