diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 885cde4593cf197fa6dc945580ed8d509e082a01..286542296ea0c4e3af4a79bf8dc029932dd70957 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ before_script:
   - chmod +x ./setup-build-env.sh
   - ./setup-build-env.sh
   - cp -r ../* /root/Arduino/libraries
+  - apt-get install python3
  
 stages:
   - build
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ test1:
   stage: test
   script:
     - arduino-cli compile --fqbn arduino:avr:uno examples/unittest/
-    #- arduino-cli upload --fqbn arduino:avr:uno -p /dev/ttyUSB0 examples/unittest
+    - arduino-cli upload --fqbn arduino:avr:uno -p /dev/ttyUSB0 examples/unittest
     #- arduino-cli monitor -p /dev/ttyUSB0
+    - python3 examples/unittest/compile_test.py
     - sleep 60m
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diff --git a/examples/unittest/compile_test.py b/examples/unittest/compile_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b4d2ddee64040941c9c9e2b8246a2664de239493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/unittest/compile_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+import subprocess
+import json
+import argparse
+import sys
+import logging
+
+
+def main():
+    command = 'arduino-cli monitor -p /dev/ttyUSB0'
+    process = subprocess.run(command.split, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    if process.returncode:
+        log.error(process.stdout.decode('utf-8'))
+        sys.exit(process.returncode)
+    else:
+        log.error('Board not installed: {}'.format(board))
+        sys.exit(-1)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
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