diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ad6b40b8093f9699e78689788292275ec3e4027a..6f187ecb861d984fe7a9b23276290211f837284c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 variables:
   DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2
   GIT_DEPTH: "3"
+  GIT_CHECKOUT: "false"
+
+# Git checkout is disabled to let us handle efficiently the Git-LFS
+before_script:
+  - git lfs fetch origin $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+  - git checkout $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
 
 stages:
   - build