diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 174544be74..9a2c10bb57 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -923,7 +923,15 @@ gcc:tumbleweed:amd64:
   variables:
     CC: gcc
     CFLAGS: "${CFLAGS_COMMON} -DDEBUG"
-    EXTRA_CONFIGURE: "--with-libidn2 ${WITH_READLINE_READLINE}"
+    # NOTE: Testing DNSRPS-enabled builds currently requires an
+    # operating system with glibc 2.34+.  This requirement will go away
+    # once the DNSRPS dynamic loading code gets reworked to use libuv's
+    # dlopen() API.
+    #
+    # NOTE: This does *not* enable testing of the DNSRPS feature itself.
+    # Doing that requires a DNSRPS provider library to be present on the
+    # test host.
+    EXTRA_CONFIGURE: "--enable-dnsrps --enable-dnsrps-dl --with-libidn2 ${WITH_READLINE_READLINE}"
   <<: *tumbleweed_latest_amd64_image
   <<: *build_job
 
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/Makefile.am b/bin/tests/system/Makefile.am
index b26bcf0bed..937c50a382 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/Makefile.am
+++ b/bin/tests/system/Makefile.am
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ resolve_CPPFLAGS =		\
 
 resolve_LDADD = $(LIBISC_LIBS) $(LIBIRS_LIBS) $(LIBDNS_LIBS)
 
+rpz_dnsrps_CPPFLAGS =		\
+	$(AM_CPPFLAGS)		\
+	$(LIBDNS_CFLAGS)
+
+rpz_dnsrps_LDADD =		\
+	$(LDADD)		\
+	$(LIBDNS_LIBS)
+
 tkey_keycreate_CPPFLAGS =	\
 	$(AM_CPPFLAGS)		\
 	$(LIBDNS_CFLAGS)