diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e363745f9e0dd6deafb8ad3f68dd81360b8cc29e..cfe681897c53f10e45e01096fa9cd4d0998f6ab2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -51,16 +51,19 @@ versiondocs:
     - rm -rf ~www/ba/git-main/hugo-public
     - cp -r ../hugo/public ~www/ba/git-main/hugo-public
 
-mac_arm:
+mac_x64:
   tags:
-  - mac_arm
+  - mac_x64_cloud
   stage: build
   before_script:
-    - QTDIR="/opt/homebrew/opt/qt"
-    - PYPLAT="/Users/qtisas/.pyenv/versions/3.11.6/"
-    - CCACHE="/opt/homebrew/bin/ccache"
     # obtain nr of logical CPUs via `sysctl hw.logicalcpu`
-    - NPROC=14
+    - NPROC=12
+    # Homebrew packages are installed in a non-standard path
+    - BREWDIR="/opt/homebrew-x86"
+    - PATH="$BREWDIR:$PATH"
+    - QTDIR="$BREWDIR/Cellar/qt/6.6.0"
+    - CCACHE="$BREWDIR/bin/ccache"
+    - PYPLAT="/Users/qtisas/.pyenv/versions/3.11.6/"
   script:  &mac_script
     - OPTDIR="/Users/Shared/Software/scg"
     # print environmental variables
@@ -78,6 +81,19 @@ mac_arm:
     - build/py/wheel/*.whl
     expire_in: 10 days
 
+mac_arm:
+  tags:
+  - mac_arm
+  stage: build
+  before_script:
+    - QTDIR="/opt/homebrew/opt/qt"
+    - PYPLAT="/Users/qtisas/.pyenv/versions/3.11.6/"
+    - CCACHE="/opt/homebrew/bin/ccache"
+    # obtain nr of logical CPUs via `sysctl hw.logicalcpu`
+    - NPROC=14
+  script: *mac_script
+  artifacts: *mac_artifacts
+
 # To test the GitLab process _locally_ on MS-Windows with powershell (pwsh),
 # go to the root Git directory, and run:
 # C:\GitLab-Runner\gitlab-runner.exe exec shell --shell pwsh --builds-dir <gitlab build-dir> <job-name>