diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 19f1162afad670129cae3ea1eb9ab83b52b898c1..59e17650fa7fb8924080b60a86e5147c7e6daeb1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ default:
       alias: docker
   before_script:
     - docker info
+variables:
+  DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker:2375
+  DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2
+  DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
 stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
   - build
   - test