diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6a46cba2..057a5466 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 before_script:
     - apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq libsdl1.2-dev libpng-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev liblua5.1-0-dev zip
+    - apt-get install -y -qq libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev
     - apt-get install -y -qq gcc-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-i686 mingw-w64-tools nsis
 
 stages:
@@ -7,7 +8,9 @@ stages:
 
 job_linux:
     stage: build
-    script: "cd src && make && make ziprelease"
+    script:
+        - "cd src && make && make ziprelease"
+        - "API=sdl2 make"
     artifacts:
         paths:
             - "*.zip"