diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e0e44cbb23f69cc6dd2cf91ca9dc2ae5d4d7b07b..69c397c2d598c98b4fdff88f7a3b94137de210e1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ services:
 
 build:
   stage: build
+  variables:
+    DOCKER_HOST: "tcp://docker:2375"
+    DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
   script:
     - docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" $CI_REGISTRY
     - docker pull "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest" || true