diff --git a/testing/marionette/client/marionette/emulator.py b/testing/marionette/client/marionette/emulator.py
index ed034ff2b368..8bf9be2113b5 100644
--- a/testing/marionette/client/marionette/emulator.py
+++ b/testing/marionette/client/marionette/emulator.py
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ class Emulator(object):
                          '-partition-size', '512',
                          '-verbose',
                          '-skin', self.res,
+                         '-gpu', 'on',
                          '-qemu'] + self.tail_args)
         return qemuArgs