diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a04e347c4..8f53c6942 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ MacOS:
   stage: build
   before_script:
     - command -v cmake >/dev/null 2>&1 || brew install cmake
+    - brew list qt || brew install qt
   script:
     - rm -fr build/*  #  remove anything in the build directory
     - CI/before_install.osx.sh