diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 10cbc0e6d358c818a2e94d75199bdd9c2300f93b..07b8cafb3875ebe10b9d55ab9af5b081c80f7a66 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+variables:
+  GIT_CLONE_PATH: $CI_BUILDS_DIR/$CI_CONCURRENT_ID/$CI_PROJECT_PATH/$CI_JOB_STAGE/$CI_JOB_NAME
+  
 before_script:
   - module add  python/3.6.1-2-anaconda
   - pip install --user pytest-pythonpath==0.7.1 pytest-cov==2.5.1