diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bb28fcb062d4f6aa046505624194ed7b4c93203b..90b22744634072751fadd080b05c4b377cdaeaf3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ variables:
 
 test:
   script:
-    - set -- $OPTS
-    - for opt in "$@"; do echo "$opt"; done
+    - sh -c 'set -- $OPTS; for opt in "$@"; do echo "$opt"; done'
 
 
 .files: