diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 723804a1..903390a9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ R 3:
     - R CMD build . --no-build-vignettes --no-manual
     - PKG_FILE_NAME=$(ls -1t *.tar.gz | head -n 1)
     - R CMD check "${PKG_FILE_NAME}" --no-build-vignettes --no-manual --as-cran
+    # code coverage
+    - apt-get install —yes git
     - R -e 'covr::codecovr(token = "50ffa0aa-fee0-4f8b-a11d-8c7edc6d32ca")'
     
 R 3.4: