diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 817f5733a1103f88d7c6c4ad6dc43e01d1c48265..94ad82642984900fd7fe85e5f10f5b638668fd92 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Python 3:
 Python 3 Examples:
   script:
   - py_version=3
-  - EXTRA_INSTALL="numpy scipy"
+  - EXTRA_INSTALL="numpy scipy matplotlib"
   - curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/build-py-project-and-run-examples.sh
   - ". ./build-py-project-and-run-examples.sh"
   tags: