diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a6a83ee20a..57949fccfb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ download:
   stage: build
   script:
 #    - xrdcp xroot://sci-xrootd.jlab.org///osgpool/hallb/clas12/validation/raw/rg-d/clas_018779.evio.00001 ./
+    - git lfs install
     - git clone https://code.jlab.org/hallb/clas12/validation-data
     - cp validation-data/raw/rg-d/clas_018779.evio.00001 .
   artifacts: