diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 95090a41566b..5e2b3871ce9d 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ workflows:
           matrix:
             parameters:
               compiler: [ifort]
-              cmake_generator: ['Unix Makefiles']
+              cmake_generator: ['Unix Makefiles','Ninja']
           baselibs_version: *baselibs_version
           repo: MAPL
           mepodevelop: false
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ workflows:
           matrix:
             parameters:
               compiler: [gfortran]
-              cmake_generator: ['Unix Makefiles']
+              cmake_generator: ['Unix Makefiles','Ninja']
           baselibs_version: *baselibs_version
           repo: MAPL
           mepodevelop: false
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb1c30810473..c50ea8f9ef5f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Made changes to allocate fields to use farray instead of farrayPtr. This allows explicit specification of indexflag required by the new MAPL field split functionality. This functionality allows a clean way to create a new field from an exiting field where the new field is a 'slice' of the existing field with the slicing index being that of the trailing ungiridded dim of the existing field.
 - Replaced RC=STATUS plus `_VERIFY(RC)` in `Base_Base_implementation.F90` with just `_RC` in line with our new convention.
 - Updated CI to use Open MPI 5.0.0 for GNU
+- Enable Ninja for CI builds of MAPL
 
 ### Fixed