diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 77b98d232ed585fee55a56bdf516b122b8094e30..d1145d87464884f8c8e1055042681229c25f2f37 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ variables:
 
 before_script:
   - go get -v github.com/golang/lint/golint
-  - mysql < db/seed.sql
+  - apt-get update && apt-get install mysql-client
+  - mysql -uroot -p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD -hmysql < db/seed.sql
 
 services:
   - mysql