diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a770b7f2a208f3f8bdab6f0937ee070f7dee4f97..45864b7079ea1063647ab05bc2754dab8f6db9aa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ base:
                    --build-arg EICSPACK_VERSION=${EICSPACK_VERSION}
                    --build-arg S3_ACCESS_KEY=${S3_ACCESS_KEY}
                    --build-arg S3_SECRET_KEY=${S3_SECRET_KEY}
+                   --build-arg jobs=${JOBS}
                    --provenance false
                    containers/debian
                    2>&1 | tee build.log