diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 61a3c21d0a2566673814583e940fa18f2b25c94b..17be5e10ed61af7bf066b4008ffc23bc0d5fd7d4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+variables:
+  GIT_CLONE_PATH: $CI_BUILDS_DIR/$CI_CONCURRENT_ID/$CI_PROJECT_PATH
+
 before_script:
   - module add  python/3.6.1-2-anaconda
   - pip install --user pytest-pythonpath==0.7.1 pytest-cov==2.5.1