diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 230ca713ae7d1f6fc1de4321f8a60f4cde518a83..c470968e8863318701dcdbdcc5c7f168413f2d4c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ build:
         -A testedPackages
         --keep-going
         --arg bindistTarball $GHC_TARBALL
+        --arg extraHcOpts "\"$EXTRA_HC_OPTS\""
         || { echo "Build failed!"; ret=1; }
     - scripts/summarize.py || echo "summarize script failed"
     - exit $ret