diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 31392d1983..29968d66a5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+image: python:2.7
+
+services:
+
 before_script:
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
   #- sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-dev