diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4bc603618bf515d4d602d2ae16b320d38f2e6043..ff8f3ba197fff9e9b4163d99b9eb335567dfba54 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ stages:
   - cp -r $SCRIPTS_DIR/ci .
   - cp -r $SCRIPTS_DIR/scripts .
   - cp -r $SCRIPTS_DIR/tests .
+  - cp $SCRIPTS_DIR/pytest.ini .
 
 # TODO: this needs to be updated in case the reference is updated
 .remove-unsupported-testcases: &remove-unsupported-testcases