diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f41f49b4b5..b0b9450e1d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2376,7 +2376,7 @@ respdiff:
     EXTRA_CONFIGURE: "-Doptimization=g"
     MAX_DISAGREEMENTS_PERCENTAGE: "0.3"
   script:
-    - bash respdiff.sh -m /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjemalloc.so.2 -s named -q "${PWD}/100k_mixed.txt" -c 3 -w "${PWD}/rspworkdir" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}" "/usr/local/respdiff-reference-bind/sbin/named"
+    - bash respdiff.sh -m /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjemalloc.so.2 -s named -q "${PWD}/100k_mixed.txt" -c 3 -w "${PWD}/rspworkdir" -r "${PWD}/respdiff" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}" "/usr/local/respdiff-reference-bind/sbin/named"
     - cd ../.. && ninja -C build clean >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 respdiff:asan:
@@ -2388,7 +2388,7 @@ respdiff:asan:
     EXTRA_CONFIGURE: "-Doptimization=g -Db_sanitize=address,undefined -Djemalloc=disabled"
     MAX_DISAGREEMENTS_PERCENTAGE: "0.3"
   script:
-    - bash respdiff.sh -s named -q "${PWD}/100k_mixed.txt" -c 3 -w "${PWD}/rspworkdir" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}" "/usr/local/respdiff-reference-bind/sbin/named"
+    - bash respdiff.sh -s named -q "${PWD}/100k_mixed.txt" -c 3 -w "${PWD}/rspworkdir" -r "${PWD}/respdiff" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}" "/usr/local/respdiff-reference-bind/sbin/named"
     - cd ../.. && ninja -C build clean >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 respdiff:tsan:
@@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ respdiff:tsan:
     MAX_DISAGREEMENTS_PERCENTAGE: "0.3"
     TSAN_SYMBOLIZER_PATH: "${TSAN_SYMBOLIZER_PATH_DEBIAN}"
   script:
-    - bash respdiff.sh -s named -q "${PWD}/100k_mixed.txt" -c 3 -w "${PWD}/rspworkdir" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}" "/usr/local/respdiff-reference-bind/sbin/named"
+    - bash respdiff.sh -s named -q "${PWD}/100k_mixed.txt" -c 3 -w "${PWD}/rspworkdir" -r "${PWD}/respdiff" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}" "/usr/local/respdiff-reference-bind/sbin/named"
     - cd ../.. && ninja -C build clean >/dev/null 2>&1
   after_script:
     - *parse_tsan
@@ -2416,7 +2416,7 @@ respdiff-third-party:
     EXTRA_CONFIGURE: "-Doptimization=g"
     MAX_DISAGREEMENTS_PERCENTAGE: "0.4"
   script:
-    - bash respdiff.sh -s third_party -q "${PWD}/100k_mixed.txt" -c 1 -w "${PWD}/rspworkdir" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"
+    - bash respdiff.sh -s third_party -q "${PWD}/100k_mixed.txt" -c 1 -w "${PWD}/rspworkdir" -r "${PWD}/respdiff" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"
     - cd ../.. && ninja -C build clean >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 .respdiff-recent-named: &respdiff_recent_named
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@ respdiff-third-party:
     - *configure
     - meson compile -C build
     - cd "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/bind9-qa/respdiff
-    - bash respdiff.sh -s named -q "${PWD}/100k_mixed.txt" -c 3 -w "${PWD}/rspworkdir" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/baseline-build/build/named"
+    - bash respdiff.sh -s named -q "${PWD}/100k_mixed.txt" -c 3 -w "${PWD}/rspworkdir" -r "${PWD}/respdiff" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}" "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/baseline-build/build/named"
 
 respdiff:recent-named:
   <<: *respdiff_recent_named