diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 944cb68ac184f16a20232c4d51de163e2dbeca5a..979657d82ab017418b908be888c83d53f53eaee0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ test-framework-tango-itango:
   tags:
   - shell
   script:
+  - apt install python3-distutils
   - mkdir .public
   - make DOCKER_REGISTRY_USER=$DOCKER_REGISTRY_USERNAME DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST=$DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST -C docker/tango/tango-itango pull | tee .public/pull.txt
   - make DOCKER_REGISTRY_USER=$DOCKER_REGISTRY_USERNAME DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST=$DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST -C docker/tango/tango-itango test | tee .public/result.txt