diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
index 7108f9d1d..56ca770f1 100755
--- a/ci/build.sh
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -29,11 +29,16 @@ if test -z "$BUILDDIR" ; then
 	test -d "/build" && BUILDDIR=/build
 fi
 if test -z "$CMAKE_ARGS" -a -n "$1" ; then
-	test -x "$(which yq)" || { echo "! No yq command for finding CMAKE_ARGS for workflow $1" ; exit 1 ; }
 	_d="$SRCDIR/.github/workflows/$1"
 	test -f "$_d" || _d="$SRCDIR/.github/workflows/$1.yml"
 	test -f "$_d" || { echo "! No workflow $1" ; exit 1 ; }
-	CMAKE_ARGS=$(yq ".env.CMAKE_ARGS" "$_d")
+
+	if test -x "$(which yq)" ; then
+		CMAKE_ARGS=$(yq ".env.CMAKE_ARGS" "$_d")
+	else
+		CMAKE_ARGS=$(python3 -c 'import yaml ; f=open("'$_d'","r"); print(yaml.safe_load(f)["env"]["CMAKE_ARGS"]);')
+	fi
+
 fi
 
 # Sanity check
diff --git a/ci/deps-fedora-qt6-boost.sh b/ci/deps-fedora-qt6-boost.sh
index 01e3e3449..7026927a7 100755
--- a/ci/deps-fedora-qt6-boost.sh
+++ b/ci/deps-fedora-qt6-boost.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 
 yum install -y bison flex git make cmake gcc-c++ ninja-build
-yum install -y yaml-cpp-devel libpwquality-devel parted-devel python-devel gettext gettext-devel
+yum install -y yaml-cpp-devel libpwquality-devel parted-devel python-devel gettext gettext-devel python3-pyyaml
 yum install -y libicu-devel libatasmart-devel
 yum install -y boost-devel
 # Qt6/KF6 dependencies
diff --git a/ci/deps-fedora-qt6.sh b/ci/deps-fedora-qt6.sh
index 2d2e83ce5..9f91ada18 100755
--- a/ci/deps-fedora-qt6.sh
+++ b/ci/deps-fedora-qt6.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 
 yum install -y bison flex git make cmake gcc-c++ ninja-build
-yum install -y yaml-cpp-devel libpwquality-devel parted-devel python-devel gettext gettext-devel
+yum install -y yaml-cpp-devel libpwquality-devel parted-devel python-devel gettext gettext-devel python3-pyyaml
 yum install -y libicu-devel libatasmart-devel
 # Qt6/KF6 dependencies
 yum install -y qt6-qtbase-devel qt6-linguist qt6-qtbase-private-devel qt6-qtdeclarative-devel qt6-qtsvg-devel qt6-qttools-devel