diff --git a/tests/build_tool.sh b/tests/build_tool.sh
index 58835773e7b4f01c7ca21fb75b8dcbea4582d1ad..c5182a78b853074c150c3e300a38acef1984dc90 100755
--- a/tests/build_tool.sh
+++ b/tests/build_tool.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ IMAGE=quay.io/eris/db
 
 set -e
 
-if [ "$JENKINS_URL" ] || [ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" ]
+if [ "$JENKINS_URL" ] || [ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" ] || [ "$CIRCLE_TAG" ]
 then
   REPO=`pwd`
   CI="true"