diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9ac7a0c55aabed0dc910583b2f861260e0dfa7ff..f9692a38cb1702a61ab6599b8c62640fa41a62c8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ dbunittests_postgresql:
     - echo 'postgresql:postgresql://cta@localhost/cta' > ${CTA_CATALOGUE_CONF}
     - /usr/bin/cta-catalogue-schema-create ${CTA_CATALOGUE_CONF}
     - /usr/bin/cta-rdbmsUnitTests ${CTA_CATALOGUE_CONF}
+    - valgrind /usr/bin/cta-rdbmsUnitTests ${CTA_CATALOGUE_CONF}
     - runuser -u postgres -- ${POSTGRES_BIN}/pg_ctl stop -D ${POSTGRESQL_DATA_DIR}
 
   tags: