diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b4228005e0700f2aa3e1c9d86eb6195331c2ce12..e5dfa6dbe78d07351716fb712e34dc637f26f61e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ makefile_generation_and_compilation_plus_run_nrt_tests_cluster:
         - ls /usr/bin
         - yum update -y && yum install -y perl perl-Thread-Queue.noarch && /usr/bin/perl --version
         - autoconf -i
+        - automake
         - ./configure
         - make; cd src
         - ./unit_test_fqreader