diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1cdcc944972e5f9bdb21cfe3aa86edf2273b0edf..3ad14fcaf9bc7e145b0367ad6e3020a36245aa33 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ before_script:
     - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${GSTLAL_DIR}/lib:${GSTLAL_DIR}/lib64:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
     - export LIBRARY_PATH="${GSTLAL_DIR}/lib:${GSTLAL_DIR}/lib64:${LIBRARY_PATH}"
     - export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${GSTLAL_DIR}/lib/pkgconfig:${GSTLAL_DIR}/lib64/pkgconfig:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"
-    - export GI_TYPELIB_PATH="${GSTLAL_DIR}/lib/girepository-1.0:${GI_TYPELIB_PATH}"
+    - export GI_TYPELIB_PATH="${GSTLAL_DIR}/lib/girepository-1.0:${GSTLAL_DIR}/lib64/girepository-1.0:${GI_TYPELIB_PATH}"
     - export GST_PLUGIN_PATH="${GSTLAL_DIR}/lib/gstreamer-1.0:${GST_PLUGIN_PATH}"
     - export PYTHONPATH="${GSTLAL_DIR}/lib64/python2.7/site-packages:${GSTLAL_DIR}/lib/python2.7/site-packages:${PYTHONPATH}"
     - export CCACHE_DIR=${PWD}/ccache