diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4414250d46c006e6639aae3ba02294fb0520f671..a641830bd3fd5df7ae4f9d7cc6665fe8e4cfc23b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ prep-deploy:
       if [ "$TARGET_ENV" = "dev" ]; then
            TF_VAR_data_volume="xdmod-dev-volume-$BUILD_DATE"
            openstack volume create --snapshot xdmod-dev-volume-snap --size 20 $TF_VAR_data_volume
+           TF_VAR_queue_data_volume="xdmod-dev-queue-volume-$BUILD_DATE"
+           openstack volume create --snapshot xdmod-queue-volume-snap --size 1 $TF_VAR_queue_data_volume
       elif [ "$TARGET_ENV" = "staging" ]; then
            TF_VAR_data_volume="xdmod-staging-volume-$BUILD_DATE"
            openstack volume create --snapshot xdmod-staging-vol-snapshot --size 150 $TF_VAR_data_volume