diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ed2a946f95770048763954c4eb8e4da019d00dfb..bbfd4063506cdbe8a0d5fb75069b34d017da3df3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@ integration:sandboxes:daemons-upgrade:
   dependencies:
     - build
   before_script:
+    # This line is only here to allow running gitlab-runner docker exec [job]
+    # locally. It does not add any complexity when running in the CI as `make`
+    # has been executed before.
+    - make
     # Load the environment poetry previously created in the docker image.
     # Give access to the Python dependencies/executables
     - . $HOME/.venv/bin/activate