diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 800c2057..0b4c5f43 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ arch_pip_install:
   only:
     - master@fdroid/fdroidserver
   script:
-    - pacman --sync --sysupgrade --refresh --noconfirm git grep python-pip python-virtualenv tar
+    - pacman --sync --sysupgrade --refresh --noconfirm gcc git grep python-pip python-virtualenv tar
     - pip install -e .
     - fdroid
     - fdroid readmeta