diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index feef93ea766395be55cb9d2ab93fc099fa7372f3..aab83f95c02bafa08e1d1b2b81dc0728a2b19963 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stages:
   stage: buildbob
   before_script:
     - git clean -ffdx
-    - ./ci/before_build.sh 1
+    - ./ci/before_build.sh 1 buildout-bob.cfg
   script:
     - ./ci/build.sh buildout-bob.cfg
   after_script:
diff --git a/ci/before_build.sh b/ci/before_build.sh
index 31dd947944715048fddb082d181ab24dc8fe6db6..94bdf880f2a9b4472aea3d835ee078706da5ad10 100755
--- a/ci/before_build.sh
+++ b/ci/before_build.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
 
 PIPINSTALL=$1
+CONFIG_FILE=$2
 
 WHEELS_REPOSITORY="${DOCSERVER}/software/bob/wheels/gitlab/"
 WHEELS_SERVER=`echo ${DOCSERVER} | sed 's;https\?://;;'`
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ fi
 
 # Finally, bootstrap the installation from the new environment
 if [ -e bootstrap-buildout.py ]; then
-  run_cmd ${use_python} bootstrap-buildout.py
+  run_cmd ${use_python} bootstrap-buildout.py -c ${CONFIG_FILE}
 else
   log_error "No bootstrap-buildout.py file found, stopping..."
   exit 1