diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/centos7.yml b/.gitlab/ci/centos7.yml
index f712dec12..52dffe109 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/centos7.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/centos7.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ build:centos7_gcc48:
   variables:
     CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: RelWithDebInfo
     CMAKE_GENERATOR: "Unix Makefiles"
-    VTKM_SETTINGS: "cuda+turing+32bit_ids"
+    VTKM_SETTINGS: "cuda+turing+32bit_ids+no_rendering"
 
 test:centos7_gcc48:
   tags:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/config/initial_config.cmake b/.gitlab/ci/config/initial_config.cmake
index 6a008755c..dfb919bbe 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/config/initial_config.cmake
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/config/initial_config.cmake
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ foreach(option IN LISTS options)
     set(VTKm_ENABLE_SANITIZER "ON" CACHE STRING "")
     list(APPEND sanitizers "leak")
 
+  elseif(rendering STREQUAL option)
+    set(VTKm_ENABLE_RENDERING "ON" CACHE STRING "")
+
+  elseif(no_rendering STREQUAL option)
+    set(VTKm_ENABLE_RENDERING "OFF" CACHE STRING "")
+
   elseif(examples STREQUAL option)
     set(VTKm_ENABLE_EXAMPLES "ON" CACHE STRING "")
 
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/ubuntu1604.yml b/.gitlab/ci/ubuntu1604.yml
index 4b1167471..e0d6c14ba 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/ubuntu1604.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/ubuntu1604.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ build:ubuntu1604_gcc48:
     CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: Release
     #custom openmpi install location
     CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: "/opt/openmpi/"
-    VTKM_SETTINGS: "tbb+mpi+shared"
+    VTKM_SETTINGS: "tbb+mpi+shared+no_rendering"
 
 test:ubuntu1604_gcc48:
   tags: