diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4957480ff898898e5b997989b145ee75c959de6e..2e9e8271b28615d0a8e7dca9076aa1db1acc44af 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ spack:install_compilers:
     - .parallel_job
   script:
     - COMPILER_LIST_SPECS=$(jq -r '.stack | .core_compiler as $core | .compilers | map("\(.spec)@\(.version) %\($core)")[]' config.json)
+    - /spack/spack/bin/spack spec
+      --install-status
+      --namespaces
+      --long
+      --types
+      ${COMPILER_LIST_SPECS}
+
     - /spack/spack/bin/spack install
       --log-file spack-install.xml
       --log-format junit