diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 170e8f566a4571020236c72ab06b761246987b4a..f97bc9621849a862587299056da04e0407348c3c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ include:
       - '.gitlab/ci/windows_python.gitlab-ci.yml'   
       - '.gitlab/ci/release/cibuildwheel_windows.gitlab-ci.yml'   
 
+test:ubuntu_python:
+  before_script:
+    - apt-get update -q 
+    - apt-get install -y -qq python-is-python3 pip git curl cmake
+