diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 95e62dff1d3c311c03f6c5f0bcc3b55703215e01..2c0727bcbf21113a6328a2db52fc6d3f1b2a47fe 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ xform-cat-ubuntu18:
     - ubuntu18
   variables:
     OS: 'ubuntu18'  
+    
+xform-cat-ubuntu16:
+  <<: *xform-cat
+  tags:
+    - ubuntu16
+  variables:
+    OS: 'ubuntu16'  
 
 #
 # run zipr internal tests