diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 887bc30242..725c76e9ee 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ stages:
   script:
     - meson build --werror $MESON_OPTS || (cat build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt && exit 1)
     - ninja -C build
+    - if test "$CROSS" = "i686" ; then ninja -C build test ; fi
 
 
 # Native container build jobs