diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3841641bfb8246d98e4b7aeb100b5c5ab073e1bc..9629d82dc13576e8a452c791d27023fb81222283 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ debian-build:
   allow_failure: true
   script:
     - xvfb-run -a -n 1 -s "-screen 0 1024x768x24 -dpi 96" ctest -V -S CI/main_ci.cmake -DIMAGE_NAME:string=debian-unstable-gcc
+  after_script:
+    - export CI_ALLOW_FAILURE=ON
+    - python3 -u CI/cdash_handler.py
   dependencies: []
 
 ## Ubuntu superbuild
diff --git a/CI/cdash_handler.py b/CI/cdash_handler.py
index f5662a0d00cd1c42bee04a37d8a5290bde0b3192..b890fa42d63c4f293a66683c5bce0c1c39ebc417 100644
--- a/CI/cdash_handler.py
+++ b/CI/cdash_handler.py
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
   if ( len(sys.argv) < 6 and len(sys.argv) > 1 ):
     print("Usage : "+sys.argv[0]+" commit_sha1 project_id project_directory token ref_name")
     sys.exit(1)
+
+  allow_failure = os.environ.get('CI_ALLOW_FAILURE', False)
+
   if ( len(sys.argv) >= 6):
     sha1 = sys.argv[1]
     proj = sys.argv[2]
@@ -286,6 +289,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     sys.exit(0)
   gitlab_url = "https://gitlab.orfeo-toolbox.org/api/v4/projects/"
   gitlab_url += proj + "/statuses/" + sha1
+
+  if allow_failure:
+    state = 'success'
+
   params = urllib.parse.urlencode({'name':'cdash:' + handler.site , 'state': state ,\
    'target_url' : cdash_url , 'description' : error , 'ref' : refn })
   gitlab_request = urllib.request.Request(gitlab_url)