diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c56e377..a4a9b54 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ variables:
 
 before_script:
   - 'which rsync || ( apt-get update -qq && apt-get install rsync -yqq )'
+  - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
   - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add - > /dev/null
   - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
   - chmod 700 ~/.ssh