diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d1a5baafbf0d7835ce69f83e37411afdb1cd6424..2917c7497945febbfe8f8dd8d95c7a671b3e2c72 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ variables:
   # TODO: remove this once we’ve added tests/linting via tox
   CI_SKIP_PYTHON_TESTS: 1
   DPKG_INSTALL_DISTRIBUTION: buster-backports
+  DEBBUILD_RESULT_DIRECTORY: build/deb