diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 21264cc4713d0b9be3650a2ce481ee68e18ca852..38ae8e08e488c74370cd4854bcd2ebcf402cafe3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ sbbs-windows:
 
   stage: build
   script:
-    - cd src/sbbs3
+    - cd src/xpdev
+    - make
+    - cd ../../src/sbbs3
     - .\release.bat
   artifacts:
     name: sbbs-win32