diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 06d8ebd05857be0fa9a539b96a6dd3ca01ad50d8..7ab9b535935832e61b62adbdada546e0244c5229 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ build pages for VM deployment:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID
   before_script:
+    - apt-get -qq update
+    - apt-get install -y -qq git-lfs
     - gem install bundler:$BUNDLER_VERSION && bundle install
   script:
     # Generate the configuration for forks (will use Gitlab Pages on personal namespaces)