diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 663069548960aee6725cf604f39d0ec5408a0c77..3c8c7b4afc005641e998d7fcf1b05002fd3d43b3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ test:
     # SETUID on the client, so it can use AUTOAUTH (ident doesn't work on the container)
     - chmod u+s dispense
     - ls -l dispense
+    # Spawn oidentd
+    - /usr/sbin/oidentd
   script:
     - cd tests && su -c './TEST_basic.sh' testuser
   after_script: