diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b97799b0fa270933c670e3967122514d8fb4c4b7..68e4ff86c56293cba817b446367154c0dfd375c3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ default:
         #    exclude:
         #      - .git/
         #      - datasets/.git/
+  before_script:
+    - git clone https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/EIC/NPDet.git && mkdir NPDet/build
+    - cd NPDet/build && cmake ../. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local && make -j10 && make install
+    - cd ../.. 
 
 stages:
   - data_init