diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-cross-compile.yml b/.github/workflows/build-cross-compile.yml
index eae3fd9157b26..bd308950d477f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-cross-compile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-cross-compile.yml
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ jobs:
           --verbose
           --include=fakeroot,symlinks,build-essential,libx11-dev,libxext-dev,libxrender-dev,libxrandr-dev,libxtst-dev,libxt-dev,libcups2-dev,libfontconfig1-dev,libasound2-dev,libfreetype6-dev,libpng-dev
           --resolve-deps
+          --variant=minbase
           $(test -n "${{ matrix.debian-keyring }}" && echo "--keyring=${{ matrix.debian-keyring }}")
           ${{ matrix.debian-version }}
           sysroot