diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ae78b2e..e9ebef9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
 image: java:8-jdk
 
 before_script:
-  - export ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android-sdk-linux
-  - export PATH=$PATH:/opt/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/
-  - chmod +x gradlew
+  - apt-get --quiet update --yes
+  - apt-get --quiet install --yes wget tar unzip lib32stdc++6 lib32z1
+  - wget --quiet --output-document=android-sdk.zip https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sdk-tools-linux-${ANDROID_SDK_TOOLS}.zip
+  - unzip -d android-sdk-linux android-sdk.zip
+  - echo y | android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager "platforms;android-${ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK}" >/dev/null
+  - echo y | android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager "platform-tools" >/dev/null
+  - echo y | android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager "build-tools;${ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS}" >/dev/null
+  - export ANDROID_HOME=$PWD/android-sdk-linux
+  - export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/
+  - chmod +x ./gradlew
+  # temporarily disable checking for EPIPE error and use yes to accept all licenses
+  - set +o pipefail
+  - yes | android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager --licenses
+  - set -o pipefail
 
 stages:
   - build-and-test