diff --git a/dwds/test/fixtures/context.dart b/dwds/test/fixtures/context.dart
index 31ca1f043..94863a2e0 100644
--- a/dwds/test/fixtures/context.dart
+++ b/dwds/test/fixtures/context.dart
@@ -177,7 +177,11 @@ class TestContext {
       try {
         _chromeDriver = await Process.start(
           'chromedriver$_exeExt',
-          ['--port=$chromeDriverPort', '--url-base=$chromeDriverUrlBase'],
+          [
+            '--port=$chromeDriverPort',
+            '--url-base=$chromeDriverUrlBase',
+            '--disable-gpu',
+          ],
         );
         // On windows this takes a while to boot up, wait for the first line
         // of stdout as a signal that it is ready.