diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6d71f587d97beff64aefdf021a5cc31464420f8e..8656104a49a4234fc94d5010f1acbe82475d19ff 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ cache:
 
 before_script:
   - cd tests/platform-ci
-  - time ./setup.sh
+  - su -c 'time ./setup.sh' cirunner
 
 stages:
   - syntax