diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1de000e74bcaef099adabf87ddfe2ea2f89bff10..cbdd0164667c73a848f32822757288e3b2f6ec0f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ build_and_deploy_docs:
         - pip install awscli
     script:
         - pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
+        - python setup.py install
         - make docs
         - aws s3 sync ./docs/_build/html s3://${BUCKET_NAME}
     environment: