diff --git a/.azure-pipelines.yml b/.azure-pipelines.yml
index bfa6f717..8c43f90c 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ strategy:
       VM_IMAGE: 'ubuntu-20.04'
       APT_PACKAGES: ninja-build g++-i686-linux-gnu
       CXX_COMPILER: i686-linux-gnu-g++
+      COMPILER_FLAGS: -msse2
       RUN_TESTS: true
     Linux arm64 GCC:
       VM_IMAGE: 'ubuntu-20.04'