diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 20795589f3e39f94ddbe68546815da1893d1fc31..85ac39a4d3c9037678bf31121727a8a32e511686 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ before_script:
 .check:
   stage: check
   script:
-  - tlmgr update --self && tlmgr install ec epstopdf-pkg amsmath
+  - tlmgr update --self && tlmgr install ec epstopdf-pkg epstopdf-base amsmath
   - R -q -e 'remotes::update_packages("rcmdcheck")'
   - R -q -e 'rcmdcheck::rcmdcheck(args = "--as-cran", error_on = "warning")'