diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 470e0f56..45dcb5ea 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - restore_cache:
           keys:
             - cache-pip
+      - run: pip install --user -e .
       # Install the packages needed to build our documentation
       # This will depend on your particular package!
       - run: pip install --user -r docs/doc-requirements.txt