diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e2dca3160f1c5c83af37127ebc841851ff33416b..7d169e6ef056ccfed1fbbbd78307848da4094bce 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ prep-deploy:
     - apt-get install -y awscli
     - s3cmd get --force -r --host=$AWS_HOST --host-bucket=$AWS_HOST s3://xdmod-vol/ /tmp
     - ls -l /tmp
+    - openstack volume create --size 20 --image /tmp/xdmod-dev-volume-snap.raw xdmod-ci-volume
     - |
       if [ "$TARGET_ENV" = "dev" ]; then
            TF_VAR_data_volume="xdmod-dev-volume-$BUILD_DATE"