diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e82e974b999a1fc1da89c02ace4a6c75a19c4898..430cec6589c099ce04986ab90c0e80a268054b53 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ wolf_build_and_test:
     - mkdir -pv build
     - cd build
     - ls # we can check whether the directory was already full
-    - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release ..
+    - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=ON ..
     - make
     - ctest