diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7ae36dfd3334ff1304398ced8d80a671f79c5770..b95f808208c4a5ea389eeb9659892055a1312119 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 before_script:
     - echo "HOME = $HOME"
+    - export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
     - echo "NVM_DIR = $NVM_DIR"
     - . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"