diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ef688a8f80..67220583c6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 nixCache:
   image: "nixos/nix:latest"
   script:
+    - "mkdir -p ops/secrets"
+    - "cp ${OPS_SECRETS_DEFAULT_NIX} ops/secrets/default.nix"
     - "test -d cache || mkdir cache"
     - "nix-build ./ci-root.nix --option extra-substituters \"s3://lukegb-nix-cache?endpoint=storage.googleapis.com file://$PWD/cache\""
     - "nix copy --to 'file://cache' -f ./ci-root.nix"