diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2827579b7..90f3d6b5a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -243,7 +243,12 @@ hurd-i386:
     - hurd
   needs: []
   script:
-    - meson setup ${MESON_COMMON_OPTIONS}
+    # FIXME: We can’t use ${MESON_COMMON_OPTIONS} here because the Hurd runner
+    # has Meson 1.3 installed. See the comment below about the same problem on
+    # FreeBSD.
+    - meson setup
+            --buildtype debug
+            --wrap-mode=nodownload
             --werror
             --default-library=both
             --prefix=$HOME/glib-installed