diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b1566c6da4e87da439616e86fbdf2304ca9c0f16..cd82a1a7bf636c7619e61599024e7dcdd676cf27 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ test-services-linux-debug:
   stage: test
   script:
     - bash /services_start.sh
+    - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/tests/automatic/common_scripts
+    - bash start_services.sh
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/build
     - ctest --no-compress-output -T Test -L "unit|memcheck_unit|coverage" --output-on-failure
   tags: