diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 61c4ffeb79fc172ccef42ed54402d8d27e544748..a5341d094a5508dba2e84d5cb27e71b7f5bc34b3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Python 2.7 AMD CPU:
   script:
   - py_version=2.7
   - cl_dev=amd_a10
-  - EXTRA_INSTALL="numpy"
+  - EXTRA_INSTALL="numpy mako"
   - curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/build-and-test-py-project.sh
   - ". ./build-and-test-py-project.sh"
   tags: