diff --git a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/configs/config.yaml b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/configs/config.yaml
index fef23ade4bf..590641e7467 100644
--- a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/configs/config.yaml
+++ b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/configs/config.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ config:
     padded_length: 256
     projections:
       all: '{architecture}/{compiler.name}-{compiler.version}/{name}-{version}-{hash}'
+  build_stage:
+  - $spack/tmp/stage