diff --git a/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-cppyy.yml b/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-cppyy.yml
index ce456518e..0986f651e 100644
--- a/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-cppyy.yml
+++ b/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-cppyy.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cppyy-22.04:
     - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y g++ cmake ninja-build ccache libgsl-dev libgtk-3-dev libboost-dev wget git python3 python3-pip
     - pip install cppyy matplotlib numpy
   script:
-    - ./ns3 configure -G Ninja
+    - ./ns3 configure -G Ninja --enable-python-bindings
     - ./ns3 build
     - ./ns3 run first.py
     - ./ns3 run second.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ cppyy-20.04:
     - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y g++ cmake ninja-build ccache libgsl-dev libgtk-3-dev libboost-dev wget git python3 python3-pip
     - pip install cppyy
   script:
-    - ./ns3 configure -G Ninja
+    - ./ns3 configure -G Ninja --enable-python-bindings
     - ./ns3 build
     - ./ns3 run first.py
     - ./ns3 run second.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ cppyy-18.04:
     - update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-9 800 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-9
     - pip3 install cppyy-cling cppyy-backend CPyCppyy cppyy # older python version may install dependencies in the wrong order
   script:
-    - CXX=g++-9 ./ns3 configure -G Ninja
+    - CXX=g++-9 ./ns3 configure -G Ninja --enable-python-bindings
     - ./ns3 build
     - ./ns3 run first.py
     - ./ns3 run second.py