diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ae6661b0422c9fa18c5e2e05c85caade973e6bcc..f19e5a16751de75bc67ec5b41da35293022ab609 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ stages:
 before_script:
   - apt-get update > /dev/null
   - apt-get install apt-utils -yqq > /dev/null
+  - apt-get install cron -yqq > /dev/null
   - apt-get install tar -yqq > /dev/null
   - apt-get install wkhtmltopdf -yqq > /dev/null
   - apt-get install wget -yqq > /dev/null