diff --git a/ci/run.sh b/ci/run.sh
index 1a770dbfe..c5464cf2e 100755
--- a/ci/run.sh
+++ b/ci/run.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export OPT_FFI_RELEASE="--manifest-path=deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml --release"
 export CARGO_CMD=cross
 
 # On Appveyor (windows) and Travis (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu and apple) native targets we use cargo (no need to cross-compile):
-if [[ $TARGET = *"windows"* ]] || [[ $TARGET == "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" ]] || [[ $TARGET = *"apple"* ]]; then
+if [[ $TARGET = *"windows"* ]] || [[ $TARGET == "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" ]] || [[ $TARGET = *"apple"* ]] || [[ $TARGET == "i686-unknown-linux-gnu" ]]; then
     export CARGO_CMD=cargo
 fi