diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0e411a44a..3a2b7eb1e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ node modules:
     - install -v -T -m 0400 "${SSH_DEPLOY_KEY}" ~/.ssh/deploy && echo "IdentityFile ~/.ssh/deploy" >> ~/.ssh/config;
     - install -v -T -m 0644 "${FONTAWESOME_NPM_AUTH_FILE}" /etc/fontawesome-token
     - install -v -T -m 0644 "${NIX_NETRC}" /etc/nix/netrc
+    - mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/nix"
+    - echo 'experimental-features = nix-command flakes' > "$HOME/.config/nix/nix.conf"
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - node_modules/