diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e0f1e74c..a3c4493a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ stages:
 # Common job fragment to get a worker ready
 .setup:
   stage: build
+  interruptible: true
   variables:
     KAS_WORK_DIR: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/work
     KAS_REPO_REF_DIR: $CI_BUILDS_DIR/persist/repos
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ stages:
 # Generalised fragment to do a Kas build
 .build:
   extends: .setup
-  interruptible: true
   script:
     - KASFILES=$(./ci/jobs-to-kas $CI_JOB_NAME)
     - kas shell --update --force-checkout $KASFILES -c 'cat conf/*.conf'
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ n1sdp/bootstrap:
 # What percentage of machines in the layer do we build
 machine-coverage:
   stage: bootstrap
+  interruptible: true
   script:
   - ./ci/check-machine-coverage
   coverage: '/Coverage: \d+/'