diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index edfaa1a7c290551f92093c1bd625d0cc313135ed..852c415531e048b0456c67241bebd76cf45c8386 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 stages:  
+  - build
   - test:scripts
   - test:monitoring
   - test:inputs
-  
+
+build:
+  - stage: build
+  - python setup.py sdist --dist-dir=build  
+
 test:scripts:
   stage: test:scripts
   script: