diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2e5e52351062f43896ede006b8dc1ef495a33093..bba1e23675394699db095702378cdeca17bf8f38 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ build-ws:
     - cd rosjava
     - rosdep update
     - rosdep install -y -i --from-paths . || true
+    - catkin_make || true
     - catkin_make
   tags:
   - highmem