diff --git a/CI/ci-linux-test.sh b/CI/ci-linux-test.sh
index f8f28c1f..ce008226 100755
--- a/CI/ci-linux-test.sh
+++ b/CI/ci-linux-test.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ fi
 
 cd build-$BUILDPATH
 
+# Run cmake to make sure the tests are configured correctly for this system
+cmake -DOPENFLIPPER_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=TRUE -DSTL_VECTOR_CHECKS=ON $OPTIONS ../
+
 #build the unit tests
 make  $MAKE_OPTIONS unittests