diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d5bef99..69bdef6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ full-mock-tests:
     - build-keys
 
   script:
+    - cd json-api/client-tests/ 
+    - virtualenv .
+    - source bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt 
+    - cd ../../
     - bash scripts/build-db.sh
     - bash scripts/run-api-tests.sh