diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0d76e1645..0c750157c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ jobs:
           path: app/build/outputs/apk/debug/*.apk
 
   test-android:
-    # macos has hardware acceleration. See android-emulator-runner action
-    runs-on: macos-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 20
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -82,6 +81,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Enable KVM
+        run: |
+          echo 'KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0666", OPTIONS+="static_node=kvm"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-kvm4all.rules
+          sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
+          sudo udevadm trigger --name-match=kvm
+
       - name: set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with: