diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 00bad6bdfb8cf3851f541cee2700515b6b5bfe4a..d05bb05c84b45e3b2b07b7d377c8c4558d89f7c0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ check_style:
     - echo "List of files to be checked $eb_list"
     - for i in $eb_list; do
     - echo "Checking $(basename $i) ..."
-    - eb --check-style $i || faulty="$faulty $i"
+    - eb --check-style --check-contrib $i || faulty="$faulty $i"
     - done
     - if [ -n "$faulty" ]; then echo "Faulty EasyConfigs... $faulty"; exit 1; fi