diff --git a/gitlab/before_test.sh b/gitlab/before_test.sh
index 4ea6221327b84ba5a7308ca9337631728e67a451..39680f828eeff9dd2f0556978f5852072c9b3abb 100755
--- a/gitlab/before_test.sh
+++ b/gitlab/before_test.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ PREFIX=`pwd`/${CONDA_PREFIX}
 
 run_cmd $(dirname ${0})/before_build.sh
 
+# Source the newly created conda environment
+log_info "Running \"source ${CONDA_FOLDER}/bin/activate ${PREFIX}\"..."
+source ${CONDA_FOLDER}/bin/activate ${PREFIX}
+log_info "Environment ${PREFIX} activated"
+
 # Verify where pip is installed
 use_pip=`which pip`
 if [ -z "${use_pip}" ]; then
@@ -26,4 +31,4 @@ if [ "${CI_PROJECT_NAME}" == "bob.buildout" ]; then
   run_cmd ${use_pip} install --no-binary ":all:" zc.recipe.egg
 fi
 
-run_cmd ${PREFIX}/bin/pip install --use-wheel --no-index --pre dist/*.whl
+run_cmd ${use_pip} install --use-wheel --no-index --pre dist/*.whl