diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 428897f8267953f249d4c66262754d124ee75c55..003fc0c2e09f0eef07d5af7909f1060ba9910b0e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ services:
 variables:
   REPOSITORY: "aparapi/aparapi"
   VERSION: "2.0.0"
+  DOCKER_HOST: "tcp://docker:2375"
 
 before_script:
   - echo "${DOCKER_TOKEN}" | docker login --username "${DOCKER_USER}" --password-stdin