diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2ad999a7..39beeaf3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ armv7-debian-container_prep:
     - meson setup $BUILDDIR --prefix="$PREFIX" -Dicon_directory=/usr/share/X11/icons --fatal-meson-warnings -Dwerror=true ${MESON_BUILD_TYPE}
     - ninja -C $BUILDDIR -k0 -j${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT:-4}
     - meson test -C $BUILDDIR --num-processes ${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT:-4}
+    - ninja -C $BUILDDIR install
     - ninja -C $BUILDDIR clean
   artifacts:
     name: wayland-$CI_JOB_NAME