diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/pkg.yml b/.gitlab/ci/pkg.yml
index 6f59f626e9dd50d01863c281d2518e40439dccc2..a4376248649700adcf6ca926082256e4928edf28 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/pkg.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/pkg.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     - DEFAULT_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--prefix=${PWD}/../_inst --enable-strict-defs"
     - xargs ./configure ${DEFAULT_CONFIGURE_FLAGS} <<< ${CONFIGURE_FLAGS}
     # build, test, and install package
+    - export EXTRA_LAL_DEBUG_LEVEL=info
     - make -j${CPU_COUNT} VERBOSE=1 all
     - make -j${CPU_COUNT} VERBOSE=1 check
     - make -j${CPU_COUNT} VERBOSE=1 install