diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bcd7a61d2b3b978ae806b9c449dbcb73ebfd1966..9792e60279d32e6b4542499ce6fc044792d3cbd9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
     - git clone --branch=master --depth=1 https://github.com/Ensembl/ensembl-variation.git
     - export HTSLIB_DIR="${DEPS}/htslib"
     - export KENT_SRC="${DEPS}/kent-335_base/src"
+    - echo "${HTSLIB_DIR}" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/99gitlabci
+    - ldconfig
     - mkdir -p "${DEPS}"
     - cd "${DEPS}"
     - ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/travisci/get_dependencies.sh