diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d846bcd7f1ea01986383fa83852a826943ad02b6..62ed47b316a4aaa1c46e4ebcad417ced8834828a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ compile dependencies:
    # If the download and compile script have been modified the cache gets invalidated and dependencies will be built again.
    - ( [ -f "${DEPS_COMMIT}" ] && git diff --quiet "`cat ${DEPS_COMMIT}`" -- scripts/dl_dep.sh scripts/compile_dep.sh ) || (
            rm -f ${DEPS_COMMIT} &&
-           scripts/dl_dep.sh ${DEPS_SRC_PATH} -n ofi &&
-           scripts/compile_dep.sh -n ofi ${DEPS_SRC_PATH} ${DEPS_INSTALL_PATH} &&
+           scripts/dl_dep.sh ${DEPS_SRC_PATH} -n ofi -c ci &&
+           scripts/compile_dep.sh -n ofi -c ci ${DEPS_SRC_PATH} ${DEPS_INSTALL_PATH} &&
            echo "${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" > "${DEPS_COMMIT}"
      )
   artifacts:
diff --git a/scripts/compile_dep.sh b/scripts/compile_dep.sh
index f15ff66c5688b446b6baf822d6c9f81d991a758e..a7d35ebe69054efd37abd3dd9e77ed015bb74db3 100755
--- a/scripts/compile_dep.sh
+++ b/scripts/compile_dep.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SOURCE=""
 INSTALL=""
 DEP_CONFIG=""
 
-VALID_DEP_OPTIONS="mogon2 mogon1 ngio direct all"
+VALID_DEP_OPTIONS="mogon2 mogon1 ngio direct all ci"
 
 MOGON1_DEPS=(
     "zstd" "lz4" "snappy" "capstone" "ofi" "mercury" "argobots" "margo" "rocksdb"
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ ALL_DEPS=(
      "syscall_intercept" "date" "agios"
 )
 
+CI_DEPS=(
+    "ofi" "mercury" "argobots" "margo" "rocksdb" "syscall_intercept" "date" "agios"
+)
+
 usage_short() {
 	echo "
 usage: compile_dep.sh [-h] [-l] [-n <NAPLUGIN>] [-c <CONFIG>] [-d <DEPENDENCY>] [-j <COMPILE_CORES>]
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ optional arguments:
                 defaults to 'all'
     -c <CONFIG>, --config <CONFIG>
                 allows additional configurations, e.g., for specific clusters
-                supported values: {mogon1, mogon2, ngio, direct, all}
+                supported values: {mogon1, mogon2, ngio, direct, all, ci}
                 defaults to 'direct'
     -d <DEPENDENCY>, --dependency <DEPENDENCY>
                 download a specific dependency and ignore --config setting. If unspecified
@@ -104,6 +108,11 @@ list_dependencies() {
         echo -n "$d "
     done
     echo
+    echo -n "  ci: "
+    for d in "${CI_DEPS[@]}"; do
+        echo -n "$d "
+    done
+	echo
 }
 
 check_dependency() {
@@ -254,6 +263,10 @@ all)
   DEP_CONFIG=("${ALL_DEPS[@]}")
   echo "'All' dependencies are compiled"
   ;;
+ci)
+  DEP_CONFIG=("${CI_DEPS[@]}")
+  echo "'CI' dependencies are compiled"
+  ;;
 direct | *)
   DEP_CONFIG=("${DIRECT_DEPS[@]}")
   echo "'Direct' GekkoFS dependencies are compiled (default)"
diff --git a/scripts/dl_dep.sh b/scripts/dl_dep.sh
index d299330f2c2052538198caa42a97c96e8ac8ef67..8d261691607684e62c18b0b4ffb732fc506550ba 100755
--- a/scripts/dl_dep.sh
+++ b/scripts/dl_dep.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ NA_LAYER=""
 DEP_CONFIG=""
 VERBOSE=false
 
-VALID_DEP_OPTIONS="mogon2 mogon1 ngio direct all"
+VALID_DEP_OPTIONS="mogon2 mogon1 ngio direct all ci"
 
 MOGON1_DEPS=(
     "zstd" "lz4" "snappy" "capstone" "ofi-verbs" "mercury" "argobots" "margo" "rocksdb"
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ ALL_DEPS=(
      "syscall_intercept" "date" "agios"
 )
 
+CI_DEPS=(
+    "ofi" "mercury" "argobots" "margo" "rocksdb" "syscall_intercept" "date" "agios"
+)
+
 # Stop all backround jobs on interruption.
 # "kill -- -$$" sends a SIGTERM to the whole process group,
 # thus killing also descendants.
@@ -82,7 +86,12 @@ list_dependencies() {
     for d in "${ALL_DEPS[@]}"; do
         echo -n "$d "
     done
-    echo 
+    echo
+    echo -n "  ci: "
+    for d in "${CI_DEPS[@]}"; do
+        echo -n "$d "
+    done
+	echo
 }
 
 check_dependency() {
@@ -191,7 +200,7 @@ optional arguments:
                                 defaults to 'ofi'
         -c <CONFIG>, --config <CONFIG>
                                 allows additional configurations, e.g., for specific clusters
-                                supported values: {mogon2, mogon1, ngio, direct, all}
+                                supported values: {mogon2, mogon1, ngio, direct, all, ci}
                                 defaults to 'direct'
         -d <DEPENDENCY>, --dependency <DEPENDENCY>
                                 download a specific dependency and ignore --config setting. If unspecified
@@ -285,6 +294,10 @@ all)
   DEP_CONFIG=("${ALL_DEPS[@]}")
   [[ -z "${DEPENDENCY}" ]] && echo "'All' dependencies are downloaded"
   ;;
+ci)
+  DEP_CONFIG=("${CI_DEPS[@]}")
+  [[ -z "${DEPENDENCY}" ]] && echo "'CI' dependencies are downloaded"
+  ;;
 direct | *)
   DEP_CONFIG=("${DIRECT_DEPS[@]}")
   [[ -z "${DEPENDENCY}" ]] && echo "'Direct' GekkoFS dependencies are downloaded (default)"