diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2689b4c66a672a842551a56c11951556a2327409..81fd5672c17c7655c40dcb2800d90e8dcc226236 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ img:
      - |
         source "$HOME/.cargo/env" &&
         cargo install --version 0.1.1 cargo-config &&
+        cargo build --manifest-path installer/Cargo.toml --release &&
         make ci-img IMG_TAG=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME REPO_BINARY=1
     artifacts:
         paths: