diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c7c23b8..fb209ed 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ run_tests:
   script:
     - apt-get update
     - apt-get -y install dbus libgirepository1.0-dev
+    - dbus-uuidgen --ensure=/etc/machine-id
     - pip install -r requirements.txt
     - PYTHONPATH=src pytest -v --junitxml=report.xml --cov=src --cov-report term --cov-report xml:coverage.xml
   coverage: '/(?i)total.*? (100(?:\.0+)?\%|[1-9]?\d(?:\.\d+)?\%)$/'