diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 72fc89a01c9eda83665cd75166eaf3f1d1f2393c..6f6de61d2d78ff5e11df203cfcbb58ac8af7d730 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ test:
   stage: test
   before_script:
     # Install the -dev versions to avoid needing to find the actual library names
-    - apt update && apt -y install libncurses-dev libmodbus-dev libsqlite3-dev libident netcat sqlite3 oidentd
+    - apt update && apt -y install libncurses-dev libmodbus-dev libsqlite3-dev libident netcat sqlite3
     - useradd testuser && chown -R testuser .
+    # SETUID on the client, so it can use AUTOAUTH (ident doesn't work on the container)
+    - chmod u+s dispense
   script:
     - cd tests && su -c './TEST_basic.sh' testuser