diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2a7aa1cb7357fa477a4d9b05ca246cb0723ac23a..cec67f237572a59d51eb9ccb165ce2bf91419337 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ 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
+    - apt update && apt -y install libncurses-dev libmodbus-dev libsqlite3-dev libident netcat sqlite3 ident-server
     - 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