diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0364cecce9b1fcd2b86ccce94fb6ad825f6e12f7..8e5e7f7ce1818504cc2c85fb01ca82b8679d3e61 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ cleanup-darwin:
 doc-tarball:
   <<: *only-default
   stage: packaging
+  allow_failure: true
   tags:
     - x86_64-linux
   image: ghcci/x86_64-linux-deb9:0.2