diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/init_x86_64-slc6-gcc48-opt.sh b/.gitlab-ci.d/init_x86_64-slc6-gcc48-opt.sh
index 567ed7ba1e79d66440f129cb5acb115830be4c41..8b1109334b03f24f17998e632c0e60bdfedbf4e2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/init_x86_64-slc6-gcc48-opt.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/init_x86_64-slc6-gcc48-opt.sh
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ export G4INSTALL=$LCGRELEASES/Geant4/10.01.p02/x86_64-slc6-gcc48-opt/
 export G4ENV_INIT="$G4INSTALL/bin/geant4.sh"
 export G4SYSTEM="Linux-g++"
 
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#     QT
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export QTDIR=$LCGRELEASES/qt/4.8.4/x86_64-slc6-gcc48-opt
+export QMAKESPEC="$QTDIR/mkspecs/linux-g++"
+export PATH="$QTDIR/bin:$PATH"
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$QTDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #     Boost
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 062cc3ecc0cf3b665870499575445813d03b1243..c8edc1672420188eba9ab1dc7bd490897792d8e2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 before_script:
     #pre-installation script
-    - yum install make glibc-devel openmotif-devel mesa-libGLU-devel -y
+    - yum install make glibc-devel openmotif-devel mesa-libGLU-devel expat-devel -y
 
 slc6-gcc48:
   tags: