diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9769b00dd9e23a031107aaaa71c6b1decfa40536..2ecbd8df85916509d030f6b6a8c60d2c48de187b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ stages:
     - if [ -n "$MAX_LOADAVG" ] ; then
         echo "PARALLEL_MAKE += \"-l$MAX_LOADAVG\"" ;
         echo "NINJA_ARGS:append = \" -l$MAX_LOADAVG\"" ;
+        echo "MAXLOAD_NINJA = \"$MAX_LOADAVG\"" ;
       fi >> conf/auto.conf
     - echo "RM_WORK_EXCLUDE += \"${RECIPE}\"" >> conf/auto.conf
     - echo "OPENHARMONY_VERSION = \"${OPENHARMONY_VERSION}\"" >> conf/auto.conf