diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a4d1546f8eb45e0430d23f3d68c874706dee01d9..d33471b0f52789834d53669d6fade5db1972c921 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ makefile_generation_and_compilation_plus_run_nrt_tests_cluster:
         - module load gcc/7.2.0
         - module av
         - module load m4/1.4.17
+        - module load autoconf/2.69
         - module load automake/1.15
+        - autoconf -i
         - ./configure
         - make; cd src
         - ./unit_test_fqreader