diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8b22dbf873348f64754cfab489f297415c198c90..f0de6bfcd81f02792a9521b220cd7a30a5695ac2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 variables:
   BUILD_IMAGE_REGISTRY: $CI_REGISTRY/orfeotoolbox/otb-build-env
+  GIT_CLONE_PATH: $CI_BUILDS_DIR/otb
   DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2
   GIT_DEPTH: "3"
   # Disable automatic checkout to let us fetch LFS before