diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/base-build.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/base-build.yaml
index 0c1407678ae2a1a54e2c340deaad063052ff9971..60c0bea3c739e65c5299f98fe56e110dcf66839e 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/base-build.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/base-build.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ stages:
     - bdt ci base-build -vv nopython.txt
     - bdt ci base-build -vv --python=3.6 python.txt
     - bdt ci base-build -vv --python=3.7 python.txt
+    - bdt ci base-build -vv --python=3.8 python.txt
     - '[ "${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}" = "master" ] && bdt ci base-deploy -vv'
     - bdt ci clean -vv
   cache: