diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4ad6e7ab3d..d0eeae0977 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ autoconf: &autoconf_job
   before_script:
     - test -w "${CCACHE_DIR}" && export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache:${PATH}"
   script:
-    - ./configure --disable-maintainer-mode --enable-developer --with-libtool --disable-static --with-cmocka --prefix=$HOME/.local --without-make-clean $EXTRA_CONFIGURE || cat config.log
+    - ./configure --disable-maintainer-mode --enable-developer --with-libtool --disable-static --with-cmocka  --with-libxml2 --with-json-c --prefix=$HOME/.local --without-make-clean $EXTRA_CONFIGURE || cat config.log
     - make -j${BUILD_PARALLEL_JOBS:-1} -k all V=1
     - test -z "${RUN_MAKE_INSTALL}" || make install
   dependencies: