diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3a879709f360986e43f927f04fa234515d81cda8..9db69b6a9b85e39d65e9479dc80c96c4433a3a35 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 before_script:
   - apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y wget bzip2
   - wget -nv https://common-lisp.net/project/cmucl/downloads/snapshots/2016/09/cmucl-2016-09-x86-linux.tar.bz2
-  - tar xjf cmucl-2016-09-x86-linux.tar.bz2
   - wget -nv https://common-lisp.net/project/cmucl/downloads/snapshots/2016/09/cmucl-2016-09-x86-linux.extra.tar.bz2
-  - tar xjf cmucl-2016-09-x86-linux.extra.tar.bz2
+  - mkdir snapshot
+  - (cd snapshot; tar xjf cmucl-2016-09-x86-linux.tar.bz2; tar xjf cmucl-2016-09-x86-linux.extra.tar.bz2)
+  - git clone https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/cmucl/cmucl.git
 
 test:
   script: