diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
index 300d0beff02fb802246b437a5c48e8af5db2413f..f14614e9c161802784f6f994ea43408a2e828340 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ build_linux:
     PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
     BUILD_EGG: "true"
   script:
+    - bdt ci check -vv
     - bdt ci build -vv
     - bdt ci readme -vv dist/*.zip
     - bdt ci clean -vv
diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
index 6386c536b2b6c39708a3aa448e84f0f4f9349bc1..fc82d5a295aaee18e70d9227dedb587dd8cb9cb4 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ build_linux_38:
     PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
     BUILD_EGG: "true"
   script:
+    - bdt ci check -vv
     - bdt ci build -vv
     - bdt ci readme -vv dist/*.zip
     - bdt ci clean -vv