diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cb8a0c196..503122039 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 default:
   image: python:3.7
+services:
+  - name: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.11.2
+    alias: elasticsearch
+variables:
+  ELASTIC_HOST: elasticsearch
 
 
 #cache: